2015Marriott Regents Park Hotel, London, UK

Gas Storage andTransmissions

17th - 18th

JUNE

CONFERENCE CHAIR:Mike Madden,

Managing Director, MJM Energy

EXPERT SPEAKER PANEL INCLUDES: Michael Kohl, Managing Director,

RWE Gasspeicher GmbH

Jan Ingwersen, Business Area Manager, Markets,

Entsog

Piotr Kus, Director, Gas Transmission Operator,

GAZ-SYSTEM S.A

Professor Jonathan Stern, Chairman and Senior

Research Fellow, Natural Gas Research Programme,

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Francisco de la Flor, Director of Regulation,

ENAGAS

Craig Dyke, Gas Network Development Manager,

National Grid

Geoffroy Hureau, General Secretary,

CEDIGAZ

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:

• Discuss the current state of the European Market

• Deliberate the implications of South Stream

• Understand the EU regulations and new network codes

• Hear the latest developments from European operators

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PLUS AN INTERACTIVE HALF DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP • TUESDAY 16TH JUNE 2015 • 12.30PM - 4.30PM

Consenting Gas Developments: Autorisation Route Maps

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Providing a platform for discourse on Europe'sfuture supply and infrastructure

Gas Storage and Transmissions Day One | Wednesday 17th June 2015

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8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Mike Madden, Managing Director, MJM Energy

GAS STORAGE STRATEGIES AND POLICIES IN EUROPE

OPENING ADDRESS

9.10 Gas Storage in Europe, recent developments and outlook

to 2035

• European storage market in 2014

• Review of 2014 trends

• Current challenges

• Key factors triggering storage needs

• Outlook to 2035

Geoffroy Hureau, General Secretary, CEDIGAZ

9.50 Internal gas market framework - Update on the network

codes

• New codes on tariffs and incremental capacity

• Status on network code implementation

• How does the network codes function in practice?

Jan Ingwersen, Business Area Manager, ENTSOG

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 The reform of the EU security of supply framework

- More markets, more interventions, more cooperation?

• Reform of the EU Gas Security of Supply Regulation - What

is it about?

• What role for gas storage - and how to activate it?

• How do we come to more cross-border cooperation?

Oliver Koch, Deputy Head of Unit, Unit of Security of Supply,

European Commission

11.40 The role of gas storage in the transition to a low carbon future

• What do gas storage have to offer?

• Will the low oil price stop renewable energy?

• Who has a business model for energy storage?

Hans-Age Nielsen, Chief Consultant, Business Development,

Energinet Gas Storage

12.20 Networking Lunch

1.40 Can gas storage be made future-proof? • Is the current business model of storage sustainable? • Why everybody loves storage but nobody is willing to pay

much for it • What is the long-term impact of low seasonal spreads? • Is it time to call in the regulators? • Should you care? Daniel Urban, Policy Advisor, RWE

REGULATIONS AND POLITICS

2.20 Regulatory environment for the development of gas storageprojects in CEE

• Overview of the current gas storage policies of the CEEcountries

• Regulatory environment and specifics • New gas storage projects in CEE and lessons learned • Investment opportunities Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

3.00 Infrastructure planning & politics • Consenting Major Gas Infrastructure Projects • Planning Permission or Development Consent Order • Local Issues and Community Funds Paul Zyda, Principal Solicitor, Major Infrastructure Project,

Zyda Law

3.30 Afternoon Tea

4.10 The cancellation of the South Stream gas pipeline project: Consequences for Russian gas exports to Europe • Brief overview of the South Stream project • Why Gazprom cancelled the South Stream project • Impact on Gazprom’s gas export strategy • Consequences for EU as an importer of Russian gas • Conclusion Jack Sharples, Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science

and Sociology, European University of St Petersburg

4.50 Panel Discussion - How can Europe develop and move forward as one?

• UGS operators need to be more flexible in order to be successful

• What options do UGS have to counter act the flexibility?

• How can regulations improve the market and what needsupdating

Alan McFadden, Commercial Operations Manager, SSE Michael Kohl, Commercial Managing Director, RWE Energie AG

5.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

PANELDISCUSSION

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8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksMike Madden, Managing Director, MJM Energy

GAS SUPPLY AND TRANSMISSION STRATEGIES AND POLICIES IN EUROPE

KEYNOTE ADDRESS9.10 The dynamics of a liberalised European gas market • European Gas Price Evolution: What are the key

determinants of hub pricing? • European Gas Market Players: Changing roles and risks • Summary and Conclusions Professor Jonathan Stern, Chairman and Senior Research

Fellow, Natural Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

9.50 Role of infrastructure in SEE supply security • SEE post South Stream cancellation • Market liberalisation across SEE • New cross-border projects • Future supply sources Katya Zapletnyuk, Editor, European Gas Markets, ICIS

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 The role of gas infrastructure in the gas market • Is there enough infrastructure? • The role of interconnections: Price convergence, market

integration, security of supply and sustainability • Infrastructure services cost vs. commodity cost • Investment climate in the EU • LNG terminals services: Truckloading, reloadings and small

scale LNG Francisco de la Flor, Director of Regulation, ENAGAS

11.40 Diversification, market opening and integration - recent developments in East Baltic Region

• Major gas infrastructure projects and  what benefits andopportunities for the market do they provide

• Market opening - From single supplier to active competition • Adapting market rules for diversified gas flows • National vs. regional market - Options for market integration Vytautas Ruolia, Commercial Director, Amber Grid

12.20 Developing natural gas market in CEE region • Overview of natural gas market in CEE • The CEE natural gas market evolution and main drivers • Development of liquid, competitive and secure regional market • Ongoing and planned infrastructure projects in CEE region

and their impact • Changes in the Regulatory Landscape Piotr Kus, Director, Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.

