ANALYTICS CLIENT SEMINAR LONDON

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June 11, 2019, 8 am – 4:50 pm
June 12, 2019, 8 am – 12:30 pm

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London Hilton on Park Lane,
22 Park Lane, W1K 1BE

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S&P Global Platts

Join the S&P Global Platts Analytics team for the 2019 S&P Global Platts Analytics Client Seminar London.

Get the latest insights into the global oil and European energy markets.

Platts Analytics will gather with our clients in London for a two day Seminar to focus on where the European markets are headed next. Hear first-hand from our analysts as they delve into current trends and provide the insights you need to make decisions with conviction. Whether you are examining the global influences on commodity price or granular shifts in local supply and demand fundamentals, we have the vast coverage and essential range of capabilities to help, so don’t miss out.

We are unpicking the complex influences on price and pioneering data integration across commodities and regions, giving you fresh perspectives and new opportunities to explore.

Why attend?

  • Deep dives into global oil, power gas and LNG markets

  • Global market fundamentals, outlooks, and price forecasts

  • Break-out sessions with insightful topics to choose form

  • Share your views and ask questions

  • Network with our specialists and your industry colleagues and peers

  • Access to the presentation slides

  • One-on-one connect sessions with our specialists



Speakers

Chris Midgley

Chris Midgley

Head of Global Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Ira Joseph

Ira Joseph

Global Head of Gas and Power Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Shin Kim

Shin Kim

Head of Supply and Production, Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Claudio Galimberti

Claudio Galimberti

Head of Demand and Refining, Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Frank Konertz

Frank Konertz

Head of LNG Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Rick Joswick

Rick Joswick

Global Head of Oil Pricing & Trade Flow Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Roman Kramarchuck

Roman Kramarchuck

Head of Energy Scenarios, Policy & Technology Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Jennifer Van Dinter

Jennifer Van Dinter

Head of NGL and Petrochemicals
S&P Global Platts

Dan Klein

Dan Klein

Head of Scenario Planning Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Glenn Rickson

Glenn Rickson

Head of Power Analysis
S&P Global Platts

James Huckstepp

James Huckstepp

Senior Analyst, European Gas Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Samer Mosis

Samer Mosis

Senior Analyst, LNG
S&P Global Platts

Chris Durman

Chris Durman

European Head of Gas and Power Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Joe Aldina

Joe Aldina

Manager, Global Coal Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Paul Sheldon

Paul Sheldon

Chief Geopolitical Advisor
S&P Global Platts

Adrian Dorsch

Adrian Dorsch

Senior Analyst, European Gas Analytics
S&P Global Platts

Mike McCafferty

Mike McCafferty

Lead Analyst, Petrochemicals
S&P Global Platts


Agenda

8 am

Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:50 am

Welcome - The Global Energy Market Outlook
Chris Midgley, Global Head of Analytics

  • The world is becoming increasingly connected

9:20 am

Economic and Oil Demand Growth
Claudio Galimberti, Head of Demand and Refining, Analytics

  • The longest expansionary business cycle ever and strong oil demand growth - will it continue or succumb to policy mistakes.

  • Biofuels and its impact on demand

9:35 am

Global Oil Supply Balances and Price
Shin Kim - Head of Supply and Production, Analytics

  • Shale growth, OPEC restraint balance supply amid tightening stocks outlook

9:50 am

NGLs and petrochemicals
Jennifer Van Dinter, Head of NGL and Petrochemicals

  • US NGL growth and its impact on global markets

10:05 am

Refining, Product Pricing and Trade
Rick Joswick - Global Head of Oil Pricing & Trade Flow Analytics

  • Major changes ahead with IMO 2020, US exports, and quality balances

10:20 am

Wrap Up and Outlook on Price and Q&A

10:40 am

Networking Break

11 am

Global Gas Markets
Ira Joseph, Global Head of Gas and Power Analytics

  • How low will prices go?

  • US Supply

11:20 am

Global LNG Markets
Frank Konertz, Head of LNG Analytics

  • Dislocation from oil, coupling with global gas, and the FID and demand dilemmas

11:40 am

Global Coal Markets
Joe Aldina

  • Is there a future or is it a race to the bottom?

