Agenda
Join us for the 37th annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference filled with critical content, thought leadership, and deep coverage on vital updates with leading companies, and speakers! What's more, you get to network extensively with all speakers and delegates, ask burning questions, visit exhibition booths, and many more through this immersive hybrid event.
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CEO Conversation Series
Monday, September 27, 2021 (available On-Demand from 8:00am SGT)
- — Industry collaboration for energy transition
Chris Midgley, Global Head of Analytics,
S&P Global Platts
Lorenzo Simonelli, President & CEO,
Baker Hughes
- — CEO Conversation
Dave Ernsberger, Global Head of Pricing and Market Insight,
S&P Global Platts
Eugene Leong, President, bp Singapore, and CEO, bp trading & shipping Asia-Pacific & Middle East
- — Towards a sustainable energy future in Latin America
Dave Ernsberger, Global Head of Pricing and Market Insight,
S&P Global Platts
Felipe Bayón, President,
Ecopetrol
- — State of the oil and gas industry
Chris Midgley, Global Head of Analytics,
S&P Global Platts
Greg Hill, President and Chief Operating Officer,
Hess Corporation
- — Navigating the waves of energy transition
Saugata Saha, President,
S&P Global Platts
S M Vaidya, Chairman & CEO,
IndianOil
- — Resilience and Recovery in times of uncertainty
Chris Midgley, Global Head of Analytics,
S&P Global Platts
Dr. Alois Virag, CEO,
Nayara Energy
- — Accelerating the industry’s response to climate change
Mriganka Jaipuriyar, Head of News – Asia,
S&P Global Platts
Dr Pratima Rangaranjan, CEO,
OGCI Climate Investments
- — Captive sales channel as a success factor for an integrated business model
Beth Evans, Global Director of News,
S&P Global Platts
Elena Skvortsova, Executive Officer, OMV, responsible for Marketing & Trading,
OMV Aktiengesellschaft
- — How the sophistication and democratization of financial oil markets has created a field of untapped data that will change how oil markets are analyzed
Dave Ernsberger, Global Head of Pricing and Market Insight,
S&P Global Platts
Greg Newman, CEO,
Onyx Capital Group
- — CEO Conversation
Saugata Saha, President,
S&P Global Platts
Alan Heng, Interim Group CEO,
Pavilion Energy
- — Pivoting to Capture Opportunities in an Accelerated Energy Transition
Arif Mahmood, Executive Vice President & CEO Downstream,
PETRONAS
Speaker TBC
- — Embracing a green and low-carbon energy futures from a futures exchange perspective
Alice Niu, Head of Content - China,
S&P Global Platts
Wang Fenghai, CEO,
Shanghai Futures Exchange & Shanghai International Energy Exchange
- — Charting challenges and change in the energy sector
Dave Ernsberger, Global Head of Pricing and Market Insight,
S&P Global Platts
Russell Hardy, Chief Executive Officer,
Vitol
- — Leading through the Energy Transition; what are the challenges
Beth Evans, Global Director of News,
S&P Global Platts
Peter Coleman, ex-CEO,
Woodside Petroleum
APPEC In-Person – Day 1 to 3 Agenda
Monday to Wednesday, September 27-29, 2021
Monday, September 27, 2021
- 10:30 amCrude Workshop: Update on key benchmarks: Brent and Dubai
- 12:00 pmAPPEC 2021 Welcome lunch
- 01:00 pm Welcome Address
Saugata Saha, President, S&P Global Platts
- 01:15 pm Special Address
Dr Tan See Leng, Minister, Government of Singapore
- SESSION 1: Where are we in the post-pandemic cycle?
- 01:30 pm Fireside chat: Keynote
Saugata Saha, President, S&P Global Platts
Carol Howle, EVP Trading & Shipping, bp
- 02:00 pm Panel discussion: Decoding structural changes in commodity markets: what does the new normal look like?
