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10:30 AM - 4:45 PM
Carbon Management Technology Forum
Join us for this addition to the DUG Permian and Eagle Ford Conference & Exhibition. Please note, separate registration is required. You may choose from the all-access pass or the carbon management forum-only pass to gain access to this room. Click here to view the forum agenda.
5:00 PM
Opening Reception on the Exhibit Floor
Jump start your DUG Permian & Eagle Ford experience with drinks, passed apps and networking on the exhibit hall floor!
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8:00 AM
Welcome to DUG Permian, DUG Eagle Ford & Midstream Texas
It’s the in-person show everyone’s been waiting for since 2019. And this year, it’s a trifecta: Permian, Eagle Ford and Midstream Texas.
Moderator(s):
Len Vermillion, Editorial Director, Hart Energy
8:10 AM
The World Still Needs Oil & Gas—And Always Will
You know this. But here’s the breakdown on “Why.” And Wall Street does “get it.” Take a seat. Here, we applaud YOU.
Moderator(s):
Len Vermillion, Editorial Director, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Mark Mills, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Faculty Fellow, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University; Co-Founder & Partner, Montrose Lane
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8:35 AM
Tripling Down: Q&A with Diamondback Energy
Diamondback Energy responded to 2020 by adding to its Permian footprint with significant deal-making. Listen in and learn how it picked its targets and what its plans are now for its vast leasehold.
Moderator(s):
Nissa Darbonne, Editor-at-Large, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
Kaes Van't Hof, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President, Business Development, Diamondback Energy
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9:00 AM
M&A and The Money
Permian consolidation continues and Eagle Ford operators have marked their territories. What’s property going for these days in each play? And when will new-capital taps begin to flow?
Moderator(s):
Darren Barbee, Senior Editor, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
David Deckelbaum, Managing Director, Energy – Oil & Gas Exploration and Production, Cowen and Company
9:20 AM
WTI Supply, Demand, Price
The future looks bright for WTI prices as economies are beginning to rebound worldwide. If OPEC will just let it be.
Moderator(s):
Joe Markman, Senior Editor, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Marshall Adkins, Managing Director & Head of Energy Investment Banking, Raymond James
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9:40 AM
Utilizing Data to Drive Capital Efficiency: Centennial Resource Spotlight
Learn how Centennial Resource Development is using machine learning to optimize completion techniques and drive capital efficiency.
Moderator(s):
Steve Toon, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
Matt Garrison, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Centennial Resources Development Inc.
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10:45 AM
Bigger: Callon Petroleum Spotlight
Callon Petroleum has built an enviable Permian platform beginning in 2009 from the beginning of a strategic, just-in-time Gulf of Mexico exit. With another move in 2019, it added armor to its Permian vest and bolted on an Eagle Ford holding.
Moderator(s):
Brian Walzel, Senior Editor, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Rex Bigler, Vice President, Asset Development, Callon Petroleum Co.
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11:05 AM
The Privately Held Delaware, Part 1
Privately held producers continue to play a significant role in the Delaware Basin. Here are Colgate Energy’s and Admiral Permian’s plans.
Moderator(s):
Faiza Rizvi, Senior Associate Editor, Business and ESG, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Will Hickey, Co-CEO, Colgate Energy LLC
Denzil West, CEO, Admiral Permian Resources LLC
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11:45 AM
Eagle Ford on Demand: Operator Spotlight
This leading Eagle Ford operator has its leasehold very well high-graded and can make the oil, the NGLs and the natgas on demand. Here’s how it’s producing its South Texas reserves today.
Moderator(s):
Len Vermillion, Editorial Director, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Darrin Henke, President & CEO, Penn Virginia Corp.
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1:20 PM
Giant: ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips deepened his stakes in the Permian to more than 700,000 acres of high-quality land across the Delaware and Midland basins with the 2020 bolt-on of Concho Resources. And it also gained from Concho this Permian veteran, whose career dates back to Tom Brown Inc.
Moderator(s):
Nissa Darbonne, Editor-at-Large, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
Jack Harper, President, Permian Business Unit, ConocoPhillips
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1:40 PM
Midstream Money: In the Pipeline
Colorado’s drillable land mass is shrinking. DAPL’s in court again. On the natgas front, Appalachia’s daily outbound is estimated to be able to grow by only another 2 Bcf. That leaves all other oil and natgas producers—and their shippers’ financiers—to pick up the slack.
Moderator(s):
Steve Toon, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
Brett Knowles, Vice President, EnCap Flatrock Midstream
Pete Bowden, Global Head of Energy & Power, Jefferies LLC
Bill Brown, Managing Director & Executive Vice President, Energy Banking, Cadence Bank
2:15 PM
Midland + Delaware: More Pay
The Permian’s multitude of tight-rock formations give these producers plenty of benches to pick from. Learn here what their property holds.
Moderator(s):
Brian Walzel, Senior Editor, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
"Northern Midland"
Steve Struna, President & CEO, Bayswater Resources LLC
"Midland + Delaware"
Tyler Thomason, Vice President, Operations, EnCore Permian
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2:55 PM
The Oiliest Midland Rock: HighPeak Energy
It's oilier farther north in the Midland Basin and this Permian leader of more than 40 years knows just where to look.
