3rd annual Gas to Liquids Americas

ABCs of GTL: A Tutorial with Perspectives on the Impact of Low Oil Pricesand Diesel Engine Emissions Challenges

Workshop Leaders: Iraj Isaac Rahmim, President, E-MetaVenture, Inc and Theo Fleisch, President, Gas Conversion Solutions, Inc andDr. Ronald A. Sills, Founding Director, XTL & DME InstituteSM

12.30pm - 5.45pm

9th -10th

MAR2016

Gas to Liquids Americas

NEW FOR 2016:

• Assess GTL as a credible and clean alternative fuelfor vehicles

• Hear from government and state officials onregional GTL projects and government support

• Understand the case for GTL technology as asolution to gas flaring

• Examine the market of demand and supply foralternative high quality GTL products

• Update your knowledge on commercialopportunities for GTL in a low oil price environment

SMi presents the 3rd Annual Conference on...

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KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:Wyoming State SenatorCale Case, Ph.D., Natural Resource Economist and Consultant, Wyoming Legislature

CHAIRMEN: • Jan Lerou, Principal, Jan Lerou Consulting, LLC• Ron Sills, Founding Director, XTL and DME InstituteSM

EXPERT SPEAKER PANEL INCLUDES: • Dr. Michael Scott, Operations Research Analyst,

U.S. Energy Information Administration• Bjorn Hamso, Program Manager, Global Gas Flaring

Reduction Partnership (GGFR), The World Bank Group• George Boyajian, Chief Commercial Director,

Primus Green Energy• Senator David Small, Vice President Global Energy

Services, NiQuan Energy• Rahul Iyer, Vice President Corporate Development,

Siluria Technologies • Daniel Carder, Director, Center for Alternative Fuels,

Engines and Emissions, West Virginia University

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PLUS AN INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPTuesday 8th March 2016, Marriott West Loop Hotel by the Galleria, Houston, Texas, USA

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General (ret.) Wesley K. Clark,Chairman,Energy SecurityPartners

Consolidating the Future of GTL in the New Paradigm

“Well organised, informative and good networking opportunities”- Attendee 2014

Register online at: www.gtl-americas.com • Alternatively fax your

Gas to Liquids Americas 2016Day One | Wednesday 9th March 2016 www.gtl-am

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksJan Lerou, Principal, Jan Lerou Consulting, LLC

GTL OUTLOOK

9.10 OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSGas to Liquids Place In Securing America's Future Energy• Evaluate when we are likely to observe the critical move

from to design to operational use of GTL facilities in the US• Examine the current and future competitive landscape

for U.S. projects including: - Central Asia- Western Africa - Iran and the Middle East

• Assess opportunities provided by GTL for foreign policy• Define the domestic economic growth benefits of long

term GTL growth • Understand the economic and national security case

for GTLGeneral (ret.) Wesley K. Clark, Chairman, Energy Security Partners

9.50 Assessing International Deployment of Advanced LiquidFuel Technologies (GTL/CTL) • Review of select countries (resources, national

strategies, infrastructure, financing)• Project cost uncertainties (technology, construction,

plant performance, market prices)• Deployment headwinds (estimating deployment rates)Dr. Michael Scott, Operations Research Analyst, U.S. Energy Information Administration

10.30 Morning Coffee

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS

11.00 Siluria Technologies - Disrupting the Energy Value Chain• Direct methane to ethylene enables a novel route to

chemicals and fuels from natural gas• Siluria’s proprietary technology facilitates low capital

intensities with standard and modular equipment• Siluria’s compatibility with the existing energy

infrastructure creates unique capital and operationalsynergies

Rahul Iyer, Vice President Corporate Development,Siluria Technologies

11.40 Novel Reactors for OCM• OCM was discovered over 35 years ago. Why has it

not been commercialized?• Exploring both fixed and fluid bed options • Can SOFC electro-generative reactors be utilized to

manage the reaction heat and simultaneouslyseparate oxygen from air?

• What other transformational OCM reactor conceptsare on the horizon?

• Is ethane a commercially viable substitute for methanein direct gas conversion processes?

John Sofranko, CEO, EcoCatalytic Technologies

12.20 Networking Lunch

1.30 Industrial Biomanufacturing (iBIO) for the Natural GasValue Chain• Introduction to industrial biomanufacturing (iBIO)• Past, present, and future of natural gas bioconversion• Biological Gas-to-Liquids• Biological Haber-BoschDr. Ramon Gonzalez, Professor, Chemical Engineering,Rice University

EMERGING MARKETS AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES

2.10 Lubricants, Waxes, and Other Premium GTL Products:Manufacture, Commercial Status, and Potential• Manufacturing high-value, non-fuel, GTL products• Status of premium GTL products in the North American

market• Potential economic benefit to be derived from

premium productsIraj Isaac Rahmim, President, E-MetaVenture, Inc.