Panelists:
Eirik Waerness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Equinor
Harry Tchilinguirian, Director Oil Market Analytics and Research, TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading SA
Saad Rahim, Chief Economist, Trafigura
Giovanni Serio, Head of Research, Vitol
Moderated by:
Joel Hanley,Senior Director - Oil, S&P Global Platts
- 03:00 pm Code Red – the Energy Industry Challenge
Chris Midgley, Global Head of Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 03:30 pm Mid-afternoon break
Understanding crude supply in a new energy era
- 04:00 pm Energy Transition – the reality of the path forward and implications for US oil and gas
Ben Luckock, Co-Head of Oil Trading, Trafigura
- 04:20 pm Energy through the pandemic and beyond
Simon James, Vice President for Crude Trading & Refinery Optimization, Equinor
- 04:40 pm OPEC+ in discussion
Rosemary Griffin, Managing Editor, Russian Commodities and Energy News, S&P Global Platts
Herman Wang,, Senior Writer, S&P Global Platts
- 05:00 pm Panel discussion: The future of crude
Panelists:
D V Mamadapur, Executive Director, International Trade, BPCL
Molly Morris, Senior Vice President, Products, and Liquids, Equinor
Pedro Manrique, Commercial and Marketing Vice President, Ecopetrol
Mike Muller, Head of Asia, Vitol
Moderated by:
Vera Blei, Global Director, Oil & LNG Markets, S&P Global Platts
- 05:50 pm Closing remarks
Mriganka Jaipuriyar,, Head of News - Asia,S&P Global Platts
- 06:00 pm APPEC 2021 celebration
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
SESSION 2: Recovery post-COVID: Reviving refining
- 09:50 am Welcome address
Ching Ong, Vice President, Commercial – APAC, S&P Global Platts
- 10:00 am Panel discussion: Mega project challenges: the roadmap to recovery
Panelists:
Dr. Debesh Patra, Executive Director, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd.
Mitsuyasu (Mitch) Kawaguchi, General Manager of Crude Oil and Tanker, COSMO Oil
Sergey Denisov, Chief Development Officer, Nayara Energy
Petri Jokinen, Director, Neste Singapore Expansion Project
Moderated by:
Dr Kang Wu, Head of Global Demand and Asia Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 10:45 am How much is demand fueling the new normal?
Dr Kang Wu, Head of Global Demand and Asia Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 11:10 am Sustainability: how will the refining industry unfold?
Ashutosh Deshpande, Integrated Supply & Trading, Essar Oil
- 11:35 am Refiners and energy transition: solving what matters for a moving world
David Binnie, General Manager, Supply, Z Energy
- 12:00 pm Mid-morning break
- Petrochemicals: flowing to an integrated future
- 12:30 pm Keynote: Driving the sustainable agenda: trader's viewpoint
Interviewer:
Surabhi Sahu, Senior Editor, Petroleum News S&P Global Platts
Interviewee:
Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, Global Head, Petrochemicals Trading, TotalEnergies
- 12:55 pm Panel discussion: Crude to chemicals: transforming the processing industry
Panelists:
Mathew George, General Manager (Corporate Planning), Indian Oil Corp
Promporn Sinsoke, VP – Petrochemical Marketing Business, IRPC
Andreas Schwingshackl, Senior Vice President Supply & Optimization, OMV Downstream GmbH
Rajesh Rawat, Senior Vice President, Head Cracker Business, Reliance Industries
Moderated by:
Vanessa Ronsisvalle, Editorial Content Director, Petrochemicals Asia, S&P Global Platts
- 01:30 pm Closing remarks
- 01:35 pm APPEC lunch break
SESSION 3: Revitalizing the industry: future fuels and energy transition
- 02:20 pm Welcome address
Cheryl Chen, Director, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Asia Pacific S&P Global Platts
- 02:30 pm From all-time lows to all-time highs, what does the recent volatility in JKM prices mean and what can we expect in the years ahead?
Jeff Moore, Asian LNG Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 02:55 pm Panel discussion: LNG's role in energy transition: what does it mean for benchmark development and long-term contracts?