Moderator(s):
Faiza Rizvi, Senior Associate Editor, Business and ESG, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Jack Hightower, President & CEO, HighPeak Energy Inc.
3:45 PM
The Oil Outlook
This expert often presents to world decision-makers. Here's her insight into global oil dynamics going forward.
Moderator(s):
Len Vermillion, Editorial Director, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Trisha Curtis, President & CEO, PetroNerds LLC
4:00 PM
Eagle Ford Gas: A Q&A
The southern, gassy Eagle Ford was left for better natgas-price days, which are here now. The fairway is further advantaged by pipe buildout deep into Mexico that has more than 6 Bcf/d going south of the border.
Moderator(s):
Nissa Darbonne, Editor-at-Large, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
Glenn Hart, President & CEO, Rio Grande Exploration & Production
4:20 PM
Permian & South Texas Gas Abroad: Mexico & LNG
The U.S. is exporting some 20 Bcf/d of natgas—a figure that grew in 2020 while oil demand declined. Of exports, roughly half is exiting to Mexico and Texas’ Gulf Coast LNG terminals. Here’s the outlook for yet more demand to come.
Moderator(s):
Joe Markman, Senior Editor, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Emily McClain, Senior Analyst, Rystad Energy
4:40 PM
The Texas Winter-Gas Debacle
It was a nationwide spectacle and even drew international attention—and it was deadly: Texas didn’t have enough natgas in mid-February. ERCOT didn’t know gas producers and shippers need electricity; ERCOT had shut them down. A veteran gas analyst explains here.
Moderator(s):
Steve Toon, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
John Harpole, Founder & President, Mercator Energy
8:30 AM
More PDP: Welcome to Day 2
Oil, natgas, Eagle Ford, Permian, oilfield breakthroughs, big pipe, money, water. There’s more.
Moderator(s):
Len Vermillion, Editorial Director, Hart Energy
8:40 AM
All the Eagle Ford Counties: Operator Spotlight
This operator has Eagle Ford interests across the play – from Webb County to Lavaca. It's both oily and gassy and it's close to demand for both.
Moderator(s):
Len Vermillion, Editorial Director, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Sean Fitzgerald, Co-Founder & Partner, Boomtown Oil LLC/North Silo Resources LLC
9:00 AM
Midland South, North & East
The southern Midland offers a dial-a-hydrocarbon portfolio of rock. The far northern Midland delivers nearly all black gold. And the conventional Strawn on the Eastern Shelf is making nice wells when giving it horizontals.
Moderator(s):
Steve Toon, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
"Midland"
Ryan Keys, President & Co-Founder, Triple Crown Resources LLC
"Southern Midland"
Braden Merrill, Chief Financial Officer, Sequitur Permian LLC
“Eastern Shelf, Scurry County”
Tyler Harris, Chief Financial Officer, Moriah Energy Investments
10:00 AM
The Privately Held Delaware, Part 2
UpCurve Energy has perfected its spacing program, making the most oil for the least spend. Over at Tall City, it too is capturing more and more resource from its bountiful leasehold. Learn here about their latest successes.
Moderator(s):
Nissa Darbonne, Editor-at-Large, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
Dena Demboski, Vice President, Operations, UpCurve Energy LLC
Doug Rook, Vice President, Business Development, Tall City Exploration III LLC
10:40 AM
Spotlight: A Post-Pandemic Perspective on Petroleum Sector Positioning
Get an in-depth look at global oil recovery trends, market trends, and geopolitical drivers of the post-Covid recovery. This session also examines additional energy market drivers, including the Biden administration's energy policy.
Moderator(s):
Joe Markman, Senior Editor, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Tom Petrie, Chairman, Petrie Partners
11:30 AM
OFS 2021: Still Solving for Oil & Gas
Just as oilfield-services firms played a significant role in solving for shale economics, they’re solving for 2021 and beyond.
Moderator(s):
Brian Walzel, Senior Editor, Hart Energy
Speaker(s):
Sean Mitchell, Managing Partner, Daniel Energy Partners
11:50 AM
Heard at the Shale Shaker: Tech Talk
Artificial intelligence, automation, plug-in fracs, emissions capture and more. These oilfield-service experts describe what’s in the works today.
Moderator(s):
Jim Wicklund, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Stephens Inc.
Speaker(s):
John Durand, President & Chief Sustainability Officer, XRI Holdings LLC
Stuart Weinman, CEO, Total Sand Solutions
Jennifer Stewart, Vice President, Strategic Growth, Avitas, a Baker Hughes Venture
12:30 PM
University Lands: Spotlight
Here’s news from University Lands’ new CEO.
Moderator(s):
Scott Looper, Partner, Baker Botts
Speaker(s):
Joe Quoyeser, CEO, University Lands
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12:50 PM
Water: A Spotlight
Learn the latest on Permian water supply and demand.
Moderator(s):
Steve Toon, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
Speaker(s):
Josh Adler, CEO, Sourcewater Inc.
1:10 PM
Adjourned: Onward to 2022
Until we meet again, may the best wells and the best deals all be yours.
Moderator(s):
Steve Toon, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
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