Coal Bed Methane / Coal to Liquids / Underground Coal Gasification

11-12 June 2012  |  Radisson BLU Hotel, Sandton Johannesburg  This event has been cancelled 

Coal Bed Methane (CBM or Coal Seam Gas) has become a great asset due it its abundance and the fact that it burns cleaner than natural gas.  CBM is now a valuable contributor to the world’s energy portfolio, and is becoming increasingly important.

Africa’s abundant CBM reserves are largely untapped.  With the region’s appetite for gas growing annually we are set to see a  rise of the CBM sector over the next 10 years that will see market capitalization of independent CBM operators exploding in the region.

Project developers and the South African government are working together to facilitate the best use of this critical resource as well as on finding end markets for the extracted CBM.
 

Current speaker line-up includes:

• Tertius Kruger, Project Manager, Gas Energy, Exxaro
• Andy Lambert, Managing Director, Kinetiko Energy Ltd (South Africa)
• Ian Tchacos, Chairman, Instinct Energy Limited (Namibia)
• Andrew Elf, General Manager – Drilling Services, Mitchell Drilling Services
• Michel Thuysbaert, Managing Director, Cobramar Ltd
• Dr. Lin Tu, Executive Director, Clean Coal Technology South Africa
• Prof Philip Lloyd, Energy Institute, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
• Alan Golding, Director, Analytika Holdings
• Professor Danie Vermeulen, director of the Institute for Groundwater Studies, University of the Free State (UFS)
• Conrad Kahts, Managing Director, Aqua Alpha
• Gabriel Canahai, Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd
• Tebogo Segwabe, Geological Survey, Botswana
• Steve Martin, Group CEO, Kalahari Energy Botswana
• Andrew Leibovitch, Executive Director, Sunbird Energy Ltd
• Oliver Barker, Director, Banzi Geotechnics

Join local and international industry leaders at CBM Africa to hear key topics surrounding CBM in Africa, including:

• Overview of potential CBM projects in Southern Africa
• Market outlook & opportunities - Can Southern Africa become the next hotspot for the CBM, CTL & LTL industry?  What will it take?
• Funding and banking projects
• Infrastructure needed to develop South Africa’s natural gas potential
• Exploration & development showcase - opportunities, exploration,  potential, Lessons learnt to date
• UCG, tight & shale gas
• CBM & UCG – Developing an integrated energy industry
• Overview of potential CBM projects in Botswana
• Site selection, drilling & well completion
• Unlocking the potential of unconventional energy resources - Creating value from stranded coal
• Groundwater studies for CBM
• The evolution of dewatering systems for CBM/CSG applications – past, present and future
• Shale gas, hydraulic fracturing and addressing concerns surrounding fracking
  
  If you would like to:
• Contribute towards the program as a speaker, please contact Alexandra Bennet at alex.bennet@informa.com.au or call +61 (0)2 9080 4315.
• Find out about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please contact Deen Haniff at deen.haniff@informa.com.au or call +61 (0)2 9080 4357.