Panelists:
Dr. Andrew Walker, Vice President, LNG Strategy and Communication, Cheniere
Sarah Bairstow, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Mexico Pacific Limited
Yuriy Eroshin, Commercial Director for LNG and Gas Overseas Trading, NOVATEK
Denis Bonhomme, Vice President - LNG, TotalEnergies China
Sid Bambawale, LNG Trading Manager, Vitol
Moderated by:
Kenneth Foo, Managing Editor – LNG, S&P Global Platts
- 03:35 pm What role can the oil industry play in achieving net-zero?
Mriganka Jaipuriyar, Head of News – Asia, S&P Global Platts
Alan Haywood, SVP, environmental, social and governance, bp
- 04:00 pm Mid-afternoon break
- 04:30 pm Equinor and energy transition
Magne Hovden, Vice President, Equinor
- 04:55 pm The energy transition – challenges and opportunities
Morten Bo Christiansen, Vice President, Head of Decarbonisation, A.P. Moller-Maersk
- 05:20 pm Panel discussion: energy transition: the great debate
Panelists:
Luca Maria Rossi, Vice President, New Frontiers, Baker Hughes
Harry Ubhi, Head of Origination and Business Development (Asia Pacific), Eni Trade & Biofuels
Ashutosh Deshpande, Vice President – Integrated Supply & TradingEssar Oil
John Cooper, Director General, Fuels Europe
Moderated by:
Jonty Rushforth, Senior Director, Markets Group and Energy Transition, S&P Global Platts
- 06:00 pm Closing remarksCheryl Chen, Director, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Asia Pacific S&P Global Platts
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
SESSION 4: Environmental regulations and decarbonization of the shipping industry
- 09:50 am Welcome address
Hernan Mazzella, Vice President, Global Majors, S&P Global Platts
- 10:00 am Seaborne shipping and global oil trading in a post-COVID cycle?
Peter Sand, Chief Shipping Analyst, BIMCO
- 10:30 am Marine fuels for the future moving from decades of homogeneity to a heterogeneous future
Rashpal Bhatti, Vice President, Maritime and Supply Chain Excellence, BHP
- 11:00 am Mid-morning break
- 11:30 am How will environmental regulations such as Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) change the face of shipping?
Sanjay Verma, Director – Decarbonisation Solutions Asia, Wartsila Marine Power
- 12:00 pm Panel discussion: The transformation of marine fuels: decarbonization
Panelists:
Anoop Singh, Head of Tanker Research, Braemar ACM Shipbroking
Carlos Torres, Head of physical supply, Bunker Holding
Harry Ubhi, Head of Origination and Business Development (Asia Pacific), Eni Trade & Biofuels
Timothy Cosulich, CEO Marine Fuel, Fratelli Cosulich
Mohd Rafe Bin Mohamed Ramli, Global Head; LNG Bunkering, PETRONAS Marine
Rasmus Bach Nielsen, Global Head of Fuel Decarbonization, Trafigura
Moderated by:
Peter Norfolk, Director Global Freight, S&P Global Platts
- 01:00 pm Panel discussion: Order book 2022: what does the industry need to do to deliver energy transition?
Panelists:
Court Smith, Business Development Team Leader, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Capt. Rajalingam Subramaniam, President & CEO, AET
Vivek Sharma, Senior Director, Energy & Natural Resources, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory
Gihan Ismail, Director-Shareholder, Marine Capital Limited
Moderated by:
Pradeep Rajan, Senior Managing Editor, S&P Global Platts
- 01:45 pm Keynote special closing address
Dr Abderrezak Benyoucef, Head, Energy Studies Department, OPEC
- 02:15 pm APPEC Concludes
Dave Ernsberger, Global Head of Pricing and Market Insight, S&P Global Platts
APPEC Online– Day 1 to 3 Agenda
Monday to Wednesday, September 27-29, 2021
Monday, September 27, 2021
- 01:00 pm Welcome Address
Saugata Saha, President, S&P Global Platts
- 01:15 pm Special Address
Dr Tan See Leng, Minister, Government of Singapore
- SESSION 1: Where are we in the post-pandemic cycle?
