06 июня - 08 июня 2023
Hilton Post Oak, Houston, Texas

Argus Clean Ammonia North America Conference

  • 16:30
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  • 18:00
  • Argus happy hour networking reception Hilton Post Oak - Badge pick-up available for registered attendees

Join in for some pre-conference networking!

  • 8:00
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  • Registration opens
  • 8:00
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  • 9:00
  • C-Suite breakfast: building a sustainable clean ammonia market in the Americas
Invite-only roundtable featuring C-Suites across the supply chain uniting to discuss challenges and opportunities in the Clean Ammonia market. 
  • 9:10
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  • 9:15
  • Argus opening address Matthew Oatway - SVP, North America, Argus
  • 9:15
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  • 9:20
  • Chairperson's opening remarks Tim Cheyne - SVP- sustainable fertilizers, Argus
  • 9:20
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  • 9:30
  • Keynote speech by IHI Dr Nobuhiko Kubota - Managing Executive Officer, IHI Corporation
  • 9:30
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  • 10:30
  • Clean ammonia and hydrogen pricing structures and outlook Tim Cheyne, SVP- Fertilizers & Ammonia, Argus - Stefan Krumpelmann, Editor, Argus

Argus experts contextualise latest trends in the Clean Ammonia & Hydrogen trade, production and offtake sectors. 

  • Key insights on pricing of ammonia and opportunities for global trade
  • Expert analysis on the global ammonia offtake and production market
  • Highlighting hydrogen and ammonia's complimentary relationship enabling the global energy transition
  • 10:30
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  • 11:15
  • How far is the US from becoming the world’s number one ammonia exporter? - CF, JERA, IHI, Avangrid

• What does the US ammonia production roadmap look like?
• The domino effect: are new project announcements triggering increased investment in ammonia?
• Signing the deals: How will the industry stimulate global demand?

Moderated by: Tim Cheyne, SVP-Fertilizers & Ammonia, Argus

Speakers:

Brad Williams, Executive Advisor Energy Infrastructure, JERA

Nobuhiko Kubota, Executive Officer, IHI Corporation

Jonathan Flynn, Director- Clean Emergy, CF Industries

Adolfo Rivera, Director- Green Hydrogen, Avangrid Renewables

 

 

  • 11:15
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  • 12:00
  • Morning break
  • 12:00
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  • 12:45
  • The blue solution: how does the US convince the world to buy blue ammonia? - thyssenkrupp uhde, Sempra Infrastructure, OCI

• Does the current European policy and energy mix make blue ammonia a viable option?
• Current bottlenecks that affect European offtake
• Exploring developments in CCUS technology

Moderated by:

Ruth Sharpe, Group Editor, Argus

Speakers:
Hady Abdulhady, Director Business Development, thyssenkrupp Uhde

John Koss, Director of Business Development, Sempra Infrastructure

Keshni Srirtharan, Senior Associate Business Development and Investment, OCI


  • 12:45
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  • 14:00
  • Lunch break
  • 14:15
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  • 15:15
  • Making the industrial cluster model work: Is America too big for industrial cluster integration? - RMI, Texas Green Fuels, Pin Oak

• Challenges of managing new project developments in the US
• How can the ammonia-merchant-model provides a linear pathway through integrated industrial systems
• Are Port clusters key to creating successful deployment for marine fuelling points?

Speakers:

Oleksiy Tatarenko, Principal, RMI

Langtry Meyer, CEO, Texas Green Fuels

Keith Casey, CEO, Pin Oak

  • 15:15
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  • 15:30
  • Certification boundaries: IRA vs Europe vs Japan Emile Herben, Director- Product Management & Certification - Yara Clean Ammonia
Presentation on key certification requirements in Europe, Japan and US. 
  • 15:30
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  • 16:00
  • Afternoon break
  • 16:00
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  • 17:00
  • Sailing the seven seas with ammonia: when will there be enough aggregated demand for ammonia as marine fuel? - MOL, H2Carriers, ABS

• Exploring the latest deployment of ammonia-ready ships
• How will fuelling of ammonia work? Will there be a book and claim system in place?
• Fuelling demand: outlooks on the 2023 roll-outs of ammonia-ready vessels

 

Confirmed Speakers:

Sebastian Kihle, Chief Technology Officer, H2Carriers

Koji Hotta, Head of Tankers and Energy Projects, Mitsui O.S.K Lines Ltd

Moderated by: Stergios Stamopoulous, Manager of Houston Sustainability Center, ABS

  • 17:00
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  • 18:30
  • Evening networking reception sponsored by IHI
  • 9:00
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  • Registration opens
  • 9:15
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  • 9:30
  • Chairperson's opening address Tim Cheyne, SVP-Fertilizers & Ammonia, - Argus
  • 9:30
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  • 10:15
  • Is ammonia the ideal downstream investment for the oil and gas sectors? - BP, New Climate Ventures, Syzygy Plasmonics, IFC

• Why do Oil majors need to invest in ammonia projects?
• Can the oil industry bring maturity to the ammonia and hydrogen markets?
• How can ammonia be the key for oil and gas producers to invest in successful origination projects

Moderated by: Stefan Krumpelmann, Editor, Argus

Speakers:

Eric Rubenstein, Managing Partner, New Climate Ventures

Christopher Spears, Venture Principal, BP

Trevor Best, CEO, Syzygy Plasmonics

Uyi Idahosa, Senior Investment Officer, IFC
  • 10:15
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  • 11:15
  • The green solution: How is America gearing up to produce green ammonia? - Pattern Energy, Tsubame BHB, EDP Renewables, Argus
  • How has the US become a new potential market for scalable green ammonia production?
  • Can modular and small-scale ammonia projects be the catalyst for the US markets?
  • Evaluating costs: How can  green ammonia stay competitive in North and South America

Moderated by: Ruth Sharpe, Editor, Argus

Speakers:

Erika Taugher,
 Origination and Marketing Director, Pattern Energy

Koide Tomoyuki,
Deputy General Manager of Marketing, Tsubame BHB

Antonio Fayad,
Senior Manager- Hydrogen Strategy and Origination, EDP Renewables



  • 11:15
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  • 12:00
  • Morning break
  • 12:00
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  • 12:30
  • Decarbonising domestic transportation using ammonia Seonghoon Woo, CEO - Amogy

• Exploring ammonia usage in the transport and vehicle industry
• Prospects for rolling out ammonia powered land and water vehicles
• Is scalability going to be the biggest challenge for creating a suitable ammonia fuel market?

 

  • 12:30
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  • 13:15
  • Industry round-up: what’s next for the clean ammonia sector in the US? - Ammonia Energy Association, TFI
  • What role will the fertilizer industry play in growing the clean ammonia market?
  • Can producers prepare for possible domestic usage of clean ammonia and hydrogen
  • Will the IRA continue to support the industry or is there a need to accelerate developments to make it independent?

Moderated by: Oliver Hatfield, VP-Sustainable Fertilizers, Argus

Speakers:

Trevor Brown, 
Executive Director, Ammonia Energy Association

Jakob Krummenacher,
Director of Clean Energy, LSB Industries (Representing TFI)

  • 13:15
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  • 14:30
  • Lunch
  • 14:30
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  • End of conference