2011 University of Utah. Unconventional Fuels Conference

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8:30 a.m. Welcome/opening remarks - Professor Philip J. Smith, Director of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy

Session 1: Utah Regulatory and Economic Landscape for Unconventional Fuels Development

8:40 a.m. "State Permitting Process for Unconventional Fuels"" - John Baza, Director, Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining

9:10 a.m. "Air Quality Constraints in the Uinta Basin" - Bryce Bird, Branch Manager, Utah Division of Air Quality

9:40 a.m. "Balancing Economic Development in the Energy Sector and Quality of Life" - Spencer Eccles, Executive Director, Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development

10:10 a.m. Break; display of newly drilled Skyline 16 core

Session 2: Industrial Perspectives on Unconventional Fuel Development

10:30 a.m. "Red Leaf Resources: Regulatory Landscape for Oil Shale Development" - Laura Nelson, Vice President, Energy and Environmental Development, Red Leaf Resources

11:10 a.m. "AMSO RD&D Lease" - Alan Burnham, Chief Technology Officer, American Shale Oil

11:40 a.m. "Uintah Partners, LLC. Wax Crude Upgrading Facility"" - Vince Memmott, Uintah Partners

12:00 p.m. Lunch; display of Skyline 16 core

Session 2 (continues):

1:00 p.m. "Introduction to Enefit" - Harri Mikk, Chairman of the Board , Enefit American Oil

1:30 p.m. "Project Transition from Technology Development to Operational Deployment" - D. Glen Snarr, President and Chief Financial Officer, Earth Energy Resources

2:00 p.m. Break; display of Skyline 16 core

Session 3: Planning for Unconventional Fuels Development

2:20 p.m. "Update on RD&D leases and the Combined Hydrocarbon Leasing Act" - Roger Bankert, Chief, Branch of Minerals, Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management

2:50 p.m. "Wild Lands and Wilderness - Implications for Utah's Unconventional Fuels Industry" - John Ruple, Esq., Institute for Clean and Secure Energy, University of Utah

3:20 p.m. "Unconventional Fuels Developmentand the Environment" - Robert Bayer, President, JBR Environmental Consultants

3:50 p.m. "Energy Development on Tribal Lands+ - Cameron Cuch, Vice President, Ute Energy

Session 4: Plenary

4:15 p.m. "Climate Change Regulation via the Back Door" - Arnold W. Reitze, Jr., Professor, S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah