DENVER, June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATURAL GAS 2006 will be held August 7, 8 and 9 at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. This event combines two important regional meetings: the 18th annual Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Strategy Conference and Investment Forum, presented by Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), and the Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Geology & Resources Conference, presented by the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and the Denver Geophysical Society.
And, new this year, IPAA (Independent Petroleum Association of America) and COGA join together to host Rocky Mountain Private Capital, a half-day offering that spotlights the importance of private capital to the development of natural gas in the Rockies.
Following is the latest information for the event, including preliminary schedules. Details, updates and registration are at http://www.coga.org/ and http://www.rmag.org/, or call the conference phone at 303-861-2387, or email us at
COGA's Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Strategy Conference & Investment Forum
About the Conference
Long recognized as the premier Rocky Mountain event that showcases natural gas issues, this year's Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Strategy Conference & Investment Forum focuses on critical issues. Strategy Conference and Investment Forum sessions complement each other and are included in a single registration.
This Year's Theme
Energy, Risk and Change -- Today's Best U.S. Natural Gas Play: Rocky Mountain Basins
Draft oxen, wood fires and whale oil. Coal steam engines and canvas sails. Windmills, petroleum, natural gas, solar panels, nuclear fission and fusion. Energy technology is ever-evolving. Now more than ever, necessity seeks invention. But the risks we face in employing and balancing new and mature energy technologies have created a double-edged sword -- too much confidence and spin on one side, too much skepticism and demagoguery on the other.
Against the backdrop of unprecedented global interdependence and technological complexity, society is making macro-risk choices with little understanding of the consequences. The risks are growing harder to judge, much less quantify. While at the same time, the consequences of miscalculation are increasingly serious, interlocking and far ranging. Put another way, what's the ratio of cars in China or hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico to drilling rigs in the Rockies?
High-profile speakers will address the ideas and issues surrounding these concepts.
The Investment Forum
Executives from key Rocky Mountain companies will highlight the substantial opportunities and exciting plays that distinguish our region. The distinctive executive-panel structure features industry leaders whose companies are making an unprecedented, long-term commitment of capital and talent focused on exploring and developing the Rockies. A number of the executive-panel companies will also offer scheduled break-out sessions, providing greater detail on corporate accomplishments, projects and/or planning. "Companies to Watch," both private and public, will be featured at a special Wednesday morning breakfast.
Strategy Conference & Investment Forum Preliminary Schedule
*****Monday, August 7*****
1:30 - 4:30 Public Land Issues
This shared session is open to registrants of either conference.
2:00 Exhibit Hall opens
4:30 - 6:00 Ice-Breaker Reception in the Exhibit Hall
*****Tuesday, August 8*****
7:30 Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:30 - 10:00 Mega-Session: Plenary One
Overestimating Risk in Energy Decisions: Overcoming Skepticism & Demagoguery
Making the smoothest transition possible to a new energy future means managing risk effectively. A better understanding of the following will help us do that: The extensive North American hydrocarbon resource base, the evolution of oil and gas wildcatting (particularly in the Rockies) and how risk and new technology influence decisions, and the current state of the dynamic natural gas resource play in the Rockies -- now the most significant in the U.S.
10:10-11:30 Strategy Conference Session
Political Risks from Geopolitical and Domestic Perspectives
Venezuela, Iran, Russia, China, India -- natural gas, oil and nuclear power flow among some of the most geopolitically sensitive nations. We enhance U.S. security when we produce energy without dependence on tinder-box regions. Conversely, we diminish that security when we limit drilling by political decisions often based more on rhetoric than fact. In this new era of risk and high prices, decisions made by elected officials and their appointees increasingly impact the U.S. production and transmission of energy. This panel will examine the effects of politics on the risks inherent in these situations.
11:30-11:55 Exhibit Hall Focus
Noon - 1:20 Mega-Session: Keynote Luncheon
1:30 - 2:45 Strategy Conference Session
Risk in Implementing Complex New Technologies to Achieve Environmental Priorities
New technology is helping bring heat, light and mobility to the world, but there are often unintended results when new technology is commercially deployed on a large scale. LNG poses plant-siting difficulties and market risks. What are the realistic capabilities of hydrogen, wind, solar and biofuels to satisfy market demand, and what surprising difficulties are these technologies experiencing as they move into the commercial arena. The market responds to demands for environmentally sound E&P technologies, but anti-drilling publicity overshadows the progress.
1:30 - 2:45 Investment Forum Scheduled 30-Minute Breakouts
3:00 - 4:15 1st Investment Forum Executive Panel
4:30 - 6:00 President's Reception in the Exhibit Hall
*****Wednesday, August 9*****
7:15 - 8:25 Investment Forum
"Companies to Watch" Breakfast
7:30 Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:30 - 10:00 Mega-Session: Plenary Two
Underestimating Risk in Energy Decisions: Confronting Spin & Misplaced Confidence
We take for granted secure, affordable and available energy. This session will examine: The potential consequences of that misplaced confidence, the risks generated when we substitute governments for markets in selecting and pricing energy supplies, the realistic capabilities of emerging alternative energy, and the sustainability of fossil fuels.
