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Argus Crude Oil Market 2010 - ESPO Blend and Russian crude exports to Asia

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

Conference overview | View photographs from the event

Day One: 27 May 2010
09.00 – 10.00   Registration of delegates. Morning coffee
10.00 – 11.30   SESSION 1
Expansion of Russian crude exports to Asia

• Expanding Russian crude export horizons
• Creating infrastructure for Russian oil exports to new markets
• TNK-BP and Russian producers's role in supplying crude to Asia-Pacific
• Changing Asian market fundamentals with growing supplies from Russia

11.30 – 12.00   Coffee break
12.00 – 13.30  

SESSION 2
Inland supply infrastructure in Russia’s far east

• East Siberia-Pacific Ocean Pipeline (ESPO Blend) and expansion of East east Siberia’s pipeline network
• Pipeline crude supplies to Skovorodino
• Organization Organisation of railway deliveries from Skovorodino to Kozmino
• ESPO Blend link to China and export plans

13.30 – 14.30   Networking lunch

14.30 – 16.00

 

SESSION 3
Ports and freight markets

• The port of Kozmino – a new generation oil terminal in Russia’s far east
• Crude shipments from Kozmino: — key routes and freight costs
• Shipowners’ view of oil terminals in Asia
• Asia-Pacific freight market
• Development of new port projects for oil and oil products in Russia’s far east

16.00 – 16.30   Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00  

SESSION 4
Crude quality

• Opportunities for exports of West west Siberian crude to Asia. ESPO Blend quality issues
• Crude quality at east- Siberian oil fields
• Cargo inspection at the port of Kozmino
18.00   Cocktail reception

Day Two: 28 May 2010
09.00 – 10.00   Registration of delegates. Morning coffee
10.00 – 11.30  

SESSION 1
Field development in east Siberia

• License Licence blocks and upstream projects in East east Siberia
• Vankor oil province — The the largest source of Russian crude for exports to Asia
• Increasing crude output at the Verkhnechonsk field

11.30 – 12.00   Coffee break
12.00 – 13.30  

SESSION 2
Russian crude in Asia-Pacific Region

• China’s oil market and Chinese demand for Russian crude
• Evaluation of ESPO Blend crude in Japan and Japan’s strategy for East east Siberia
• Russian crude supplies to South Korea
• Determining the value of Russian crude for Asian refiners
• US crude imports: — demand and quality aspects

13.30 – 14.30   Networking lunch
14.30 – 16.00  

SESSION 3
Trading and pricing

• Practice of the Russian crude trading in the far east
• West Siberian crude exports through ESPO Blend
• Tradition and practice of oil trading in Asia
• Impact of ESPO Blend exports on the Asia-Pacific market
• Plans to create a regulated market in ESPO Blend derivatives

16.00   End of conference

For more information or to enquire about other opportunities at the conference, please contact Elena Surikova or Alexandra Maricheva at +7 (495) 933 7571 or email: moscowconferences@argusmedia.com

Conference partner

Transneft