08:30 Opening remarks from the chair

Monetising offshore gas

08:40 Monetising stranded gas: What does the FLNG future in Africa offer?

• Providing an overview of the African market progress and how it impacts FLNG developments
• Determining the key stakeholders, prospects and development in the FLNG market
• Assessing key considerations and factors that need to be considered before developing a FLNG project
• What justified the ROI of a FLNG investment? How lucrative is the investment into the untapped resources

Kevin Sam
Principal Research
Cost and Procurement

Funding and financing models

09:20 FPSO financing

• FPSO financing in Africa
• Risk allocation
• Financing structures
• Financing market conditions

Paul Eardley-Taylor
Head: Energy, Utilities and Infrastructure
Standard Bank

10:30 Understanding lending requirements for FPSO development

• Examine the current credit environment
• Post crisis thoughts on project funding
• Expectations of features in contracts to improve project bankability

Berend Deiters
Director, Head of Natural Resources
ING Commercial Banking – Structured Finance

Deepwater trends

11:10 Latest trend in automation, process control and instrumentation

• Assessing the past, present and future
• Addressing the challenges and how to mitigate risk
• Determining how to avoid delays in project schedules by booking at project management, engineering and procurement strategies

JD Patel
Director
Karmen Engineering Pte Ltd

11:50 Closing remarks by the chair

Post-Conference Masterclass: Wednesday 18 April 2012

13:00 – 15:30 Balancing time, cost and quality for more efficient delivery of your FPSO project: Understand FPSO projects in today’s market

In a business where traditionally the time of vessel delivery has been prioritised, how can you ensure that you set things correct from the design stage to ensure a quick delivery time yet comply with safety standards to minimise breakdowns in operations? This interactive workshop will provide you with the keys decision making tools and drivers to effectively complete an FPSO project for application in West Africa.

Attend this interactive workshop and learn:

• All aspects of FPSO developments
• The key strategic, technical and commercial aspects in delivering an FPSO project
• What information is needed to make sound decisions throughout the project cycle
• FPSO technology and project execution strategies

The agenda:

• Exploring key elements of FPSOs including FPSO design, technology and project execution
• Improving project delivery and profitability: Key technical and commercial strategies in putting an FPSO together – what information is needed throughout the project cycle
• Developing a successful execution strategy and examining the options available to the project team
• Examine the regulatory issues, class, regional requirements and verification activities
• Understand key field characteristics suitable for development within FPSO technology
• Interface management issues: project scheduling tools and front end planning techniques and lessons learned
• Understand the key issues related to the conversion of tankers into FPSOs and gain an insight into the main scope areas and risks to be considered
• Investigate the cost and benefits of development with FPSO

15:40 Join us for an hour cheetah outreach and encounter the ‘ African cheetah experience’ where you will have the opportunity to interact with captive- born, hand- raised cheetahs in their natural habitat on the estate.