2.50 Afternoon Tea

3.20 NiQuan Energy GTL Project - Breaking Barriers• Providing update on the NiQuan Energy GTL project• Assessing the evolving GTL climate and innovative new

players• GTL – not just a technological issue! Defining the

importance of a project centric approach. • Future outlook for medium-scale GTL prospectsSenator David Small, Group Vice President Global EnergyServices, NiQuan Energy

4.00 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

An Invitation to Gas to Liquids Americas 2016Dear Colleague,

With great pleasure, I invite you to the 3rd annual Gas to LiquidsAmericas convening on 9th – 10th March 2016 in Houston, Texas.

With dwindling prices of crude oil and burgeoning world supplies ofnatural gas, continuous evaluation, innovation and reflection isneeded in order to capitalize on the technology that is GTL. We areseeing technical progress and increased understanding of thepotential for GTL, perhaps increasingly using smaller scale platforms, tocommercially contribute to liquid fuel and other advanced refineryproducts as well as addressing the problem of shut in gas supplies.

With growing economic and environmental challenges in worldenergy markets, the conference will provide the importantopportunity to have a focused discussion as to whether GTL is readyto offer real solutions as a gas monetization option.

I believe Gas to Liquids Americas 2016 is the perfect forum foradvanced discussion and education. That is why I am providing mysupport to the conference as a keynote presenter.

We would ask you to note our carefully crafted conference agenda,giving you the very best opportunity to assess the industry and learnfrom subject matter experts. We have invited only the most seniorand well respected industry experts within the gas refinery and GTLtechnology realm.

I am looking forward to meeting you in March 2016 with many otherlike minded individuals to ensure you too can benefit from this uniqueevent.

Yours Sincerely,

Wyoming State Senator, Cale Case, Ph.D., Natural Resource Economist and Consultant, Wyoming Legislature

Distinguished Keynote Presenter at SMi’s 3rd annual Gas to Liquids Americas 2016

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8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksRon Sills, Founding Director, XTL & DME InstituteSM

9.10 OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSGTL: The Role of Government Incentives, Experiencefrom Wyoming, USADoes GTL development require government subsidiesand/or guarantees to offset long-term risk? • Wyoming has a long history in the area, given the

challenges and opportunities of energy commoditymarkets

• House Bill 53: Mineral to value added products program- Background, history, players, constraints- A small scale attraction- Offload risk - Recent low prices actually may have encouraged

the bill stimulating a need to “value add”• How it will work: specifics of HB 53• Results to date• Strategies in other jurisdictions• Consideration in a larger contextWyoming State Senator Cale Case, Ph.D., NaturalResource Economist and Consultant, Wyoming Legislature

GAS FLARING AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CASE FOR GTL

9.50 Gas Flaring: An Industry Practice Faces IncreasingGlobal Attention• Presenting and defining the “Zero Routine Gas Flaring

by 2030” initiative• Assessing the impact of gas flaring on the global

environment• What are the international trends in routine gas flaring?• Evaluating measures being taken to reduce gas flaring

and GTL’s place within the wider agendaBjorn Hamso, Program Manager, Global Gas FlaringReduction Partnership (GGFR), The World Bank Group

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 Mini-GTL as a Solution for Gas Flaring• Review of mini-GTL technology providers: the early

leaders• Special challenges and opportunities with flared gas

feedstocks• Status of miniaturization and modularization of mini-

GTL plants• Analysis of economic viability and the first commercial

plants• Conclusions and outlook on adaptions of mini-GTL for

gas flaring reductionTheo Fleisch, President, Gas Conversion Solutions, Inc

11.40 GTL for Flared Gas Monetization• Convert flared gas into high value liquids with Primus

GTL Systems• Complete overview of the Primus STG+ GTL systems• Feed gas requirements for the STG+™ Systems• Conversion efficiencies and end product options• The economics of a Primus STG+™ GLT plantGeorge Boyajian, Chief Commercial Director, Primus Green Energy

12.20 Networking Lunch

1.20 Research Horizons for GTL Alternative Fuels• GTL blends for increased domestic natural gas

utilization • Additization and GTL formulations for performance

and emissions benefits • GTL for advanced combustion regimes• GTL for future exhaust aftertreatment controlDaniel Carder, Director, Center for Alternative Fuels,Engines and Emissions, West Virginia University

GTL: FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR DEPLOYMENT

2.00 US Natural Gas, LNG as a Competitor with GTL• US Gas production has boomed, reaching all-time

highs and still growing, now approaching 75 Bcf/day• 45 Bcf/day of new LNG exports have been proposed,

more than the world’s total LNG capacity• LNG economics have been damaged as much as

