For registration process/payment to attend the conference, please contact:
Tania Agarwal
Email: tania.agarwal@indiainfrastructure.com
Call: +91-9711588987

• GST @18 per cent is applicable on the registration fee.
• Registration will be confirmed on receipt of the payment.

Lead Sponsor:

• One speaker slot of 20 minutes on day 1 (prime-time) pre-lunch
• Second speaker slot (15-20 minutes for technical presentation) or on the panel
• Prominent logo presence as Lead Sponsor at the conference (backdrop, vertical panel, jacket cover, e-brochure, website, and other social media)
• 6 delegate registrations (from the sponsoring company)
• Corporate film (3-4 mins.) to be featured during networking breaks
• Client meetings at the conference (Upto 8)
• Opportunity to share a wish-list of 15-20 organizations to meet them at the conference (to be shared at least 3-4 weeks prior to the event)
• Electronic Direct Mailer (EDM) campaign with sponsor logo to master database 
• Hyperlink of sponsor website on the event website page 
• Brand mention on all conference promotional material (mailings, ads, etc.)
• Distribution of sponsor promotional material to each participant
• List of participants to be shared post-conference
• Live social media coverage on the day of the conference

Co-Sponsor :

• Speaking slot 20 mins and Q&A
• 4 delegate registrations (from the sponsoring company)
• Electronic Direct Mailer (EDM) campaign with sponsor logo to master database 
• Hyperlink of sponsor website on the event website page 
• Brand mention on all conference promotional material (mailings, ads, etc.)
• Distribution of sponsor promotional material to each participant
• Logo presence at the conference as Co-sponsor (backdrop, vertical panel, jacket cover, e-brochure, etc.)
• List of participants to be shared post-conference
• Live coverage on the day of the conference

Some of the key speakers in the past were (alphabetical order, by last name):

• HrideshBaindail Head-Upstream Business and Executive Director (BD-E&P), Indian Oil Corporation
• Malay Das, Chief General Manager, Oil India
• Anish De, Global Sector Head – Power & Utilities, KPMG
• K. Jana, Managing Director, IGL
• Srijan Kanoi, LNG Pricing Specialist, S&P Global
• Tarun Kapoor, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
• Sumit Kishore, Chief General Manager, Gail India
• Prasanna Kumar, Chief General Manager, NTPC
• Ramana Kumar, Managing Director, Sabarmathi Gas
• Suresh P. Manglani Chief Executive Officer, Adani Total Gas
• Jacob Mathew, SBU President RJ Gas Production, Cairn India
• Rajeev Mathur, ED (Corporate Affairs) and OSD to Chairman, GAIL India
• Akhil Mehrotra, Chief Executive Officer, Pipeline Infrastructure
• Sushil Kumar Mishra, Assistant Vice President and Advocacy, Business Development, Indian Gas Exchange
• Vinod Kumar Mishra, Director (Finance) & CFO, Petronet LNG
• P. Misra, Chief General Manager (Gas Business), Indian Oil Corporation
• Nikhil Moghe, Partner, Oil & Gas, KPMG India
• P. Pandey, Former Executive Director, ONGC
• Dilip Kumar Pattnaik, Executive Director, Gas & Renewable, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL)
• Hardip S. Rai, Chief Executive Officer, THINK Gas
• Ruchi Shukla, Assistant Vice President, Energy, MCX
• Ashu Singhal, Executive Director (CSPA, RM, TQM), GAIL (India)
• Prashant Vasisht, Vice President and Co-Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA

For delegate registrations and sponsorship opportunities, contact:

Tania Agarwal
Email: tania.agarwal@indiainfrastructure.com
Call: +91-9711588987

Pallavi Puri
Tel: +91-9717013846
Email: pallavi.puri@indiainfrastructure.com

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• The global gas markets remained volatile through 2021-22 owing to soaring gas prices, supply constraints and the geopolitical scenario involving the Russia and Ukraine conflict. While these developments impacted the gas prices (including LNG) in India, the demand-supply scenario has largely remained favourable.
• Gas consumption/demand in India grew by 7 per cent during 2021-22, indicating a recovery from the Covid-19 impact. The consumption is expected to continue to grow by 8-9 per cent in 2022-23 on the back of commissioning of new fertiliser plants and enhanced sales from new CGD geographical areas.
• The CGD sector currently constitutes about 20 per cent of the overall natural gas consumption in the country. This share is expected to increase to 30 per cent by 2030 with the planned network build-up. In fact, with the completion of the 11th bidding round, India’s CGD network footprint will now grow to cover 98 per cent of country’s population.
• On the supply side, domestic gas production has been growing to meet the gas consumption in-house. During 2021-22, the gas production grew by 18.7 per cent. Reforms and policy initiatives such as a national gas grid, unified tariff, gas exchange, amendment to tariff and capacity regulations, gas price pooling and LNG as an automotive fuel have been positive enablers for the sector. The government is working on reducing import dependency while also pushing for the expansion of the natural gas pipeline network to about 36,000 km from the current 21,715 km.
• Amongst other trends, small-scale LNG (ssLNG) is emerging as a viable option for serving end-users in remote areas and areas that are not connected to the main pipeline infrastructure. Green hydrogen deployments are gaining traction as the government focuses on developing India as a green hydrogen hub under its National Hydrogen Mission. Oil and gas companies are developing projects for the use of hydrogen as fuel and blending of hydrogen in gas pipelines by repurposing the existing infrastructure.
• On the digital front, there has been an explosion of technologies like IoT, AI, big data analytics, AR and VR, especially in the past two years. These digital technologies are playing a key role in predictive maintenance, real-time performance monitoring, and rationalising operation costs.
• Despite the progress, issues related to gas allocation, connectivity infrastructure and tariff regimes continue to plague the sector. Natural gas continues to be outside the ambit of GST and all existing legacy taxes.
• The mission of this conference is to provide a platform to discuss the key trends, recent developments, unresolved challenges and outlook for the gas sector. It will also highlight the opportunities and the new digital technologies and solutions in the sector.

