Trinidad and Tobago is the largest exporter of methanol and ammonia in the world, and thus it could be said to be a leader in gas conversion.

With the increasing interest in the development of gas technology there was seen to be a need for a conference where the community of technologists and scientists, from research and industry, and from graduate students to senior engineers and managers, can get together, interact, and discuss topical issues.

I am personally thrilled to welcome many of the leading experts from research and industry to the Tobago Gas Technology Conference. The tropical setting and rich cultural background of Tobago provides a warm informal atmosphere to discuss the future of gas technology and gas exploitation and is a perfect backdrop for the conference.

Prof. Emeritus Kenneth. S. Julien

SHORT COURSE #1 “Heavy Oil Recovery: Thermal Methods and Environmental Aspects”

SHORT COURSE #2"Gas Conversion with an Environmental Slant”

SHORT COURSE #3“Maximizing the Productivity of Gas Condensate Reservoirs”

SHORT COURSES ON JUNE 12TH4 hour immersion courses by internationally renowned Experts and Professors

#1 “Heavy Oil Recovery: Thermal Methods and Environmental Aspects”

Prof. Jim Speight, Methanex Distinguished Professor, University of Trinidad and Tobago.More than forty years of experience in areas associated with (1) the properties and recovery of reservoir fluids, (2) refining conventional petroleum, heavy oil, and tar sand bitumen, (3) the properties of fuels and synthetic fuels, including gas-to-liquids, (4) natural gas, (5) coal, and (6) oil shale. Taught more than seventy courses and has more than four hundred publications, reports, and presentations.

#2 "Gas Conversion with an Environ-mental Slant

Peter Tijm, Vice-president, PV Enterprises Inc., Previously Vice President of Technology for Word GTL Inc and has played a critical role in initiating the WGTL Trinidad project which is due to be complete this year. Currently, as advisor to multiple corpora-tions, he is working on projects in Alaska, West Africa, and the USA. He has written the book “Gas to Liquids, Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis, Reactors, Products and Process - The Twentieth Century And Beyond”, is (co) author of over 70 papers and holder of 11 patent series

#3 “Maximizing the Productivity of Gas Condensate Reservoirs

Prof. Mukul M. Sharma, Professor of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at AustinHis current research interests include natural gas engineering, injection water management, hydraulic fracturing, formation damage and petrophysics. He has published more than 200 journal articles and conference proceedings and has 5 patents. Prof. Sharma served as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2002, has served on the Editorial Boards of many journals, and taught and consulted for industry worldwide.