International conference
27-28 May 2010
Ritz-Carlton, Moscow, Russia

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The conference covered crude pricing in the Asia-Pacific market, the tariff policy for shipments via the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline and the construction phases of ESPO infrastructure.

Speakers included:

• Jonathan Kollek, Vice-president, TNK-BP
• Igor Katsal, Head of Department for Crude Trasportation, Statistics and Quality, Transneft
• Andrey Komarov, Head of Investment Projects Department, Transneft
• Alexandr Bogatyrev, Head of Oil and Oil Products Division, Oil and Gas Refining Department, Ministry of Energy of Russia
• Kirill Staroseltsev, Head of Siberian Oil and Gas Agreements Monitoring Department, Siberian Research Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineral Resources
• Vladimir Sachko, Managing Director, Kozmino oil port
• Konstantin Shumakov, Acting Deputy director on ESPO projects, Giprotruboprovod
• Alexander Zlenko, Senior Engineer, Vostoknefteprovod
• Sergey Guschin, Managing Director, Vostokneftetrans
• Masumi Motomura, Chief Reseacher (Russia & CIS) of Oil and Gas Upstream Business Unit, JOGMEC
• Andrew Reed, Principal, Energy Security Analysis, Inc. (ESAI)
• Sergey Burima, Vice-president, Novoship, Sovkomflot Group of Companies
• Roman Mezhlumyan, Head of monitoring of the international projects department, Federal Agency of Marine and River Transportation
• Mikhail Grigoriev, Director, Gekon; Member of the state Council for Geology and Oil and Gas fields, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Ilya Vul, Head of Crude Export Division of Crude and Oil Products Department, Rosneft
• Vladimir Strelkov, Crude Oil Trader, Gazprom Neft Trading
• Alexander Poegl, Senior Analyst, JBC Energy

Participating companies:
Transneft | TNK-BP | Surgutneftegaz | Rosneft | RussNeft | Lukoil | Magma | Vostokneftetrans | BP | Chevron | Concord Energy | Kuwait Petroleum Corporation | Mitsubishi | Morgan Stanley | Occidental Energy Marketing | Petrochina | Petro-Diamond Singapore | Phibro | PMI Comercio | Reliance Industries | SGS | Shell | SK Energy | Sumitomo Corporation | Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazdobycha | Tesoro Petroleum | Totsa Total Oil Trading | UNIPEC | Vitol Asia and many more

The following issues were discussed:

• The strategy for Russia’s oil and gas sector development until 2030 — focus on exports to Asia-Pacific. The outlook for oil exploration and development in East Siberia.
• Tariff policy issues for ESPO shipments, including pipeline, railway and port components.
• The Asia-Pacific crude market — key consumers and sources of crude supply. ESPO Blend pricing.
• The freight market and the outlook for new export routes from Russia. The Kozmino terminal — capacity and technical specifications.
• The outlook for pipeline supplies to China. Logistics for railway shipments from Skovorodino to Kozmino.
• Crude supplies from East Siberia and swap opportunities. The outlook for development of new fields.

The conference was conducted in English and Russian. For further information about this past event, please contact: Elena Surikova or Alexandra Maricheva at +7 (495) 933 7571 or email: moscowconferences@argusmedia.com

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