Tentative Agenda

The Grand Hotel Marriott
Point Clear, Alabama

Sunday, May 19th

 
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Registration
                                                                     

 

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.            

Welcome Reception
USS Alabama

 

Monday, May 20th

 
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.          

Continental Breakfast 

7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration 

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Guest Program

 
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

General Session 

Opening remarks
John Baza, Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil , Gas and Mining

Welcome
James Griggs, Chairman, Alabama Oil & Gas Board

Chairman's address & Special Presentation
Governor Robert Bentley, Alabama

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Break

 
10:15 a.m. - 11:30p.m.

General Session Resumes

Guest speaker
Bob Sussman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Senior Policy Advisor

Feature speaker
Governor Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania

Feature speaker
Governor Phil Bryant, Mississippi

12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Luncheon

 
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Energy Resources, Research & Technology Committee 

Paul Doucette, Government Affairs & Policy, GE Oil & Gas
"Gas Oil Technologies Implementing Agreement of the International Energy Agency"

Patrick Sullivan, President, Mississippi Energy Institute
"Will America Become Energy Self-Sufficient, Or Not?"

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Council of State Oil & Gas Attorneys

Conrad Armbrecht & Duane Graham, Attorneys, Armbrecht Jackson LLP
"Early Developments and History of Offshore Drilling in Alabama"

 
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

State Review Committee

Jim Erb, Consultant, STRONGER
"STRONGER update"

Scott Perry, Deputy Secretary, Office of Oil and Gas Management, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
"Benefits of a State Review"

Wilma Subra, President, Subra Company
"Air Workgroup"

 
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Break 

 
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Public Outreach Committee

Rebecca Lamb, Program Director, The NEED Project
"Engaging the Next Generation of Energy Leaders"

Catreana McMullen, Senior Public Awareness Specialist, Access Midstream
"The Value of Partnerships"

Mindy Stitt, Executive Director, Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB)
"OERB’s Public Outreach and Education Programs"

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Public Lands Committee

Dan Arthur, President, ALL Consulting,
"Considerations Pertaining to the Greater Sage-Grouse and Unconventional Resource Development"

Roger Barrus, Utah State Representative, "Who Should Be Managing Energy Production On Public Lands – The Federal Government Or The States?"

 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Resolutions Committee  
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Hotel Reception 

           

Tuesday, May 21st

 
 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Finance Committee  
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
           

 
7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Registration 

 
8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Steering Committee  
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Environment & Safety Committee 

Farrah Lowe, Director of Land & National Resources, NiSource, "NiSource's Modernization Program with Infrastructure"

Kyle Taylor, Vice President, Earth Born Clean, "A New Environmentally- and Equipment-Friendly Blend for Well Stimulation, Matrix Acidizing and Acid Fracturing"   

Mark Scholz, President, Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC)"The Canadian Drilling Industry"

 10:30a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  IOGCC/EPA MOU Meeting  
10:30a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Legal & Regulatory Committee

Lynn Helms, Director, Department of Mineral Resources, North Dakota Industrial Commission, "Spacing and Unitization in Shale Oil and Gas Plays"

Howard O. Leach, Board Attorney, Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board, "Recent Judicial Developments in Mississippi Relating to Oil and Gas"

David Hardie, Advisor, Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
"Liability Management in Alberta’s Maturing Oil and Gas Sector"

Michel Paque, Executive Director, Ground Water Protection Council, "Hydraulic Fracturing and State Regulations"

IOGCC, "State Oil and Gas Tax Reference Regulation Table"

 
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch on your own 

 
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Council of State Regulatory Officials
(*Lunch for Committee Members Only)

Michel Paque, Executive Director, Ground Water Protection Council,"FracFocus Update"

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Break 

 
2:30p.m. - 4:30 p.m.  Business Session