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INTERNATIONAL OIL SHALE SYMPOSIUM 2013

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

DAY 1 - JUNE 10

8:00    Arrival of Guests, Registration

9:00 ROOM A: WELCOMING PLENARY
•    9:00 Sandor Liive, CEO of Enefit
•    9:15 Prof. Erkki Truve, Vice-Rector for Research, Tallinn University of Technology
•    9:25 Prof. Volli Kalm, Rector of the University of Tartu
•    9:35 Ambassador Jeffrey D. Levine, U.S. Embassy Tallinn

9:40 ROOM A: KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
•   9:45 Juhan Parts, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications
•   10:05 Hardo Pajula, Estonian Renowned Macroeconomics Expert
•   10:30 Leonhard Birnbaum, Vice Chair Europe, World Energy Council

10:55-11:20  NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS BREAK

11:20 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY PANEL SESSION
Moderated by Ando Leppiman (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia)
•   11:35 Didier Houssin
      Resources to Reserves
      International Energy Agency
•   11:40 Jostein Dahl Karlsen
      The IEA Working Party on Fossil Fuels and the Role and Activities of the IEA Implementing Agreement for a
      Cooperative Programme on Oil and Gas Technologies
      Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Norway
•   11:55 Paul Doucette, Morten Wiencke
      Unconventional Oil & Gas in a European and a Global Perspective - Opportunities, Challenges, Development Trends
      GE Oil and Gas
•   12:10 Bo Leckner
      Role and Activities of the IEA Implementing Agreement on Fluidized Bed Conversion
      Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden


12:35-13:30 LUNCH

PARALLEL SESSIONS

13:30 ROOM A: SESSION  1A COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES AND POWER GENERATION Moderated by Raine Pajo (Enefit) •    13:35 Fabrice Le Tohic       Narva Power Plant - The Challenges of Firing Oil Shale and        Biomass at a Large Scale       Alstom Boiler France •    14:00 Juha Sarkki       Foster Wheeler CFB for Large Scale Oil Shale Firing       Foster Wheeler Energia Oy •   14:25 Hannu Holopainen       Pre-Engineering of a 2 x 237 MWe Power Plant Firing Oil       Shale in Attarat Um Ghudran       Jordan Sweco Industry Oy •   14:50 Jaakko Ruokomäki       Efficient Utilization of Oil Shale Gas for Power Generation       Wärtsilä Corporation •   15:15 Alar Konist       Oil Shale Oxy-Fuel Combustion        Tallinn University of Technology

13:30 ROOM B: SESSION 1B SHALE OIL UPGRADING  Moderated by Anders Bo Jensen (Haldor Topsøe) •     13:35  Igor Meijer        Design Challenges in the Upgrading of Shale Oil        Fluor •     14:00 Gordon Low        Upgrading of Estonian Shale Oil to High Quality Euro V        Diesel        Haldor Topsøe Inc •   14:25 Jan Steegstra        Processing Options for Shale Oil Upgrading        Chevron Lummus Global •    14:50 John Gordon        Upgrading Shale Oil with Molten Sodium – Technology        Update, New Laboratory Results         Ceramatec •    15:15 Ilya Solovyev        The Benefits of Partial Oxidation for By-Product Utilization        GE Power & Water

15:40-16:05   NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS

16:05 PARALLEL SESSIONS

16:05 ROOM A: SESSION 2A - MINING Moderated by Gary Aho (Enefit American Oil) •   16:10 Dr. Muwafaq Al Zoubi       Oil Shale Industry Generates New Opportunities for       Surface Mining in Jordan       Enefit •   16:35 Jüri-Rivaldo Pastarus       Prospects for Application of Waste Rock Aggregates as       Filling Material in Estonia Underground Mines       Tallinn University of Technology •    17:00 Dr. Oleg Nikitin       The Analysis of Screener Crushing Buckets Testing Results       on Oil Shale Mining at Estonia       Enefit •    17:25 Dr. Sergei Sabanov       Basic Considerations on Mineability of Oil Shale Deposits       in Relation with Reserve Estimate       SRK Consulting (UK) Limited

16:05 ROOM B: SESSION 2B – OIL SHALE CHEMISTRY Moderated by Rein Kuusik (Tallinn University of Technology) •    16:10 Dr. Françoise Behar        Compositional Modelling of Organic Matter Cracking: A        New Approach for Predicting Oil Composition During Oil        Shale Process        TOTAL SA •    16:35 Dr. Mihkel Koel       Oil Shale Phenols as Raw Materials for Porous Aerogel       Preparation       Tallinn University of Technology •   17:00 Dr. Kathryn Washburn       Multivariate Analysis of Low Field Nuclear Magnetic       Resonance Relaxometry on Artifically Matured Oil Shales       Weatherford Laboratories •   17:25 Dr. Awni Al-Otoom       Sintering Behavior of Jordanian Oil Shale Under the       Conditions of Fluidized Bed Combustion Systems        Jordan University of Science & Technology

18:00    Transfer from Symposium venue  to Hotels
19:30    Transfer from Hotels to Dinner at the Seaplane Harbour

20:00    GROUP DINNER AT THE SEAPLANE HARBOUR
               (address: 6 Vesilennuki Street, 10145 Tallinn)

22:00 Transfer 1 from the Seaplane Harbour to Hotels
23:00 Transfer 2 from the Seaplane Harbour to Hotels

