Will LNG meet skyrocketing expectations? Live Interactive Audio Conference, Friday February 27 at 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET

Join us on Friday, Feb 27 from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET for Will LNG meet skyrocketing expectations Live Interactive Audio Conference. Question these industry heavyweights from the comfort of your very own office: Pat Pope from El Paso Energy Services; Keith Meyer of Cheniere LNG; Darcel Hulse at Sempra Energy LNG; Colleen Taylor Sen from Gas Technology Institute, and Leonard Crook of ICF Consulting.

(PRWEB) February 14, 2004 --Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan blithely told America to rely on abundant gas supplies from around the world last year but is that realistic?

Can the boats be built in time? Will the terminals to regasify LNG be permitted and built in time? And what about gas price spikes in the meantime?

LNG imports provided about 1% of America's natural gas in 2002. Yet Cambridge Energy Research Associates forecasts exponential growth to reach 10% (Lower 48) of demand by 2010. The Energy Information Administration sees LNG imports accounting for 8% by the end of the decade. The stakes are high.

Restructuring Today, America's leading trade publication focused on the opening up of competitive retail and wholesale markets and the convergence of energy and communications, has assembled a panel of experts to answer your questions -- executives whose companies are leading the way.

Join us on Friday, February 27 from 12:00 PM - 1:30 ET for Will LNG meet skyrocketing expectations?

QUESTION THESE HEAVYWEIGHTS:

-Pat Pope, vice president and associate general counsel, El Paso Energy Services, played a key role in commissioning and reactivating Georgia's Elba Island LNG terminal. He'll explain about the growing availability of low-price LNG worldwide and the advantages of existing terminals over greenfield projects.

-Keith Meyer, president, Cheniere LNG, challenges the contention that new onshore terminals cannot be built in the US and explains how Cheniere plans to establish North America's premier LNG gateway, with facilities on the Texas and Louisiana coasts (invited).

-Darcel Hulse, president, Sempra Energy LNG, explains how the company is translating its strategic vision into projects on Louisiana's coast and in Baja California (invited).

-Colleen Taylor Sen, senior LNG advisor, Gas Technology Institute, tells how LNG buyer needs are changing, how LNG shipping costs are changing and how LNG pricing differs from market to market. She'll evaluate new terminal proposals and which projects have the best prospects.

-Leonard Crook, ICF Consulting vice president, a FERC veteran and expert on the US market, evaluates potential LNG importers. Crook sees access as the key to growing the market and predicts LNG producers will become more active downstream to ensure it. He suspects an LNG "bubble" may be developing and early successful projects may be the ones that can surmount a range of hurdles.

The team will share with you real-world experience and offer their perspectives on finding success in an arena that offers promise and peril.

Each expert has six minutes initially to make points. Facilitator George Spencer, Restructuring Today's editor, will then ask a few questions of the panel before the call is opened up for your questions by phone or email - right from your office, saving the time, expense and inconvenience of travel.

To register, call 1-800-486-8201 (202-298-8201 outside the US) or visit http://www.restructuringtoday.com/audio/pr-lng.htm. Please mention source code: PRLNG.

An email message with instructions for obtaining your program materials will be sent to you. Live participation in the call is just $190 per site when you register before midnight, Feb 20 and allows access to ONE phone line for an unlimited number of people in your office to listen and participate. If you miss the event for any reason, a digital replay will be available for one week following the event. Audio CD and combo orders are available. Transcripts will be provided.