LONDON OIL & ENERGY
FORUM 2020

8:30 am

Registration & Networking 

9:25 am

Welcome
Martin Fraenkel, President, S&P Global Platts

9:30 am

Keynote address
Baroness Brown, Deputy Chair, Committee on Climate Change

9:50 am

Global energy market outlook 
Chris Midgley, Head of Global Analytics

10:30 am

Oil benchmarks update
Vera Blei, Global Director, Oil Markets 

10:55 am

Networking break 

11:25 am

Special session: Energy transition: the next steps for oil, gas

Moderated by: Joel Hanley, Editorial Director, European & African Oil
Beth Burks, ESG Associate Director, S&P Global Ratings
Simon Thorne, Global Content Director, Generating Fuels & Electric Power
Chris Midgley, Head of Global Analytics

12:05 pm

Networking lunch 

1:20 pm

Breakout 1: Upstream focus - The major supply/demand trends in crude oil markets (featuring live polling)

• The changing quality mix in global crude trade
• The OPEC+ agreement in context
• Reviewing crude oil benchmark evolution
• Supply/demand balances outlook

Breakout 2: Downstream focus – the major supply/demand trends in products markets (featuring live polling)

• The challenge for greener transport fuels
• IMO Marpol 2020 implementation
• Shifting landscape of Africa’s refined products
• Petrochemical drivers for light ends

Moderated by: Francesco Di Salvo, Associate Editorial Director, EMEA Oil
Eklavya Gupte, Senior Editor
Tamara Sleiman, Managing Editor, Residual Fuels
Eleni Pittalis, Managing Editor, EMEA Middle Distillates
Chris Midgley, Head of Global Analytics

2:20 pm

Networking break 

2:50 pm

Breakout 3: LNG focus - market update and outlook (featuring live polling)

• Global Gas hits new lows, how will US Gas respond?
• Emerging Asia: will demand ever materialise?
• European landed LNG versus TTF: the true price of Gas?
• Methodology updated, JKM, NWE, MED, GCM

Moderated by:Paula Vanlaningham, Senior Methodology and Market Specialist
Desmond Wong, Managing Editor, European and Atlantic Basin LNG
Samer Mosis, Senior Analyst, LNG at S&P Global Platts

Breakout 4: Shipping focus - market update and outlook (featuring live polling)

• The ripples of IMO 2020 and what’s next for shipping market decarbonisation
• The commoditization of ocean freight markets and why benchmarks matter
• How does the fleet investment/scrapping cycle look at the start of a new decade?

Moderated by: Peter Norfolk, Editorial Director, Global Shipping & Freight
Barbara Troner, Managing Editor, Americas Tankers
Pradeep Rajan, Senior Managing Editor, Asia Pacific Shipping & Freight
Arthur Richier, Associate Editor, Tanker Markets

3:50 pm

Live MOC: Platts Oil Methodology Explained Session
John-Laurent Tronche, Senior Manager, Europe & Africa Oil Markets Engagement
Dan Colover, Market Engagement Manager, Middle East

5:00 pm

Forum ends