Conference Agenda

5:00pm

Opening Reception on Exhibit Floor

7:00am

Registration Opens - Breakfast on Exhibit Floor

8:25am

Welcome Remarks
Jeannie Stell, Editor, Midstream Business, Hart Energy

8:30am

Opening Keynote
The booming Marcellus and Utica shale plays bring new sources of energy to the nation and highlight the growing importance of the oil and gas midstream sector. Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP's chief executive delivers the keynote address and highlights the play's challenges and opportunities in 2012 and beyond.

Moderator: Jeannie Stell, Editor, Midstream Business, Hart Energy

J. Mike Stice, Chief Executive, Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP, and Senior Vice President, Natural Gas Projects, Chesapeake Energy Corp.

9:00am

Finance Panel: Creating Value in the Midstream
The smart money is investing in infrastructure to support Marcellus shale-gas production. Here's an overview of the MLP Index, best-bet investments, challenges and opportunities for investing in the midstream space.

Moderator: Ben Davis, Partner, Energy Spectrum Capital

Jerry V. Swank, Managing Partner, Swank Capital

Bill Waldrip, Managing Partner, EnCap Flatrock Midstream

Kenny Feng, President and CEO, Alerian

10:00am

Networking Break

10:30am

Spotlight: NGLs - The Big Picture
Unconventional oil and gas plays are changing the energy flows of America and over the next five years U.S. natural gas liquids production will increase dramatically. The changing environment in the northeast will impact the U.S. NGL market as a whole. Here's the forecast from an industry-leading consulting firm.

Moderator: Richard Mason, Chief Technical Director, Upstream, Hart Energy

Kristen Holmquist, Manager, Natural Gas Liquids, BENTEK Energy

10:50am

Pipeline Panel: Moving the Marcellus
Thanks to ever higher rates of production, new pipelines are needed to take gas production to markets. Here, midstream operators reveal their takeaway plans for the play.

Moderator: John Harpole, President, Mercator Energy and Senior Midstream Advisor, Hart Energy

Bob Parks, President, Superior Pipeline

Stan Chapman, Senior Vice President, Customer Services and Marketing, NiSource Gas Transmission and Storage

Stan Brownell, Senior Vice President, Millennium Pipeline

11:50am

Spotlight: Partnership Approach to Midstream Buildout-Marcellus
Range Resources has a vibrant partnership with midstream provider MarkWest in southwestern Pennsylvania's large, rich-gas window in the Marcellus play. This partnership is crucial to Range's ambitious plans for growth.

Moderator: Jeannie Stell, Editor, Midstream Business, Hart Energy

Rodney L. Waller, Senior Vice President, Range Resources Corp.

12:10pm

Networking Luncheon

1:15pm

Special Presentation: Working Towards Pennsylvania's Environmental & Economic Prosperity
Since December 2007, when Range Resources Corp. reported results from initial horizontal Marcellus test wells in Pennsylvania, founding this world-class new gas play, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been actively working to update its laws and policies regarding oil and gas development. Here, Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley, who led development of a 137-page report by Gov. Tom Corbett's Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission in 2011 on best practices in the state, discusses findings and results to date.

Moderator: Jeannie Stell, Editor, Midstream Business, Hart Energy

The Honorable Jim Cawley, Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

1:40pm

Afternoon Keynote

Moderator: Leslie Haines, Editor-in-chief, Oil and Gas Investor, Hart Energy

Recalibrating Our Compass: The Supply and Demand Implications of Developing Northeast Shale Plays
William T. Yardley, Group VP, Northeast Operations, Spectra Energy

2:00pm

Processing Panel: Marcellus and More
New processing capacity is underway to serve the rich-gas areas of the Marcellus, and midstream providers find that cooperation and coordination with upstream producers makes for cost-effective build-outs. Will today's slate of new projects be enough to serve the about-to-be-developed Utica shale as well?

Moderator: Keefe Borden, Senior Editor, Midstream Business, Hart Energy

Marc Halbritter, Managing Director, Commercial Activities-Gathering, Dominion Transmission Inc.

