Bentek to Advise on Regional Gas Glut at GasMart 2008, Intelligence Press Reports.CHICAGO -- A glut of natural gas supplies could be bottled up in the Southeast and along the Gulf Coast in the next year as 40 new capital infrastructure projects, including pipelines, storage and liquefied natural gas liquefied natural gas: see under natural gas. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) A product of natural gas which consists primarily of methane. Its properties are those of liquid methane, slightly modified by minor constituents. (LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. ) receiving terminals, go into service in the Southeast/Gulf region, according to Bentek Energy's Porter Bennett who will outline his company's latest study at GasMart 2008 coming up in downtown Chicago May 20-22. The successive waves of capacity expansion coming on line between now and mid-2009 is expected to cause significant volatility in regional price differentials. According to Bentek's analysis, 25 natural gas pipeline projects, 11 natural gas storage projects and four LNG terminals are expected to shift gas flow patterns, disrupt regional pricing relationships and realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. the value of transportation capacity across the most complex pipeline grid in North America between early 2008 and midyear 2009. Bennett will be outlining the latest in a series of Bentek market reports at GasMart 2008. Other industry veterans who will offer their views include ConocoPhillips Vice President William W. Hussey and Kathleen Eisbrenner, Shell Gas and Power International's Executive Vice President of global LNG. Pipeline experts include Dean Ferguson, Vice President of TransCanada's U.S. Pipeline Central, and John Eagleton, Vice President Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP NYSE: KMP (KMEP) owns or operates petroleum product, natural gas, and carbon dioxide pipelines, related storage facilities, terminals, power plants and retail natural gas in the United States and Canada. KMEP is a Master Limited Partnership. . These and other industry speakers will offer their views and then be on tap to answer questions at their companies' exhibits in the GasMart Market Network Center. A new sponsor at this year's 22nd annual event is the Process Gas Consumers (PGC PGC Pennsylvania Game Commission PGC Plan General de Contabilidad (Spanish) PGC Program Chain (DVD standards) PGC Prince George's County (Maryland) ). Alex Strawn, Purchasing Group Manager, North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Energy, Procter & Gamble and Chairman of PGC, will make a presentation. There also will be a new edition of the popular "End Users Speak Out" panel. Sponsors Integrys, Wachovia and EnergyUSA executives will discuss the distribution end of the business, and there will also be presentations from weather and global market experts. Nearly two-thirds of the more than 300 attendees pre-registered for this event are utility, LDC LDC See: Less developed countries LDC See less developed country (LDC). , power-gen, industrial or commercial purchasers of natural gas. To see an attendee list, please visit http://gasmart.com On the fun side, the IntercontinentalExchange will host a reception, the New York Mercantile Exchange New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) The world's largest physical commodity futures exchange. is sponsoring attendance at a Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. game and the North American Energy Credit and Clearing Corp. is hosting a golf tournament at the Harborside International club. The GasMart program and exhibit hall will be in the headquarters hotel, the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. The event is hosted by Intelligence Press, Inc., which has been reporting on natural gas market news and prices for 27 years and now carries the news real-time at intelligencepress.com Go to gasmart.com for more information and to register. A few sponsorships are still available. |
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