11:55 am

The European Gas and Power Market
Chris Durman

  • Europe’s gas transition is underway with increased connection to power markets

  • Record switching, carbon price and renewables

12:15 pm

Wrap Up and Q&A

12:30 pm

Networking lunch

1:30 pm

Breakout session 1

Option 1 - Oil: Oil supply trends interact as shale, OPEC, deepwater, NGLs, and biofuels dance to differing cadences and drive price.

Shin Kim, Jennifer Van Dinter, Paul Sheldon, Claudio Galimberti

  • Shale crude growth unstoppable over the medium term if the price is right

  • Other non-OPEC declines are relentless but new projects return with long lead times

  • OPEC disruptions and restraint can act quickly

  • While NGLs and biofuels move at their own pace

  • How the different development/production cycles interact and affect price


Option 2 - Gas: Europe’s gas supply tensions

James Huckstepp, Frank Konertz, Adrian Dorsch

  • Europe’s gas transition is underway

  • Record high storage stocks still threaten Europe’s ability to balance

  • Russia’s export strategy and Nordstream 2

  • LNG – how much and for how long?

3 pm

Networking break

3:20 pm

Breakout session 2

Option 1 - Oil/NGLs: Oil supply getting lighter/sweeter with shale crude and NGLs but so is demand with IMO 2020

Chris Midgley, Rick Joswick

  • How disruptive will IMO 2020 be?

  • How will refining adapt both to cover IMO 2020 and to match lighter supply to refined product demand longer term?

  • Is a surplus at the top of the barrel the next “big thing”?


Option 2 - European power market dynamics Glenn Rickson, Kerry Thacker-Smith, Giuliano Bordignon

  • European power markets are becoming increasingly interconnected

  • Coal/nuclear phase out while renewables grow and thermal demand volatility

  • Despite growth in solar and wind capacity, role of hydro back in the spotlight this summer

  • Nuclear: renewed flexibility from an aging fleet

  • S-19 coal-to-gas switching – drivers, limitations and evidence to date

  • Look ahead - forecasting coal-to-gas switching and the risks to the channel

4:50 pm

Networking drinks reception

8 am

Registration & Networking Breakfast

9 am

Breakout session 3

Option 1 - Oil: Economic growth and near term product specification changes drive oil product demand but technology and policy have longer term implications

Claudio Galimberti, Roman Kramarchuk, Dan Klein

  • Near term questions revolve around economic growth or contraction. How the longest expansionary business cycle ever may succumb to policy mistakes, or continue on.

  • Longer term question is whether regionally/globally we are nearing a tipping point toward “peak demand”


Option 2 - LNG markets

Ira Joseph, Frank Konertz, Samer Mosis

  • Balances, price and trade

  • LNG, Oil, and IMO – a three way dance with more than three dancers: the Saudis, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and East Asia rebalance their fuel mix

10 am

Networking break

10:15 am

Breakout session 4

Option 1 - Oil/NGLs: Trade shifts with the US export juggernaut for crude oil, refined products, and LPG

Rick Joswick, Jennifer Van Dinter, Mike McCafferty

  • Centers of growth are not aligned: Demand in Asia; crude/NGL supply in US/Mideast; refining in Mideast/Asia; petchems in Asia/Mideast/US

  • IMO 2020 effects on trade will be large, but relatively short lived


Option 2 - Renewables, new technology and global carbon pricing

Roman Kramarchuk, Dan Klein

  • EU ETS market outlook

  • Global renewables outlook

  • Battery storage – will it save the day?

11:15 am

Networking Break

10:30 am

Plenary roundtable talking about key outlook risks and how they integrate across commodities

Moderated by: Chris Midgley; Dan Klein, Roman Kramarchuk, Rick Joswick, Ira Joseph, Claudio Galimberti, Jennifer Van Dinter, Shin Kim

  • Coal vs LNG vs fuel oil balances in power

  • Crude oil to natural gas ratio and implications for NGLs and petchem feedstock

  • Lighter oil supply with growth in US shale oil and NGLs vs. Iran/Venezuela sanctions

  • Electricity versus oil demand in a warming world

  • Huge increase in middle distillate demand vs. refining secondary unit investments

  • Tradeflow and arbitrage implications for crude and products

12:30 pm

Close of seminar

Agenda subject to change

TIME UNTIL EVENT