- 01:30 pm Fireside chat: Keynote
Saugata Saha, President, S&P Global Platts
Carol Howle, EVP Trading & Shipping, bp
- 02:00 pm Panel discussion: Decoding structural changes in commodity markets: what does the new normal look like?
Panelists:
Eirik Waerness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Equinor
Harry Tchilinguirian, Director Oil Market Analytics and Research, TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading SA
Saad Rahim, Chief Economist, Trafigura
Giovanni Serio, Head of Research, Vitol
Moderated by:
Joel Hanley, Senior Director - Oil, S&P Global Platts
- 03:00 pm Code Red – the Energy Industry Challenge
Chris Midgley, Global Head of Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 03:30 pm Online Exclusive: Ask Platts about crude markets
Dave Ernsberger, Global Head of Pricing and Market Insight, S&P Global Platts
Chris Midgley, Global Head of Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 03:45 pm Watch APPEC On Demand content
Understanding crude supply in a new energy era
- 04:00 pm Watch APPEC On Demand content
- 05:00 pm Panel discussion: The future of crude
Panelists:
D V Mamadapur, Executive Director, International Trade, BPCL
Molly Morris, Senior Vice President, Products, and Liquids, Equinor
Pedro Manrique, Commercial and Marketing Vice President, Ecopetrol
Mike Muller, Head of Asia, Vitol
Moderated by:
Vera Blei, Global Director, Oil & LNG Markets, S&P Global Platts
- 05:50 pm Closing remarks
Mriganka Jaipuriyar,, Head of News - Asia,S&P Global Platts
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
SESSION 2: Recovery post-COVID: Reviving refining
- 09:50 am Welcome address
Ching Ong, Vice President, Commercial – APAC, S&P Global Platts
- 10:00 am Panel discussion: Mega project challenges: the roadmap to recovery
Panelists:
Dr. Debesh Patra, Executive Director, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd.
Mitsuyasu (Mitch) Kawaguchi, General Manager of Crude Oil and Tanker, COSMO Oil
Sergey Denisov, Chief Development Officer, Nayara Energy
Petri Jokinen, Director, Neste Singapore Expansion Project
Moderated by:
Dr Kang Wu,Head of Global Demand and Asia Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 10:45 am How much is demand fueling the new normal?
Dr Kang Wu, Head of Global Demand and Asia Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 11:10 am Sustainability: how will the refining industry unfold?
Ashutosh Deshpande, Integrated Supply & Trading, Essar Oil
- 11:35 am Watch APPEC On Demand content
- 12:15 pm Online Exclusive: Ask Platts about the refining industry
Dave Ernsberger, Global Head of Pricing and Market Insight, S&P Global Platts
Chris Midgley, Global Head of Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- Petrochemicals: flowing to an integrated future
- 12:30 pm Keynote: Driving the sustainable agenda: trader's viewpoint
Interviewer:
Surabhi SahuSenior Editor, Petroleum News S&P Global Platts
Interviewee:
Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, Global Head, Petrochemicals TradingTotalEnergies
- 12:55 pm Panel discussion: Crude to chemicals: transforming the processing industry
Panelists:
Mathew George, General Manager (Corporate Planning), Indian Oil Corp
Promporn Sinsoke, VP – Petrochemical Marketing Business, IRPC
Andreas Schwingshackl, Senior Vice President Supply & Optimization, OMV Downstream GmbH
Rajesh Rawat, Senior Vice President, Head Cracker Business, Reliance Industries
Moderated by:
Vanessa Ronsisvalle, Editorial Content Director, Petrochemicals Asia, S&P Global Platts
- 01:30 pm Closing remarks
SESSION 3: Revitalizing the industry: future fuels and energy transition
- 02:20 pm Welcome address
Cheryl Chen, Director, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Asia Pacific S&P Global Platts
- 02:30 pm From all-time lows to all-time highs, what does the recent volatility in JKM prices mean and what can we expect in the years ahead?