DAY 2 – JUNE 11

8:00     Arrival and Morning Coffee

PARALLEL SESSIONS

8:30 ROOM A: SESSION 1A INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AND LATEST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS Moderated by  Jeremy Boak (Colorado School of Mines) •    8:35 Dr. Jeremy Boak        Shale Oil Production from Oil Shale: Where? How Soon?        How Much? How Risky?        Colorado School of Mines •     9:00 Thomas Fowler        East RD&D ICP Pilot Update (Colorado USA)        Shell International Exploration and Production •    9:25 Rikki Lauren Hrenko        Enefit American Oil Progress Update        Enefit •    9:50 Matthew Greene        Red Leaf Resources’ Early Production using the        EcoShaleTM process        Red Leaf Resources, Inc. •     10:15 Anton Dammer        Commercialization of Oil Shale in the United States        NOSA

8:30 ROOM B: SESSION 1B – GEOLOGY Moderated by Michael Vanden Berg (Utah Geological Survey) •    8:35 Gary D. Aho       All Oil Shales Are Not the Same       Enefit American Oil •    9:00 Professor Emer. Väino Puura       Natural Degradation of Oil Shale in Weathering Processes       and Footprints from Oil Shale Processing       University of Tartu •   9:25 Michael Vanden Berg       Geologic and Resource Characterization of the Green       River Formation Oil Shale Deposits in Utah’s Uinta Basin:       Implications for Various Resource Extraction Technologies       Utah Geological Survey •   9:50 Dr. Berna Yavuz Pehlivanli       Geochemical Characteristics and Depositional       Environment of Middle Miocene Çayirhan Oil Shales       Bozok Üniversity •   10:15 Steven Kerr       Stratigraphic, Lithologic and Enrichment Character of the       Mahogany Zone Oil Shale in the Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah       Norwest Corporation

10:40 - 11:05 NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS

11: 00 ROOM A: SESSION 2A INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AND LATEST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS Moderated by  Jeremy Boak (Colorado School of Mines) •    11:10 Andres Anijalg       Enefit Oil Shale Project in Jordan – Status Overview       Enefit •    11:35 Martin Amison       Jordanian Oil Shale Development       Trowers & Hamlins LLP •    12:00 David Argyle       Financing Global Oil Shale Projects       London Investment Partners •   12:25 Dr. Claus-Peter Hälsig       Sustainability & Energy Efficiency = Engineered       Technology & Smart Execution       Fluor

11:05 ROOM B: SESSION 2B – OIL SHALE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION Moderated  by Jüri Plado (University of Tartu) •    11:10 Thomas Fowler       Progress in Characterizing Jordan in Situ Oil Shale       Resource       Shell International Exploration and Production •    11:35 Dr. Jamal M. Alali       New Potential Oil Shale Deposit in Jordan       Aqaba Petroleum for Oil Shale Co •    12:00 Dr. Erdal Yildirim       Emerging New Resource in Canada: Oil Shale       Canshale Corp •    12:25 Dr. Mustafa Versan KOK       Tectono-Stratigraphical Characteristics of the Ulukisla       (Nigde) Bituminous Shale Field and the Association of       Bituminous Shale and Petroleum       Middle East Technical University

12:50    LUNCH

PARALLEL SESSIONS

13:45 ROOM A: SESSION 3A – SHALE OIL RETORTING Moderated by Andreas Orth (Outotec) •    13:50 Priit Ploompuu, Andreas Wirtz       Construction and Start-Up of Enefit280 Shale Oil Plant in       Estonia       Enefit, Outotec •   14:15 Steven Odut       Dynamic Behaviour and Operational Flexibility of the ATP       Processor to Manage Oil Shale Composition Changes and       Process Upsets       UMATAC Industrial Processes •   14:40 Richard George Sherritt       Start-Up of New Enefit Pilot Plant       Enefit Outotec Technology •    15:05 Dr. Christoph Beyer       Oil Shale Processing Equipment – Challenges and Solutions       UMATAC Industrial Processes •    15:30 Dr. Indrek Aarna       Applicability of Different Retorting Technologies for       Processing of Different Oil Shales       Enefit •    15:55 Jyri Talja       Applicability of Rotary Steam Drying Technology for       Drying of Various Minerals       Kumera Corporation

13:45 ROOM B: SESSION 3B – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS Moderated by Prof. Erik Puura (University  of Tartu) •    13:50 Prof. Rolf Sjöblom       Property Assessment of Ash from a Health and       Environment Perspective       Luleå University of Technology / Tekedo AB •   14:15 Arina Koroljova       Oil Shale Ash Use in Road Construction: Field Application       Analysis Within Osamat Project       Enefit •    14:40 Dr. Rein Kuusik       Joint Efforts for Utilization of Oil Shale Ash in New Areas       Laboratory of Inorganic Materials        Tallinn University of Technology •    15:05 Prof. Andres Siirde       Life Cycle CO2 Analysis for Shale Oil Production from       Estonian Oil Shale       Tallinn University of Technology •    15:30 Tõnis Meriste       TGA-FTIR Analysis of Oxidation Kinetics of Oil Shale       Enefit •   15:55 Dr. Seth Lyman       Possible Impacts of Air Quality on Oil Shale Development       in the Uintah Basin of Utah, U.S.A.       Utah State University

16:20-16:40 NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENTS

16:40 ROOM A: CLOSING PLENARY

•   16:45       Tammie Lucero,Executive Director, Economic Development, Uintah county, USA
•   17:00       Discussion Panel with oil shale experts: Pierre Allix, Total; Pearce Bowman, QER; Rikki Hrenko, Enefit
                       American Oil; Jeremy Boak,PhD, Colorado School of Mines; Maher Hijazin, PhD, Saudi Arabian Corporation
                       for Oil Shale
•   17:45       Thank you and closing words, Sandor Liive
•   18:00       Symposium Closes 

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