INVITATION
Platts is pleased to invite you to attend the Platts Oil Forum in Rio taking place on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The complimentary forum is especially designed for oil industry professionals and will give you an opportunity to hear and engage with our experienced editors. Topics discussed will be recent global and Latin American oil market trends including the crude products as well as the Platts price discovery process - Platts Market-on-Close. Our forums are engaging and we encourage dialogue with our editors during the Q&A sessions following every presentation.
The forum also provides the perfect opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and make new acquaintances. Our coffee breaks and lunch will provide you with networking opportunities with colleagues as well as the Platts editorial team. We hope you can join us.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
[ Registration begins at 8:30 AM ] |
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| Where: |
Sheraton Rio Hotel & Resort
Avenida Niemeyer 121 - Leblon
Rio de Janeiro 22450-220 Brazil |
| Fee: |
Complimentary to industry professionals |
| RSVP: |
Friday, May 20, 2011 |
Please respond by clicking one of the buttons below:
 
AGENDA
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8:30 AM-9:30 AM |
Registration and Networking Breakfast |
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9:30 AM-10:00 AM |
Introduction and Overview of the Global Oil Market
Dave Ernsberger, Global Editorial Director, Oil
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Core market trends in the global oil markets in 2011
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Factors likely to play a part in influencing world oil markets and prices
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Other significant developments in the global marketplace
Dave Ernsberger is Platts' Global Editorial Director of Oil. Based in London since 2010, he is responsible for managing Platts' worldwide editorial coverage of crude oil and oil products. Prior to this, Dave was Senior Editorial Director for Asia, managing Platts' editorial and analytical groups in Singapore, Australia, the Philippines, and China from 2004 until 2009. Dave has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and politics from Warwick University, England, and a master's degree in international relations from Southampton University, England. Dave also speaks Spanish. |
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10:00 AM-10:45 AM |
Recent Trends in Latin American Crudes
Esa Ramasamy, Editorial Director, Americas Oil
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Impact on inversion of WTI-Brent spread
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Latin crudes and arbitrage opportunities
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Arrival of ESPO and impact on Latin crudes
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Competition from the "Great White North"
Esa Ramasamy has 17 years of experience at Platts. He is the director of Market Reporting for the Americas,
managing the Americas Market Reporting Team. He is one of the few reporters who have covered “the barrel,”
meaning he has covered all products (including petrochemicals) derived from a barrel of oil. Ramasamy has
covered petrochemicals in Asia, as well as products in the US. |
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10:45 AM-11:05 AM |
Market on Close (MOC) – Why it Makes Sense
Dave Ernsberger, Global Editorial Director, Oil |
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11:05 AM-11:30 PM |
Coffee/Tea Break |
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11:30 AM-12:15 PM |
What’s new in the Latin American Refined Products Market
Richard Capuchino, Chief Editor, Latin American Wire
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How Colombia will meet ultra low sulfur diesel demand
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The impact of the new refinery in Brazil
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Ecuador’s plans to become self sufficient in products
Richard Capuchino has been with Platts since October 1994. He started as a petrochemicals reporter and then moved to the oil group where he has covered the US LPG market and more recently the Latin American and US West Coast crude markets. Richard has two bachelor degrees from the University of Houston. |
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12:15 PM-1:00 PM |
A Closer Look at the Ethanol Market
Robert Sharp, Manager, Downstream Market Development
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Basic structure of US ethanol markets
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Why US ethanol demand needs to grow
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Higher ethanol blends implications for refining
Robert Sharp has worked at Platts for nearly 30 years, and has 34 years of experience as a journalist. As Manager of Downstream Market Development, Sharp is editor of the Refiner, a publication that covers blendstocks and feedstocks, including ethanol and biodiesel. Sharp created US Gulf Coast (USGC) and US West Coast (USWC) coverage for Platts, as well as the Latin American Wire and the Refiner. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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1:00 PM-2:30 PM |
Networking Lunch |
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