TRENDS, DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK

• What have been the key trends in gas supply, demand and prices?
• What are the recent developments? What are some of the challenges the sector is facing?
• What are the upcoming opportunities and outlook for the sector?

MoPNG PERSPECTIVE: ACHIEVEMENTS, PLANS AND STRATEGIES

• What have been the key achievements of the ministry during the past year?
• What has been the impact of the recent policy initiatives taken by MoPNG?
• What are the issues facing the sector?
• What policy initiatives can be expected in the future?

EMERGING REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: PNGRB PERSPECTIVE

• How has the regulatory framework for the sector evolved in the last few years?
• What has been the impact of the latest bidding round? What is the current coverage in the gas sector?
• What are the challenges the sector is facing? What is the future outlook?

GAS TRADING EXCHANGE: PRICE DISCOVERY, VOLUMES TRADED AND FUTURE PLANS

• What have been the recent trends in gas trade in the past year?
• What have been the trends with respect to gas prices? What are the challenges being faced?
• What is the future outlook?

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE: EXPERIENCE, STRATEGIES AND FUTURE PLANS

• What has been the experience of industry players so far? What have been the biggest challenges?
• What are the key expectations from the government?
• What are the future investment plans?

FOCUS ON CITY GAS DISTRIBUTION: NETWORK PLAN AND GAS DEMAND

• What is the present demand for gas from the CGD sector? What are the sources of gas supply?
• How has the recent CGD bidding round performed?
• What are the key issues and challenges?

LNG MARKET SCENARIO: EMERGING TRENDS, KEY DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

• What are the recent trends and developments in the LNG market?
• What are the upcoming and planned LNG terminal projects in India?
• What is the present demand for gas from the ssLNG sector? What are the sources of gas supply?
• What is the future outlook?

OTHER CONSUMERS’ PERSPECTIVE: FERTILISERS, POWER, PETROCHEMICALS, ETC.

• What are the current requirements of the other key gas consumers?
• What are some of the future gas-sourcing strategies being planned?
• How is the demand expected to increase in the coming years?

GAS SUPPLY OUTLOOK: KEY TRENDS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

• What have been the trends in domestic gas production in the past few years? What is the import dependence scenario?
• What are the recent trends in gas prices?
• What is the outlook for gas supply?

HYDROGEN IN ENERGY MIX: PLANS AND OPPORTUNITIES

• What are the plans to include hydrogen in the energy mix of India?
• Where does the hydrogen infrastructure stand in terms of fuelling stations? How is the country planning to expand?
• What is the future outlook?

DIGITALISATION OF GAS INDUSTRY: EXISTING & UPCOMING TECHNOLOGIES

• What are some of the recent technological advancements in the gas sector?
• What has been the experience so far? What are some of the issues and challenges?
• How will these technologies shape the future of the gas sector?

PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE: CURRENT STATUS AND ISSUES

• What is the status of approved and planned pipeline projects?
• What are the expected investments in the segment? What has been the implementation experience so far?
• What are the future plans for pipeline network expansion?

FOCUS ON NATURAL GAS VEHICLES: UPCOMING TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES

• What are the plans to decarbonise transport with natural gas?
• What has been the experience so far? What are the key issues and challenges?
• What are the upcoming trends and developments in the natural gas vehicle market?

EQUIPMENT SHOWCASE: UPCOMING SOLUTIONS

• What are the recent trends and advancements in the gas equipment segment?
• What has been the implementation experience so far?
• What are the emerging and upcoming equipment for the gas sector?

INCLUSION OF NATURAL GAS UNDER THE GST AMBIT

• What have been the recent developments with respect to inclusion of natural gas under the GST regime?
• What will be the expected impact of the inclusion of gas under the GST regime on gas volumes, producers and gas-based industries?
• What are the key issues and challenges? What is the future outlook?

Speakers so far ( in alphabetic order, by last name ):  

• Hridesh Baindail, Executive Director, E&P, IOCL
• Bhashit Dholakia, Chief Operating Officer, Indian Oil – Adani Gas
• Kapil Kumar Jain, Chief Operating Officer, Gail Gas
• Puneet Goel, Director -Oil, Gas and Renewable Fuels, ICF
• Suresh P. Manglani, Chief Executive Officer, Adani Total Gas
• Pankaj Kumar, Director Offshore, ONGC
• Rajesh Kumar Mediratta, MD and CEO, Indian Gas Exchange
• Hardip S. Rai, Chief Executive Officer, THINK Gas
• Emani V.S. Rao, Chief Commercial Officer, Pipeline Infrastructure
• Ashim Sharma, Partner & Group Head, Nomura Research Institute (NRI) Consulting & Solutions India
• Jai Tiwari, Commercial Development Manager, S&P Global Commodity Insights
• Prashant Vasisht, VP and Co-Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA

The conference is targeted at officials and managers from

• Policymakers and Administrators
• Natural Gas Producers
• Government/ Regulatory Agencies
• Other Industrial Users
• Natural Gas Buyers
• LNG Suppliers
• Equipment and Technology Providers
• Financial Institutions
• Potential LNG Buyers
• Research Organisations
• Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Companies
• IT/OT/Digitalization Solution Providers
• Industry Analysts
• Pipeline Operators
• Power Plant Operators
• Consulting and Legal Firms
• City Gas Distributors
• Fertiliser Manufacturers
• Steel Manufacturers
• Ports and Shipping Businesses
• Etc.