1.00 Networking Lunch

2.00 Storage - Strategic value in the great game

In this interactive game-based exercise

teams of delegates compete as they react

to geopolitical and supply and demand

issues utilising a mix of storage, imports and

other flexibility tools. Key issues addressed include:

• Value and utilisation of market and strategic storage

• Weather impact and demand volatility

• Geopolitical interactions

• Interaction between storage and alternative flexibility sources

• Short-term and long-term drivers

Nick White, Business Development Director, MJM Energy

THE DEVELOPING ROLE OF GAS STORAGE IN THE UK FOR OPERATIONS AND SECURITY OF SUPPLY

3.00 Commercial perspective on storage project development

• Current state of the UK gas market - Uncertainty, change

and risk

• Economic difficulties in project development - Extrinsic and

Intrinsic value in a flat market

• Long Duration vs. Short duration storage

• Challenges and solutions to new storage build

Andrew Stacy, Director, Stag Energy

3.40 Afternoon Tea

4.10 UK Gas Market - The growing need for flexibility and fast

cycle gas storage

• The current UK gas market

• The future UK gas market

• New developments in gas storage

• Fast cycle gas storage

Keith Budinger, Chief Executive Officer, Halite Energy Group

4.50 Developing the gas transmission system in an

uncertain world

• Drivers for Change

• Making the Decision

• Why is stakeholder engagement important

• Case study

Craig Dyke, Gas Network Development Manager,

National Grid

5.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

Gas Storage and Transmissions Day Two | Thursday 18th June 2015

Supported by

age-event.com

EXERCISE

Overview:

This workshop will provide an interactive forum todiscuss the legal issues and prevailing policiesregulating gas storage and transmissions in the UKand across Europe. The session will focus onsecurity of supply, achieving developmentconsent for nationally significant infrastructureprojects through the Planning Act 2008 processand the role of regulators.

Why you should attend:

Understanding the legal aspects and policiesrelating to gas storage and transmissions in the UKand Europe can seem overwhelming. Thisworkshop will provide an overview of theprevailing legal process and policy with anopportunity for discussion and debate around thecore issues. It will also focus on Zyda Law’sexperience in achieving consent for recent CCGTprojects and an ongoing application fordevelopment consent for an underground gasstorage project in Cheshire.

Programme:

12.30 Registration & Coffee

1.00 Introductions and Opening Remarks

1.10 Legal Aspects and Policy

1.50 UK and Europe Security of Supply

2.30 Afternoon Tea

3.00 How to Achieve Development Consent

3.40 Case Study:CCGT Projects, UGS in Cheshire

4.30 Close of Workshop

About the workshop leaders:

Paul Zyda, Principal Solicitor, MajorInfrastructure Project, Zyda Law

Independently accredited expert in UK planningand environmental law, Paul Zyda specialises inmajor infrastructure projects for gas, nuclearenergy, waste, water and transport. Paul is ratedby Legal 500 and Planning magazine as a leadingplanning and energy solicitor.

About Zyda Law:

Zyda Law is an award winning specialist planningand environmental law firm with a 100% successrecord in gaining consent for major infrastructureprojects.

Zyda Law has considerable experience in theenergy generation market, with specificexperience of gas generation proposals (CCGTs).It has advised on two CCGTs and won allnecessary statutory consents for two major UKmajor underground gas storage depots inCheshire. It is currently advising INEOS Enterpriseson a proposed new major gas storage project.

HALF DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPTuesday 16th June 2015

Marriott Regents Park Hotel, London12.30pm - 4.30pm

Consenting Gas Developments:Autorisation Route Maps

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FEBRUARY

Floating LNG18-19 February 2015,

London, UK

Telematics Usage Based Insurance18-19 February 2015,

London, UK

MARCH

Project Financing in Oil and GasNorth America

9-10 March 2015, Houston, USA

European Smart Grid Cyber Security9-10 March 2015,

London, UK

Gas to Liquids North America11-12 March 2015,

Houston, USA

Oil and Gas Telecommunications25-26 March 2015,

London, UK

APRIL

Social Media in the Utilities Sector16-17 April 2015

London, UK

Smart Water Systems29-30 April 2015,

London, UK

M2M for Oil & Gas29-30 April 2015,

London, UK

MAY

Oil and Gas Cyber Security North America13-14 May 2015Houston, USA

JUNE

Gas Storage and Transmissions17-18 June 2015,

London, UK

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GAS STORAGE AND TRANSMISSIONS Conference: 17th-18th June 2015 | Marriott Regents Park Hotel, London, UK Workshop: 16th June 2015, London

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