The 14^th Offshore Symposium LNG: From Source to Market Houston, Texas – November 10^th, 2004 sponsored by The Texas Section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and supported by The Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators

Place: Westchase Marriott Hotel (formerly Adams Mark), 2900 Briarpark Dr. Houston, TX 77042
(just south of Westheimer, inside Beltway 8)

Format: One day conference with technical papers

Registration includes Admission to Meeting, Breakfast, Luncheon, Proceedings and Reception as well as the following two SIGTTO publications:

“Crew Safety Standards” and “LNG Operations”

Registration Fees:

Type	Register by	Pay by	Member	Non-Member	Student
Early Prepaid	Oct. 22, 2004	Oct. 22, 2004	$275	$375	$20
Regular	Oct. 29, 2004	Nov. 3, 2004	$300	$400	$25
Late	Nov. 10, 2004	Nov. 10, 2004	$325	$425	$30

Please mail pre-paid registration by Oct. 29 to ensure receipt prior to meeting.

Primary authors/presenters: No charge for first presenter, others at above early prepaid member rate.

All registered participants will receive the proceedings (printed and CD) at no extra charge

Student rates do not include the two SIGTTO publications

Extra copies of the proceedings will be available for $75 per copy

REGISTRATION FORM:

· Mail with payment to: Donald Burris - Atlantia Offshore

1255 Enclave Parkway, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77077-1608

Cash or Check (preferred) ONLY, payable to SNAME

· Or, E-mail list of attendees to: dburris@atlantia.com or call (281) 899-4644

· Or, Fax form to: Donald Burris at (281) 899-4306

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Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:30am – 8:30am
Opening Session 8:30am – 10:00 am GLOBAL LNG: AN OVERVIEW Jonathan Cook, Excelerate Energy Comparative Study Between Traditional Ocean Shipping and the Ocean Transport of LNG & Offshore LNG Terminals in U.S. Waters Bill Glenn, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams Session Co-Chairs: Johan Wichers, MARIN and Lars Ronning, ConocoPhillips
Coffee Break 10:00am – 10:15am
Session A 10:15am – 12:00am Ship Design and Operation Next Generation LNG Containment System and LNG Carrier Designs Kjell Faafeng, Inocean The Terrorist Threat to LNG Anthony Bingham, Lloyd’s Register Global and Local Loads in Design of LNG ships Rong Zhao and Olav Rognebakke, Marintek Sloshing Impact Load and Strength of Membrane-Type LNG Containment System in Large LNG Carriers Yung Shin, American Bureau of Shipping Session Co-Chairs: Bill Kinney, Consultant Harry Ren, Diamond Offshore		Session B 10:15am – 12:00am Terminal Design and Operation Concrete Offshore Gravity Based LNG Terminals - A Trend of Technical Solution Dajiu Jiang, Indra Datta, Helge Roraas, AkerKvaerner and Shukai Wu, Enertech Services International Offshore LNG Terminals - the next step Max Krekel, Bluewater An Innovative Floating LNG Vessel Craig Lee, Fredrik Savio and Raymond Fales, ABB Maritime aspects of offshore production, offloading and imports Bas Buchner and J. de Wilde, MARIN Session Co-Chairs: Robert Randall, Texas A&M University Barbara Stone, Sea Engineering
Luncheon 12:00am – 1:30pm SIGTTO AND ITS ROLE IN THE WORLD OF LNG Speaker: James MacHardy, Executive Director, SIGTTO
Session C 1:30pm – 3:15pm Ship Powering and Logistics Vibration Excitation from Slow Speed Large Bore Diesel Engines in LNG Carriers. Consequences for Containment Systems Hans A Smogeli, Det Norske Veritas Economic and Reliable - Gas Turbine Power for LNG Carriers Roger Tooke, Rolls-Royce Gaz de France Energy - The first LNG carrier of a new generation Barend Thijssen, Wartsila LNG carriers with low speed diesel propulsion Ole Groene, MAN B&W Diesel Session Co-Chairs: Peter Noble (SNAME Fellow), ConocoPhillips Paul Griffin, ChevronTexaco	Session D 1:30pm – 3:15pm Risk, Safety and Security Operational frame work and safety study (simulator use and training) Jos van Doorn, MARIN and Jesus Losada, Reganosa Enabling Technologies for Offshore Mooring, Unloading, Re-gasification, and Storage of LNG Jim Davis, Paragon Engineering Practical Design Considerations and Risk Assessment Methods for LNG terminals Libang Zhang, ABB RESPONSE OF AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM LEG TO TERRORIST ATTACK Jim Wesevich, Ray Bennett and Wenqing Hu, Baker Risk Session Co-Chairs: Mike Praught, MODEC International Donald Burris, Atlantia Offshore
Coffee Break 3:15pm – 3:30pm
Closing Session 3:30pm – 5:00pm Design, Analysis and Optimization of LNG logistics using Simulation Programs Melissa Hertel, Jensen Maritime Consultants and Kevin Kinports, Seven Seas Consulting Demand for Natural Gas:  The Role Class Plays in LNG Transport Bill Sember, American Bureau of Shipping Session Co-Chairs: James MacHardy, SIGTTO and Henry Reeve, Alan C. McClure Associates
Social Program Reception with Hors D'Oeuvre and Cash Bar 5:00pm – 6:00pm