TANK STORAGE ASIA2012

The below Conference programme is preliminary and subject to change.   
   

09:00 Chairman's opening remarks
Colin Allcard, Managing Director, Channoil Consulting
  
09:15 Outlook for the bulk liquid storage market in Asia
- Current capacity and future storage requirements
- New market entrants
- Storage growth and investment opportunities
- Key success factors for a storage terminal
Mohamed Merican, Lead Consultant, TRI-ZEN

09:45 Making more storage space in Singapore
- Development of very large floating structures
- Expansion plans in Singapore & around Singapore
- Underground storage rock caverns
- Future potential growth
Tan Wooi Leong, Vice President (Oil & Gas), Jurong Consultants

10:15 Understand current market fundamentals and the impact on storage capacity
- Recent developments and possible scenarios for the forward curve
- Changes in trade flows and stockpiles
- Demand for storage capacity
Patrick Kulsen, Oil Market Analyst and Director, PJK International

10:45 Networking break in exhibition hall

11:30 Developments in Malaysia: focus on the southern Johor
- Investment opportunities
- Local market challenges
- Malaysia's visibility as a storage hub
Brian Mak, Business Development Manager, Benalec Holdings Berhad.

12:00 Outlook for the bulk liquid storage market in Fujairah
- Market outlook for the Middle East
- Current capacity and future growth opportunities
- Gulf Petrochem's expansion plans
Sanjeev Sisaudi, Group Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Petrochem

12:30 Networking lunch in exhibition hall

14:00 Opening remarks from the Chairman

14:15 Outlook for Product Balances and Trade Flows in Asia
- Storage opportunities
- Impact of recent changes in the refining landscape
- Future of storage demand and rates in Asia
- Key success drivers in storage operations
Onur Capan, Manager of Downstream Oil Service, Wood Mackenzie

14:45 Overview of tanker market supply and demand for the next five years
- The ability to meet floating storage requirements
- Market developments and shifting trade patterns
- Why other businesses take older vessels away from storage
Matthew Blake, Director of Business Development, Teekay

15:15 Networking break in exhibition hall

15:45 Avoiding major incidents at bulk liquid storage facilities through risk management
- An overview of the most common environmental and fire presentation risks facing a typical Asian bulk liquid storage facility
- Methods of evaluating these potential risks, and examples of how to address these risks in a systematic and optimal approach
Ed Fahnline, Environmental Engineer, GSM Asia

16:15 How depots and terminals use and benefit from new communication technologies
- Improve your business through Key Performance Indicators
- Using web technology - flexible and secure
- Applying wireless networks
Betram Kuld, Product Manager, Endress+Hauser

16:45 Complying with vapour recovery regulations
Guillaume Heurteloup, Vapour Recovery Unit Specialist, CarboVac Environmental Services

17:15 Close of day one

09:00 Chairman's opening remarks
Mohamed Merican, Lead Consultant, TRI-ZEN 
 
09:15 Opportunities in the liquids storage industry in China
- Brief overview of the storage industry in China, regions, major players etc.
- Recent trends
- Drivers of the storage industry
- Problems of the industry
- Opportunities for investment
Karl Sanders, Senior Consultant (China representative), Downstream B.V.

09:45 Strategic storage policies and how these impact the storage market in Asia
-Summary of strategic petroleum reserves by region
- Political uncertainty and the impact on strategic storage
- Highlight on storage market in Vietnam and Thailand
Alexander Wood, CEO, AWR Lloyd

10:15 Networking break in exhibition hall

10:45 Lessons learnt from the Christchurch earthquakes, New Zealand- Tank and terminal structural integrity
- Disaster preparedness
Brent Cooper, Terminal Operations Manager, Z Energy

11:15 Impact of refinery changes on terminal operators
- Global oil demand projections
- New refining developments in Asia and the Middle East
- Closure of refining capacity in the Atlantic Basin
- Changes to oil product trade flows
- Impact on terminal operations
Colin Allcard, Managing Director, Channoil Consulting

11:45 Implementing Health, Safety and Quality Control at the Terminal
- Key Note Presentation - EHSQ Best Practice – Bulk Liquid Petroleum Storage Terminals, focus on the Importance of Competency Assurance for Safe Operations
- Integrated EHSSQ Management Systems;
- Relationship between Safety and Competency Assurance – Key Similarities and Differences;
- Developments in the Recent Past in Competency Assurance
- Case study from Horizon Terminals Ltd
- Project – Key Challenges for Implementation. Waddah Ghanem, Director of EHSQ, ENOC
Whaddah Ghanem, Director of EHSQ, ENOC

12:15 Networking lunch in exhibition hall

13:50 Opening remarks from the chairman

14:00 Emergency response planning
Michael E. Allcorn, Managing Director, Alert Disaster Control (Asia)

15:00 Networking break in exhibition hall

15:30 Integrating biofuels into storage terminals
- Regional production targets for biofuels (ethanol, biodiesel and others)
- Demand for new storage supply and blending infrastructure
- Key growth regions and demand for storage capacity
- Location options and preferences
- Opportunities for tank farm investors
Anthonie Versluis, Managing Partner Malaysia, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

16:00 Wireless Tank Gauging
Gary Lam, Project Engineer, Chevron Oronite Singapore
Ulf Johannesson, Emerson Process Management

17:00 Close of day two