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Oil & Gas Proceedings

Tuesday, 30 October 2007

SESSION 1: Subsection Plenary
Chair: Douglas Griffin, Department of Trade and Industry, United Kingdom

Opening Statements
Chinese Government and Oil and Gas Chairmen

Case Studies:

  • The Development and Utilization of Natural Gas and its Reduction in CNOOC
    Shan Tongwen, Chinese National Offshore Oil Company
  • Study of Methane Recovery and Utilization in Petroleum Sector
    Zhang Xingfu, Chinese National Petroleum Company
  • Associated Gas Recovery and Utilization Technologies in the Production of Petroleum
    Lu Benqing, Chinese National Petroleum Company
  • Associated Gas Recovery Projects in Shengli Petroleum Field
    Jiang Chuan Sheng, Shengli Petroleum Bureau of SINOPEC
  • Oilfield Flare Gas Recovery Projects in Zhenhai Refinery Factory
    Chen Jian, Zhenhai Refinery Factory of SINOPEC

SESSION 2: Policy, Regulatory Issues and Climate Change
Chair: Christopher Frietas, U.S. Department of Energy

Oil & Gas: Global Market Status and Case Study of Methane Recovery Opportunities in Russia (PDF, 17 pp., 409 KB)
Neil Hirst, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Kyoto Protocol, CDM, JI and the Carbon Market from A to Z (PDF, 36 pp., 1 MB)
Paul Soffe, EcoSecurities

Overview of the CDM in the Oil and Gas sector (PDF, 16 pp., 328 KB)
Grant Kirkman, UNFCCC Secretariat

Roundtable Discussion
Gemma Crosthwaite, Climate Change Capital


Wednesday, 31 October 2007

SESSION 3: Natural Gas Compression and Methane Leak Detection (PDF, 30 pp., 764 KB)
Chair: Javier Bocanegra, Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)

Low Emissions Compression Technologies (PDF, 11 pp., 1.4 MB)
Javier Bocanegra, PEMEX Gas

Directed Inspection & Maintenance with Remote Sensing (PDF, 15 pp., 366 KB)
Don Robinson, on behalf of U.S. EPA

Infrared Leak Detection of Methane Using ThermaCAM GasFindIR (PDF, 12 pp., 209 KB)
Johan Tegstam, FLIR Systems

Remote Sensing - Aerial Leak Detection, and Measurement (PDF, 12 pp., 1.5 MB)
Daniel Brake, ITT

GOSAT
Gen Inoui, Nippon Steel and Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Methane Emission Measurement Technologies (PDF, 21 pp., 485 KB)
Dave Picard, Clearstone Engineering

SESSION 4: Upstream Production: Oil and Gas Wells
Chair: Francesco Presicce, Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea

Gas Well Reduced Emissions Completions, Devon/BP Case Study Experience (PDF, 16 pp., 604 KB)
Don Robinson, on behalf of U.S. EPA

Oil & Condensate Storage Tank Vapor Recovery & Field Gas Gathering
Larry Richards, Hy-Bon Engineering

Fugitive Emissions Monitoring in Eni Upstream Oil/Gas Treatment Plants (PDF, 15 pp., 389 KB)
Maria Mantini, Eni

Utilization of Low-Pressure Associated with Petroleum Gas (PDF, 15 pp., 367 KB)
Dmitry Voevodkin, Camco

SESSION 5: Processing, Transmission, and Distribution
Chair: Eliza Dyakowska, Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM, SA

Efficiency in Natural Gas Processing Facilities (PDF, 27 pp., 3.8 MB)
Sky Cui, CNPC

Integrity Management: Pipeline Maintenance and Repair and Pipeline Pumpdown and Hot Taps (PDF, 11 pp., 1.4 MB)
Silvia Lastra Velazquez, PEMEX Gas

TransCanada Case Study: Emissions Management System (PDF, 21 pp., 745 KB)
Jim Cormack, TransCanada

Implementation of the Project on the Natural Gas Leak Reduction in the Management of Main Gas Pipeline Cherkasytransgas (PDF, 20 pp., 5.1 MB)
Olena Mandra, Cherkasytransgaz

SESSION 6: Associated Gas Production and Utilization
Chair: Christopher Frietas, U.S. Department of Energy

Perspectives of Utilization and Usage of Produced Gas to Increase Recovery (PDF, 13 pp., 185 KB)
Research Institute of Oil and Gas, Nizhnevartovsk, West Siberia

Unconventional Gas Resources: Well Completions and Production Challenges (PDF, 36 pp., 896 KB)
Margaret Lou, U.S. Department of Energy

Development of Markets
• English (PDF, 29 pp., 779 KB)
• Chinese (PDF, 28 pp., 834 KB)
Larry Song, Nexant

Reducing Gas Flaring: Total E&P Experience in Africa (PDF, 16 pp., 319 KB)
Henri Ekoulé, Total E&P

Gas Hydrates (PDF, 27 pp., 1.4 MB)
Kaplan Basniev, Russian Gubkin State University of Oil and Gas


Thursday, 1 November 2007

Working Meeting of the Methane to Markets Partnership

Minutes from the Oil & Gas Subcommittee Working Meeting (PDF, 11 pp., 80 KB)

Welcome and Brief Introduction of Meeting Participants/ Review of Meeting Goals and Adoption of Agenda
Chairmen Kaplan Basniev (Russia) and Javier Bocanegra (Mexico), and Vice Chairman Michael Layer (Canada)

  • Implementing Partnership-wide Steering Committee Recommendations
  • Follow-up from the Expo
  • Discuss Charge to Subcommittee

Updates from Member Countries on Partnership Activities: Part I
Oil and Gas Technical Sector Delegates

  • Activities furthering Partnership goals (e.g., training events, pre-feasibility studies, white papers)
  • Reporting activities for Methane to Markets Annual Report

Updates from Member Countries on Partnership Activities: Part II
Oil and Gas Technical Sector Delegates

Draft Nodal Project Development Tool: Update and Demonstration
Vice-Chair Michael Layer, Environment Canada

Strategic Planning

  • Re-opening the Action Plan: what makes sense, what should change?
  • Responding to Steering Committee Charge to Subcommittee

Administrative Issues

  • Next Meeting (when and where?)
  • Communications Mechanisms (i.e., what works best?)
  • Updates to Subcommittee Rosters

Summary of Action Items discussed at this meeting