Coal to Liquids Investment Forum

Global overview of latest developments of Coal To Liquids projects and new market opportunities

• Benchmarking initiatives between Europe and Asia; where are the developments taking place?
• Looking at projects which have been initiated in the last year and their current status
• Learning from successful CTL projects and applying their strategies to your industry environment
• Evaluating new potential markets for CTL development

James O’Connell, Managing Editor,
Platts International Coal Report

Government case study: Pushing Coal to Liquids on a national front

• Considering long term economic impact of CTL industry
• Putting CTL on the national agenda
• Gaining buy-ins from major domestic industry players to establish CTL plants
• Reducing dependency on oil imports by substituting local fuel demand with CTL

Senior Representative, Department for Resources, Energy & Tourism Australia*

Coal to Liquids project opportunities and challenges in India

• Collaborations between the private sector and government to push CTL forward
• Update on disseminations of coal blocks for CTL project developments
• Challenges and opportunities of developing CTL in India
• Considering available technologies and the impact CTL industry will have on carbon emissions

Dr. Pradeep Dadhich, Senior Fellow,
The Energy & Resources Institute (TE RI) India

Collaborations between private and public sector in financing and commercializing CTL projects in Indonesia

• Reviewing the role of the government to fund and promote renewable energy as a national initiative
• Sharing the responsibility to establish and develop the synthetic fuel industry in Asia
• Balancing economic demands and global environmental concerns in carbon emissions

Dr. Lobo Balia, Assistant to Minister for Environment & Regional Affairs, Ministry or Energy & Mineral Resources Indonesia

Economic outlook on rising commodity prices and its impact on the to Coal to Liquids industry in China

• Leveraging on rising oil prices to justify investments in CTL
• How will rising coal prices impact the ROI in developing a CTL project in China?
• Scrutinizing the global supply of coal to justify long-tem investment as an alternative fuel
• Looking at market directions in coal and oil prices in weighing the potential development for CTL

Professor Lin Boqiang, Director, China Energy Economic Research Center & Head, Research Center for Chinese Energy, Xiamen University

PANEL: Government polices and initiatives in allocating new coal reserves for Coal to Liquids in Asia Pacific

• Are there sufficient coal reserves to justify development in CTL?
• Handling the issue of purchase rights with CTL plant building
• Getting the government’s views on allocating new untapped coal reserves for CTL projects

Dr. Pradeep Dadhich, Senior Fellow, The Energy & Resources Institute (TE RI) India
Dr. Lobo Balia, Asst to Minister for Environment & Regional Affairs, Ministry or Energy & Mineral Resources Indonesia Senior Representative, Department for Resources, Energy & Tourism Australia*

Financing CTL projects and weighing its return on investment (ROI)

• Understanding the investment environment in financing CTL in Asia
• Weighing the commodity risks in investing in CTL projects
• Determine costs in construction, capital and production costs in setting up a CTL plant
• Acquiring the right partnerships in setting up CTL joint ventures
• Forecasting oil and coal prices to validate the right time for CTL investment

Opening remarks by Chairperson

Diane Hildebrandt, Director, Center of Material & Process Synthesis (COMPS), University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Examining the financial, environmental and sustainability challenges and benefits of developing a to Coal to Liquids initiative in Asia

• What are the investments associated with the construction of a CTL plant and it’s ROI
• Adhering to environmental guidelines on carbon emissions while meeting global oil demand
• Can CTL plants match the international producing standards currently met by the Oil & Gas industry?

Costa Tsesmelis, Managing Director,
Protos Consulting Australia

Linc Energy’s successful initiative in Australia

• Overview of progress of the project: what is it’s current state of development
• Overcoming challenges in financing, technical expertise, technological advancements and environmental concerns at your CTL plant
• Collaborating with the government in establishing your CTL projects

Stephen Dumble, Chief Operating Officer,
Linc Energy Australia

Advancing Coal to Liquids from a test project to a commercial industry

• Developing technical/ scientific expertise to problem solve the operations
• Contributing to national economic development through the supply of synthetic fuels
• Working with investors and the local government to expand the CTL industry
• Improving quality of product to maintain a competitive advantage
• Developing best practice in the industry
• Moving forward while the rest of the industry waits

Senior representative, Sasol Synfuels
Managing Carbon Emissions

Reducing carbon emissions in Coal to Liquids to justify investment in the industry

• Overview of the framework surrounding CTL’s clean fuel initiatives
• Applying Clean Coal Technologies (CCT) to reducing CO2
• Carbon capture & Storage: Looking at the long-term contributions towards cutting CO2 emissions
• How will the challenge to eliminate carbon emissions impact investment opportunity in developing the CTL industry?
• Finding the balancing between fuel demand and global warming

Diane Hildebrandt, Director, Center of Material & Process Synthesis (COMPS), University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Climate change policy: impacts on investment

• Recent developments in climate change policy
• Investment responses to climate change policy

Melanie Ford, Manager Climate Change Section,
Climate Change and Environment Branch, Australian Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics (ABARE)

Exploring a New Generation of Coal to Liquids Technology
– Golden Nest Fischer-Tropsch Technology (GNFT)

• Introduction of Golden Nest Fischer-Tropsch technology and its progress
• Exploring GNFT as a cost effective and flexible technology
• Reducing carbon dioxide emission and achieving higher carbon efficiency
• Has an operational pilot plant that uses full scale reactor tubes and is operating at design capacity?

Lin Tu, Managing Director, Clean Coal Technology South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Understanding the strengths and weaknesses in Co2 storage structures

• Exploring current issues and challenges in the safety of carbon storage
• Contrasting options in gasification, carbon sequestration, and scrubber technologies to successfully capturing carbon emissions during the CTL process
• Updates on the development of new technologies that will channel stored carbon into other energy driven structures
• What are the long-term invested implications for carbon storage?

Professor Michael Wilson*, Low Emission Transport Theme Leader, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSI RO)

Evaluating Life Cycle Assessment of Coal to Liquids
Rentech is one of the world’s leading synthetic fuels technology and development companies. Over the last twenty five years, they have developed and patented the Rentech Process, an advanced version of the well-established Fischer-Tropsch process. In this session, Richard will be sharing on balancing between inputs and outputs of systems and resources through the Life Cycle Assessment.

Richard T. Penning, License Director, Rentech

PANEL DISCUSSION: Looking at to Coal to Liquids’s prospects beyond fuel production

• Expanding CTL product base toward power generation
• Looking into new technologies to refine the quality of CTL
  fuel to lower carbon emissions
• Working closely with the automotive industry to develop engines that deliver better performance and efficiency, and lower emissions
• Business opportunities for synthetic fuels in major transportation sectors

Professor Michael Wilson*, Low Emission Transport Theme Leader, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSI RO)
Lin Tu, Managing Director, Clean Coal Technology South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Diane Hildebrandt, Director, Center of Material & Process Synthesis (COMPS), University of Witwatersrand, South Africa