INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (IPTC)

3-5 DECEMBER 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

ENVIRONMENT PAVILION

The IPTC Executive Committee believes that sustainable approaches to fueling the energy needs of the future are going to require innovation in both the producing and consuming sectors. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has opined that meeting reasonable targets on CO2 will require that up to 40% of the reduction be from conservation.  The burden for this target falls primarily on the consumer, but the petroleum industry can and must do its share in reducing the carbon footprint of operations. This objective is rendered particularly difficult against the backdrop of increasingly challenging hydrocarbon resources, be it heavier oil, with a carbon footprint up to double that of light oil, or increasingly sour gas.  Technology will be a key to achieving the above. With “Meeting the Energy Needs of a Growing World Economy” as the conference theme, the 2008 IPTC will feature an Environment Pavilion to draw attention to the resolve by the petroleum industry to responsibly provide for the energy needs of the future and create a forum for players within and outside our industry to discourse on the issues and present innovations towards these objectives.

The Environment Pavilion will occupy a distinct space in the exhibition hall, with booths from selected contributors, anchored by spaces occupied by PETRONAS, ExxonMobil and Shell.  The objectives of the Pavilion are to educate as well as to show that the industry is proactively involved in reducing carbon footprints in the course of meeting rising energy needs of the world. A Task Force is charged to seek proposals from exhibiting companies and a select few others for short 15 minute presentations that will dovetail with the exhibition opening, coffee breaks of the technical sessions and during the Wednesday and Friday luncheons. The Task Force will select presenting entities based on the quality of the proposals.

The energy needs of the world, particularly those associated with transport fuels, are unlikely to be met responsibly without alternate sources.  These, and the challenged hydrocarbon sources, have issues impinging on the environment.  Since conservation is seen as an essential element, strategies and technologies are needed in both the consuming and producing entities, with likely the bigger impact being in the former.  Whilst the petroleum industry is reasonably positioned to store CO2, technology to capture the CO2, and economic incentives to do the same, are areas for focus.  Our intent is to emphasize technology and associated economic issues, and expressly not to dilute the discourse with the broader aspects of climate change and social responsibility, both of which will be covered in some measure in the main body of the conference.

Below are the scheduled slots for presentations as well as exhibit rates for the Environment Pavilion.