GTL’s by declining oil prices• So what are real prospects for LNG, and how does

that interact with GTL technologies?Rick Smead, Managing Director, Advisory Services, RBN Energy LLC

2.40 Afternoon Tea

3.10 Natural Gas in Mexico: Present Situation & FutureOpportunities• Natural Gas in Mexico compared to the global

situation• Mexican legislation on Natural Gas production• Future potential production of Natural Gas in Mexico• Natural Gas uses: energy vs. methane transformationDr. Jaime Valente, Manager, Materials & ChemicalProducts Development, Mexican Petroleum Institute

3.50 Whatever Happened to Global Gas Demand?• Have low oil prices killed the hope of an increase?• Will US coming demand lose its momentum? • Will Asia come to the rescue?• Whatever Happened to Europe?• GTL: last to the party?Deniese Palmer-Huggins, Center for Energy Economics,University of Texas At Austin

4.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day TwoRon Sills, Founding Director, XTL & DME InstituteSM

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HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Tuesday 8th March 2016

Marriott West Loop Hotel by the Galleria, Houston, Texas, USA12.30pm to 5.45pm

ABCs of GTL: A Tutorial with Perspectiveson the Impact of Low Oil Prices andDiesel Engine Emissions Challenges

Workshop Leader: Iraj Isaac Rahmim, President, E-MetaVenture, Inc and

Theo Fleisch, President, Gas Conversion Solutions, Inc and Dr. Ronald A. Sills, Founding Director, XTL & DME InstituteSM

Overview of workshop:This workshop, led by internationally-recognized GTL experts, isan opportunity to learn and understand the “what, who,where, when and why” of the entire GTL value chain, includingtechnologies, commercial activities, market issues, economicsand current breaking news. It provides a forum for discussingrecent developments, trends and lessons learned, includingthe impacts of lower crude oil prices; the shale oil and gasboom in North America; and the recent on-going VW diesel-powered vehicles emissions developments.

Why you should attend:Gain better understanding and insights regarding recentglobal GTL developments, including:• Impact of Shale Oil & Gas Boom in North America• Lower Global Oil Prices• VW “Dieselgate” Emissions Developments• Progress of small-scale GTL projects• Case studies based on personal knowledge of GTL

commercialization experiences and challenges.• Learn about the GTL products/markets and the

economics of GTL projects.• Derive maximum benefit from presentations given at 3rd

SMi GTL Conference.

Programme:12.30 Registration and Coffee

1.00 Welcome – Introduction and WorkshopObjectives (All)

1.15 Overview of GTL Industry: Past, Present andFuture (All)

• Impact of Shale Oil & Gas Boom in North America • Lower Global Oil Prices • Diesel Vehicle Emissions Controversy

2.00 About GTL • What is GTL, including Fischer-Tropsch and

methanol pathways (Fleisch) • Commercial Activities (Fleisch) - Key drivers including gas flare reduction

(Fleisch) - Small-scale and large-scale (Sills) • Products and Market Issues (Rahmim) • Technologies and Engineering (Sills)

3.30 Afternoon Tea

4.00 GTL Economics (Sills)

4.30 Environmental Aspects (Sills) • Perspectives on impact of VW diesel vehicle

emissions developments • Impact of Government Policy and Regulations

5.00 Wrap-up and Review • Lessons Learned (All) • About the Conference Agenda (Sills)

5.30 Q&A and Closing Remarks (All)

5.45 Close of Workshop

About the Workshop Leaders:Dr. Sills, Fleisch and Rahmim, are internationally-recognizedenergy experts and prolific speakers/authors with extensiveindustrial experience, with key GTL players BP, Mobil andAmoco, in technology innovation and commercialization.They have given numerous well-received pre-conferenceworkshops. Career highlights:

Ron Sills: BP Gas Conversion Network Leader, MobilManager Research Planning and principalengineer 4 B/D fixed-bed MTG demo; IEAreviewer GTL section World Energy Outlook,board member/technical advisor start-upbiofuels company.

Theo Fleisch: BP Distinguished Advisor/Group Leadershipmember; BP/Amoco leader and globaladvocate for DME as new clean fuel; 2005/2006SPE Distinguished Speaker; consultant for theWorld Bank for the Global Gas FlaringReduction Partnership.

Iraj Isaac Rahmim: Global consulting/design practiceincluding Middle East; Specialization in XTL andnovel clean fuels technologies as well as refiningand gas processing; Associate member of theState Bar of Texas; past director AIChE Fuels andPetrochemicals Division.

They hold PhDs from MIT, University of Innsbruck, andColumbia, respectively.

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