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We are excited to once again invite you to the S&P Global Commodity Insights Dubai Energy Forum, in partnership with the DMCC, which will be held in person in Dubai on October 30, 2024. 

Join us at this complimentary event for a packed agenda of market updates and the latest insights on the Middle East’s oil and energy markets. Our respected speakers will be on-hand to share their analyses and discuss key issues with you.

Key areas of focus include:

- Update on key global benchmarks
- Developments in global crude oil markets
- Middle East refined product market update
- Global chemicals value chains and the overall global outlook

FREE FORUM STARTS IN

Agenda

12:15pm

Networking lunch & registration 

1:15pm

DMCC Welcome

1:25pm

S&P Global Commodity Insights welcome and Platts global benchmark update

Vera Blei, Global Head of Established Benchmarks, S&P Global Commodity Insights

1:55pm

Oil & refined product market outlook session

  • Demand: When will Middle East oil burn be phased out?
  • Supply: OPEC+ question: Unity, prices or market share?
  • Refining: Is Middle East refining expansion reaching an end?

Dong Wang, Principal Research Analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights

2:30pm

Developments in global crude oil markets

  • 40th anniversary of Platts Dubai crude assessments
  • Changing trade flows
  • Recent developments in global crude oil markets

Daniel Colover, Associate Director of Global Engagement & Intelligence for Oil/LNG, S&P Global Commodity Insights

3:00pm

Middle East refined product market update

  • Fujairah’s role as an energy hub
  • Middle East refined product market developments
  • Making waves in maritime future fuels

Daniel Colover, Associate Director of Global Engagement & Intelligence for Oil/LNG, S&P Global Commodity Insights

3:30pm

Networking break

4:10pm

NGL session

  • Short-term outlook for supply, demand, freight rates, and pricing
  • Focus on the U.S., Middle East, and Asia/Mainland China

Darryl Rogers, Consulting Executive Director, S&P Global Commodity Insights

4:40pm

Global Chemicals outlook

  • Following the global capacity overbuild, how quickly can chemical value chains recover?
  • How are Middle East producers reacting to the next wave of investment?

Michael Liesfeldt, Director Olefins, S&P Global Commodity Insights

Moveed Fazail, Executive Director, Polymers, S&P Global Commodity Insights

5:10pm

Dirty and Clean Tanker Market Outlook

  • Global tanker supply and market trends
  • Geopolitical disruptions and supply chain challenges
  • Environmental regulations and their trade flow impact

Peter Norfolk, Global Head of Freight Pricing, MRTS, S&P Global Commodity Insights

5:40pm

Global LNG short-term outlook: Reaching the end of the cycle?

  • Is the period of high global LNG prices over?
    - Factors that have pressured prices up in 2024 and the outlook for the rest of the year
  • The next LNG wave: Will the current build of supply catch up with global demand or even overtake it?
    - New LNG supply projects due online, in the Middle East and globally
    - Demand growth: Europe vs Asia-Pacific
  • Prospects for LNG prices to 2027 and key risks to the outlook
    - Geopolitical and other risks

Ayush Agarwal, LNG Analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights

6:10pm

Closing remarks

6:15pm

Networking reception

Agenda subject to change


Speakers

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Vera Blei
Global Head of Established Benchmarks
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Daniel Colover
Associate Director of Global Engagement & Intelligence for Oil/LNG
Darryl Rogers
Consulting Executive Director
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Michael Liesfeldt
Director Olefins
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Peter Norfolk
Global Head of Freight Pricing, MRTS
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Ayush Agarwal
LNG Analyst
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Moveed Fazail
Executive Director, Polymers
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Dong Wang
Principal Research Analyst