As pricing differentials continue to drive profitability, industry stakeholders from up and down the supply chain are investing heavily to take advantage of the enormous market opportunities in delivering products downstream.

However, with many markets remaining undersupplied, imported expensive Brent crudes continue to drive costs, and with the continuing issues of projected pipeline capacity, production forecasts, railroad service bottlenecks and a mismatch in infrastructure, many questions remain to be answered when considering the business case for investment. 

Where are the real geographic market opportunities? What qualities of crude belong in the railcar in the long term? What is the throughput “tipping point” for investment? Where can rail be integrated with downstream intermodal infrastructure to take advantage of existing capability?

The Crude By Rail & Intermodal Supply Chain 2013: Optimization And Opportunities Summit, the follow-up to the hugely successful Upgrading Crude By Rail Capacity Summit 2013, will address all these questions and more. As North America’s only refiner led forum looking at optimizing the crude supply chain, the summit will continue to bring together major stakeholders from wellhead to refinery to consider vital market opportunities and investment considerations.

Executive Speaker Line-Up Includes:

• Joe Gallagher, Director of Commercial Truck & Rail, Phillips 66
• Joseph Israel, Senior Vice President, Hunt Refining Company
• Michael Lutz, Vice President Global Commercial, Hess
• Steve Bradley, Vice President Oil Marketing, Continental Resources
• Dan Gordon, Vice President Fuel Supply, Delek US
• John Keffer, Vice President Terminals, Plains All American
• Paul Cannizzo, Managing Director - Strategy & Business Development, Tesoro
• Dean Piacente, Vice President Sales & Marketing, CSX Transportation
• John Roller, Vice President Terminals, NuStar Energy
• Jay Harbison, Senior Vice President Crude Logistics, EDF Energy
• Stuart Nance, Vice President Marketing, Bill Barrett Corporation
• Darin Selby, Vice President Energy Markets & Short Line Partner Relations,Kansas City Southern Railway
• Gabe Claypool, President & COO, Dakota Plains Holdings
• Jarrett Zielinski, President & CEO, TORQ Transloading
• Bart Owens, EVP & Partner, GT Logistics
• Darrell Brock, Managing Director of Business Development, ARC Terminals
• Phillip Thompson, Director & General Manager - Rail Pipeline Group, Trinity Industries
• Steve Smith, COO, TORQ Transloading
• Erik Johnson, Vice President & General Manager, Canopy Prospecting
• Doug Johnson, VP Supply, Western Refining
• Randy Hairr, Director of Marketing, Newfield Exploration
• Rudy Dautel, Director Business Development - Oil & Gas, Savage Services

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6 Reasons Why This Is The Must-Attend Crude By Rail Forum...

• ONLY REFINERY LED SUMMIT - honing in on end user perspectives to provide market based assessment of issues and opportunities

• ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVES - bringing together leading refiners, E&P companies, railroads, transloaders, terminal operators and traders to provide comprehensive analysis from wellhead to refinery

• REGIONAL SPECIFIC ANALYSIS - detailed evaluation of downstream market opportunities, including Gulf, East and West Coasts

• INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TIPPING POINTS - breaking down expenditure, capacity and return to determine throughput levels necessary for economical investment

• RAIL TO BARGE OPTIMIZATION - investigating opportunities for increased barge supply integration with rail

• PLAY SPECIFIC PRODUCTION AND PRICING PROJECTIONS – in depth analysis of production forecasts across established and emerging plays coupled with pricing differential projections across different crudes

With 20+ presentations from the entire supply chain, this forum continues to be the sector's foremost learning and networking opportunity. Unique in its pan North-American supply chain scope, as well as the only event examining the crude by rail and intermodal network through end user concerns.

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