8:30 - 9:45 Investment Forum Scheduled 30-Minute Breakouts
10:10 - 10:35 Exhibit Hall Focus
10:40 - 11:55 2nd Investment Forum Executive Panel
11:30 Exhibit Hall Party (11:30) and Buffet Lunch (noon)
Noon - 1:00 Investment Forum Luncheon with Speaker
1:10 - 2:40 Strategy Conference Session - Annual Pipeline Panel
The annual pipeline panel will be of particular interest this year as we look at major new transmission to the East, proposed expansions and new projects closer to home, efforts to accommodate the rapid increase in production, and the impact of production from new and expanding fields. Experts from key Rockies' pipeline organizations will talk about their plans.
2:45 - 4:00 3rd Investment Forum Executive Panel
4:00 - 5:15 4th Investment Forum Executive Panel
5:15 Investment Forum Reception
The annual COGA Golf Tournament will offer two flights on Sunday, August 6, and two flights on Monday, August 7. Call the COGA office at 303-861-0362.
RMAG/DGS's Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Geology & Resources Conference
This year the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and the Denver Geophysical Society join together to present the Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Geology & Resources Conference, August 7, 8 and 9 at the Colorado Convention Center. The conference theme is REVISITING ROCKY MOUNTAIN GAS RESERVOIRS. Technical sessions include topics of significant interest for geologists, geophysicists and those who work on the business side of the natural gas industry in the Rockies.
Geology & Resources Conference Preliminary Schedule
All events will be held at the Colorado Convention Center.
*****Sunday, August 6, 2006*****
7:30 a.m. Golf Flight # 1 at Bear Dance
1:30 p.m. Golf Flight # 2 at Bear Dance
*****Monday, August 7, 2006*****
7:00 a.m. Registration Opens
7:00 a.m. Speakers Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Golf Flight # 3 at Bear Dance
8:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. RMAG-DGS Technical Session:
-- Emerging Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Plays
noon - 1:20 p.m. Welcome Ceremony/RMAG-DGS Keynote Luncheon
1:30 p.m. Golf Flight # 4 at Bear Dance
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. RMAG-DGS Technical Sessions:
-- Giant Gas Fields of the Rockies 1
-- RMAG-DGS-COGA Joint Session: Public Lands
Issues
-- Unconventional and Shallow Gas Issues
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. RMAG-DGS hosted Ice Breaker (Exhibit Hall),
open to all registrants
*****Tuesday, August 8, 2006*****
7:00 a.m. Registration Opens
7:00 a.m. Speakers Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. MEGA-SESSION: PLENARY ONE (Open to registrants
of either conference):
-- Overestimating Risk in Energy Decisions:
Overcoming Skepticism & Demagoguery
10:10 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. RMAG-DGS Technical Sessions:
-- 3D Seismic Impacts Rockies Resource Plays
-- Colorado Energy Research Institute
Frontiers in Global Energy
-- Shale Gas Plays 1
noon - 1:20 p.m. MEGA-SESSION KEYNOTE LUNCHEON (Open to
registrants of either conference)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. RMAG-DGS Technical Sessions:
-- Giant Gas Fields of the Rockies 2
-- Transforming Gas Resources to Supplies
-- Shale Gas Plays 2
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. COGA-hosted President's Reception
(Exhibit Hall), open to all registrants
*****Wednesday, August 9, 2006*****
7:00 a.m. Registration Opens
7:00 a.m. Speakers Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. MEGA-SESSION: PLENARY TWO (Open to registrants
of either conference)
-- Underestimating Risk in Energy Decisions:
Confronting Spin & Misplaced Confidence
10:10 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. RMAG-DGS Technical Sessions:
-- Petroleum Systems of Natural Gas
-- Seismic Techniques for Fractured Resource
Plays
noon - 1:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch - Exhibit Hall
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. RMAG-DGS Technical Sessions:
-- Giant Gas Fields of the Rockies 3
-- The Informed Petroleum Professional
Exhibit Hall
The Exhibit Hall will be open to all attendees, whether registered for the RMAG-DGS Conference, the COGA Conference, or both. Hours are 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. August 7, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. August 8, from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on August 9. Receptions at 4:30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday; continental breakfasts at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday; luncheon buffet at noon on Wednesday.
IPAA/COGA's Rocky Mountain Private Capital
IPAA and COGA are pleased to announce "Rocky Mountain Private Capital," a new event to be held on Thursday, August 10 -- the day following Rocky Mountain Natural Gas 2006, at the Hyatt Regency at Colorado Convention Center. This half-day event spotlights the importance of private capital to the development of natural gas in the Rockies and augments the Investment Forum and Strategy Conference.
Rocky Mountain Private Capital Preliminary Schedule
8:00-8:45 Networking Continental Breakfast
8:50-9:00 Opening Remarks
9:00-10:30 Session One
-- Capital Choices for Private E&P Companies - It's Out
There, But How Do I Choose?
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Session Two
-- Board Decisions - Private Equity Buy, Sell or Hold
12:15-1:30 Lunch & Keynote Speaker