Marcellus NGL Infrastructure Expansion: What Happens When the Music Stops?
Dan Lippe, President, Petral Worldwide Inc.

Jack M. Lafield, President and CEO, Caiman Energy

Randy S. Nickerson, Chief Commercial Officer and Senior Vice President, MarkWest Energy Partners LP

3:00pm

Networking Break

3:30pm

Spotlight: Partnership Approach to Midstream Builidout-Utica
Operators in the nascent, liquids-rich Utica shale already have a bounty of hydrocarbons coming online and expectiations are for tremendous additional volumes. Here, a midstream operator describes a partnership for processing theses liquids into highest-use fuels.

Moderator: Peggy Williams, Director, Unconventional Resources, Hart Energy

Frank Tsuru, President and CEO, Momentum/M3 Midstream LLC

3:50pm

Spotlight: Lessons Learned from Other Shales
Marcellus, Eagle Ford and the Bakken — a trifecta of success. Some systems work in all three and some don't. Here, a midstream operator compares and contrasts the shales and shares when works and what doesn't.

Moderator: Richard Mason, Chief Technical Director, Upstream, Hart Energy

Gary C. Evans, Chairman and CEO, Magnum Hunter Resources Corp.

4:10pm

Panel: The Storage Scene
Inarguably, gas storage plays a large part in the success of any gas field. Yet, the current environment of low volatility means margins can be squeezed. Here's how this group of storage operators make it work.

Moderator: John Harpole, President, Mercator Energy and Senior Midstream Advisor, Hart Energy

William R. (Bill) Moler, President and COO, Inergy Midstream LP

Anthony C. (Tony) Cox, Manager, Midstream Business Development, UGI Energy Services, Inc.

4:50pm

Closing Keynote
As one of North America's largest natural gas gatherers and processors, Williams is focused on being a reliable midstream service provider. Here is an update and outlook on its opportunities and challenges.

Moderator: Jeannie Stell, Editor, Midstream Business, Hart Energy

Frank Billings, Vice President, Williams Midstream

5:15pm

Wrap-up

5:20pm

Networking Reception on Exhibit Floor

7:30am

Registration Opens - Breakfast on Exhibit Floor

8:25am

Welcome Remarks
Jeannie Stell, Editor, Midstream Business, Hart Energy

8:30am

Opening Keynote
Growing domestic gas supply is tipping the scales toward exports. How much is feasible and who are the front runners in this burgeoning new industry?

Moderator: Jeannie Stell, Editor, Midstream Business, Hart Energy

Donald R. Raikes, Vice President, Dominion Transmission Inc.

8:50am

Panel: Environmental, Safety and Technology
Pipeline operators and their construction contractors must keep an eye on environmental, safety and technology issues at all times. Here are some best practices.

Moderator: Keefe Borden, Senior Editor, Midstream Business, Hart Energy

Jonathan Pollack, Senior Vice President, Commercial Solutions, GeoDecisions

Pipeline Safety in the Marcellus
Elliott Boullion, CEO, Resource Environmental Solutions

Ron Potesta, CEO, Potesta & Associates

9:45am

Networking Brunch

10:15am

Operator Spotlight

Moderator: Leslie Haines, Editor-in-chief, Oil and Gas Investor, Hart Energy

John Mork, CEO, Energy Corporation of America

10:35am

Roundtable Panel: Building Gas Demand
The success of the unconventional producers has brought a new world of gas to the U.S. As a direct benefit, power generation, petrochemical manufacturing and even transportation can be more economically attractive than ever before. This panel reveals the details of the opportunities to come.

Moderator: Richard Mason, Chief Technical Director, Upstream, Hart Energy

George Stark, Director, External Affairs, Cabot Oil & Gas

Richard A. Bohr, President, Whitetail Natural Gas Services LLC

Thomas B. Murphy, Co-Director, Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, Penn State Cooperative Extension

Lou D'Amico, President and Executive Director, PIOGA

11:35pm

Conference Adjourns