6th Annual Marcellus & Manufacturing

Development Conference
May 2-3, 2017
Waterfront Place Hotel, Morgantown, WV
Maximizing the benefit of shale gas in Appalachia

DRAFT AGENDA April 11, 2017

Tuesday, May 2
9 a.m.4 p.m. Exhibit Setup: Natural Gas Expo

2 p.m. Registration

5-6 p.m. Sponsor Reception, Evansdale Crossing (invitation only)

6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception (exhibit hall)

Wednesday, May 3
8:00 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast/Natural Gas Expo
Visitation

8:30 a.m. Opening & Welcome

Kathy Beckett, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

H. Wood (Woody) Thrasher, Cabinet Secretary, WV Dept. of

Commerce
(Introduction: Kathy Beckett, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC)

Secretary of WV Department of Commerce Thrasher will offer

comments on the Justice Administrations commitment to
economic development and the impacts those efforts will have
on manufacturing growth for the state.

9:00 a.m. Ethane Storage Planning

(Introduction: Joe Eddy, Eagle Manufacturing)
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Tim Hanley, Vice President Business Development,
Mountaineer NGL Storage LLC

9:30 a.m. Ethane Storage: Balancing Commodity Value and

Regional Job Growth

Dr. Brian J. Anderson, Director, WVU Energy Institute

(Introduction: Scott Rotruck, WVU)

Dr. Brian Anderson, PhD will provide an overview of science,

technology, economic conditions that inform about the merit of
developing an ethane storage center in the region.

10:00 a.m. Networking Break/Natural Gas Expo Visitation

10:30 a.m. Panel - Update on Pipeline Project Development

Maribeth Anderson, Moderator

(Introduction: Javier Reyes, WVU)

Bob Orndorff, State Policy Director, Dominion

Anne Blankenship, Executive Director, WV Oil & Natural
Gas Association

Discussion of the challenges and successes of the development

of pipeline infrastructure in the Midwestern and eastern portions
of the US. Observations will be offered concerning the role of
FERC and the states as pipelines are proposed for development.

11:30 a.m. National Association of Manufacturers Update

Rachel Jones, Director of Energy and Resources Policy,

National Association of Manufacturers
(Introduction: Dean Cordle, AC&S)

Discussion of 2017 initiatives of the Trump Administration,

Congress, and pending litigation NAM is currently engaged in
that will be impacting the future of manufacturing, particularly in
the Ohio River Valley.

Noon Lunch/Keynote/BrickStreet Safety Award

Keynote: RAPID Manufacturing Institute: Process
Intensification Solutions for U.S. Manufacturing

Karen Fletcher, CEO, American Institute of Chemical

Engineers, RAPID Manufacturing Institute
(Introduction: Brian Anderson, WVU, Energy Institute)

RAPID is the 10th institute in the federal governments

Manufacturing USA program. Announced in December, 2016,
this institute is building a community of partners that will
develop and broadly commercialize new technology in modular
chemical process intensification, providing dramatic reductions
in capital and operating cost and enhancements in energy
efficiency and environmental benefits.

1:30 p.m. Panel Status Report on Growth in the Region

(Introduction: Kelley Goes, Jackson Kelly PLLC)

Jeff Logan, Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council,

Moderator
David Ruppersberger, President, Pittsburgh Regional
Alliance
Matt Cybulski, Director, Shale Energy & Petrochemicals,
JobsOhio
Kris Hopkins, Executive Director, WV Department of
Commerce

2:30 p.m. Break/Natural Gas Expo Visitation

Remarks: Charlie Burd, Executive Director, IOGAWV
3:00 p.m. Appalachian Storage Hub/Ethane Storage

Jim Crews, VP, Northeast Development, MarkWest

Hydrocarbons
(Introduction: Steve Hedrick, MATRIC)

Discussion of the importance of infrastructure relative to

development in the region.

3:30 p.m. Regional Economic Study on Storage Hub

Martha Moore, Senior Director, Policy Analysis &

Economics, American Chemistry Council
(Introduction: Fred Clark, IVS Hydro)

Characterization and quantification of the economic

impacts of an Appalachian petrochemical industry enabled
by the development of a storage hub and associated
pipeline distribution system for feedstocks and products

4:15 p.m. Adjourn