The World-Renowned Global LNG Summit (with over 200 attendees, the LNG Summit is one of the largest global gatherings of LNG professionals in its own right- Don't miss out if you are interested in the future for LNG!) read more
• NEW Interview With Klaus Schafer, CEO, E.ON RURHGAS & E.ON ENERGY TRADING. Delegates heard insights on the future of the European Midstream Market & put thier questions to the renowned industry leader
• NEW Head To Head Debate On Contract Pricing: Jonathan Stern of The Oxford Instutite For Energy Studies went head to head with Sergey Komlev of Gazprom in an electric debate on 'Are Oil Linked Contracts A Thing Of The Past?' As you can imagine- the room was packed!
• NEW Focus On Gas In The USA The audience hear where the U.S. market is headed in terms of regulation, shale gas and the export timeline with special sessions from the U.S. EIA, Chesapeake Energy and Cheniere Supply & Marketing
• NEW Flame Coffee House Discussions- Delegates made the most of the fact that over 750 senior gas industry members were gathered together at Flame 2012 by arranging to meet with old friends and new acquaintances in our comfy coffee house
• NEW Flame 2012 Russian Focus. BP & Skolkovo Energy Centre discussed the future of Russian gas and a lively audience Q&A session ensued!
• NEW Academic Research On The Chinese & Japanese Gas Markets: Participants heard about China's gas appetite & Japan's evolving energy policy
The Storage & Flexibility Forum: 2012 was the year we launched a new focus day on storage and flexibility. This has always been a much discussed topic at Flame and we were so pleased by the interest this forum generated- the room was packed and the discussions were lively! Participants benefited from indepth insight into third party access, the summer/winter spread, the value of flexibility and anaysis of how competitive storage is.
Presentations were given by the following market leaders in storage: RWE, ENI, Shell, Continental Gas, Gasunie, Cedigaz, Poyry & Centrica
Flame offers the more interactive networking features than any other event:
"Although I could stay only for a short time, Flame is an event that is worth attending for those who are involved in the natural gas business. It allows you to do a deep networking establishing interesting contacts with other industry members"
"I thought this was the best Flame I have been to. The presentations were spot on in terms of relevance, quality and interest. In addition, the mix of presentations, interviews, panels and debates was refreshing. People in the gas industry enjoy meeting old friends and colleagues and making new connections - and there was certainly a lot of that at Flame!"
"The LNG Summit was strong this year- There was comprehensive LNG topic coverage and the speakers were all excellent with international representation from Japan, Australia, US and Qatar as well as Europe"