Jeff Moore, Asian LNG Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 02:55 pm Panel discussion: LNG's role in energy transition: what does it mean for benchmark development and long-term contracts?
Panelists:
Andrew Walker, Vice President, LNG Strategy and Communication, Cheniere
Sarah Bairstow, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Mexico Pacific Limited
Yuriy Eroshin, Commercial Director for LNG and Gas Overseas Trading, NOVATEK
Denis Bonhomme, Vice President - LNG, TotalEnergies China
Sid Bambawale, LNG Trading Manager, Vitol
Moderated by:
Kenneth Foo, Managing Editor – LNG, S&P Global Platts
- 03:35 pm Online exclusive: Ask Platts about energy transition
Dave Ernsberger, Global Head of Pricing and Market Insight, S&P Global Platts
Chris Midgley, Global Head of Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 04:00 pm Online exclusive: The 2° Challenge
- 04:30 pm Equinor and energy transition
Magne Hovden, Vice President, Equinor
- 04:55 pm The energy transition – challenges and opportunities
Morten Bo Christiansen, Vice President, Head of Decarbonisation, A.P. Moller-Maersk
- 05:20 pm Panel discussion: energy transition: the great debate
Panelists:
Luca Maria Rossi,, Vice President, New Frontiers,Baker Hughes
Harry Ubhi, Head of Origination and Business Development (Asia Pacific), Eni Trade & Biofuels
Ashutosh Deshpande, Vice President – Integrated Supply & Trading, Essar Oil
John Cooper, Director General, Fuels Europe
- 06:00 pm Closing remarks Cheryl Chen, Director, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Asia Pacific S&P Global Platts
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
SESSION 4: Environmental regulations and decarbonization of the shipping industry
- 09:50 am Welcome address
Hernan Mazzella, Vice President, Global Majors, S&P Global Platts
- 10:00 am Seaborne shipping and global oil trading in a post-COVID cycle?
Peter Sand, Chief Shipping Analyst, BIMCO
- 10:30 am Marine fuels for the future moving from decades of homogeneity to a heterogeneous future
Rashpal Bhatti, Vice President, Maritime and Supply Chain Excellence, BHP
- 11:45 am Online exclusive: Ask Platts about shipping markets
Jennifer van Dinter, Head of Integrated Analytics, S&P Global Platts
- 12:00 pm Panel discussion: The transformation of marine fuels: decarbonization
Panelists:
Anoop Singh, Head of Tanker Research, Braemar ACM Shipbroking
Carlos Torres, Head of physical supply, Bunker Holding
Harry Ubhi, Head of Origination and Business Development (Asia Pacific), Eni Trade & Biofuels
Timothy Cosulich, CEO Marine Fuel, Fratelli Cosulich
Mohd Rafe Bin Mohamed Ramli, PETRONAS Marine
Rasmus Bach Nielsen, Global Head of Fuel Decarbonization, Trafigura
Moderated by:
Peter Norfolk, Director Global Freight, S&P Global Platts
- 01:00 pm Panel discussion: Order book 2022: what does the industry need to do to deliver energy transition?
Panelists:
Court Smith, Business Development Team Leader, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Capt. Rajalingam Subramaniam, President & CEO, AET
Vivek Sharma, Senior Director, Energy & Natural Resources, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory
Gihan Ismail, Director-Shareholder, Marine Capital Limited
Moderated by:
Pradeep Rajan, Senior Managing Editor, S&P Global Platts
- 01:45 pm Keynote special closing address
Dr Abderrezak Benyoucef, Head, Energy Studies Department, OPEC
- 02:15 pm Closing remarks
Dave Ernsberger, Global Head of Pricing and Market Insight, S&P Global Platts
APPEC On-Demand– Day 1 to 3 Agenda
Monday to Wednesday, September 27-29, 2021
Onsite Venue: Marina Bay Sands Singapore
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