direct invest are active in ucg

Well, anyone (me included) who figured Direct Invest were just canny investors with deep pockets and an eye for opportunity should perhaps think again. They look to be a lot more involved than I imagined.

It is excellent imo to see them presenting "UCG: The New Frontier for Global Energy Investors" on the second day of the 5th annual UCG International Conference and Workshop in London (23-24/3/10).

A couple of other interesting presentations are bolded in the second day's program copied below.

Hopefully, Erik Schaffer will have some good interim results from Kingaroy to fit into his presentation ... who knows, perhaps Len Walker may attend with him.

CONFERENCE: 24 March 2010: Deloitte, 2 New Street Square, London EC4A 3BZ
Chair: Rohan Courtney OBE, Founding Director, UCG Partnership

08.00 09.00 Coffee and registration
09.00 09.05 Welcome by Rohan Courtney OBE

09.05 09.40 UCG: The New Frontier for Global Energy Investors,Erik Schfer, Chairman, Direct Invest AG, UK

09.40 10.20 UCG Reserve Valuation, Ray Pilcher, Ravenridge Resources, USA
10.20 11.00 Communication as a factor to public acceptance of new technologies, Frank Chalier, Aachen University, UK
11.00 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 12.10 The UCG potential of Southern Africa with specific reference to Botswana, Alan Golding, Analytika Holdings, BW
12.10 12.50 The potential for UCG in the USA, Mike Fowler, Clean Air Task Force - tbc
13.00 14.00 Buffet lunch
14.00 14.40 Bloodwood Creek UCG facility from trial to power station in 15 months, Dr Cliff Mallett, Carbon Energy, Australia
14.40 15.20 Why are there no industrial UCG projects in the world yet? Prof Efrim Kraynin, Gazprom
15.20 16.00 Update on the ENN UCG Project in China, Dr. Feng Chen, ENN Group, China
16.00 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 17.10 EU research fund for coal and steel
Lionel Boillot, DG Research - European Commission, Belgium
17.10 17.50 Legal requirements and frameworks for UCG projects, Nabarro tbc
17.50 18.00 Review of the day Rohan Courtney OBE


Cheers
Dex