 KEYNOTE AT 9:30 AM Tom Kloza, foremost Publisher and Chief Analyst for Oil Price Information Service, the nation’s most prominent oil market information resource. Tom will talk about “fuel price predictability,” and other pertinent issues in the marketplace.
Tom has been writing about downstream oil markets since 1975 and was among the founders of OPIS over 25 years ago. A magna cum laude graduate of St. Francis University, Tom has a degree in English and has covered and analyzed crude oil, refined products, and gas liquids for more than 30 years. He has written about oil for a number of publications including Oil Buyers’ Guide, Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, Convenience Store News, CSP, and Convenience Store Decisions. He has also written commentary for Marketwatch and is a regular guest commentator for Bloomberg Financial Markets and NPR Marketplace. Tom provides expert commentary for print and electronic media during times of oil volatility, and is regularly quoted in periodicals throughout the country. He is also a frequent guest lecturer on fuel price economics at a number of colleges and universities as well as for key petroleum associations.
“HOW TO BUY FUEL” AT 11:00 AM Concurrent sessions dealing with how to buy product in today’s environment, one for heating oil, one for propane. Both sessions will feature a panel of buying and contract specialists from leading wholesale suppliers in the Northeast.
On the oil side, you’ll hear these specialists:
Bob Blanchard, Irving Oil
Bill Braunig, Global Companies LLC
Walter Brickowski, Gulf Oil Limited Partnership
Hugh Macnaughton, Sprague Energy
Scheduled for the propane session panel are:
Chris Keyser, Owner Services in Vermont
Rick Card of D.F. Richard Co., New Hampshire and Maine
Chuck Holden, Holden Oil & Propane in Massachusetts
John Tolan, Irving Oil
Product allocations are bound to come up for discussion, so you’ll want to be on hand.
TUES. AT 2:00 PM SPCC COMPLIANCE RULES will undergo examination and Q&A at a special Tuesday afternoon session to be headed by NEFI Counsel Mark S. Morgan, Esq.Regulatory Counsel in Washington, D.C., who will be joined by representatives from five professional engineering firms.
Mark lobbies federal regulatory agencies such as the EPA, DOT, OSHA and the IRS on issues important to NEFI members. Mark also provides regulatory compliance information to NEFI members as well as other petroleum marketing groups across the country. Mark, a Massachusetts native, graduated from the University of Massachusetts and earned his Juris Doctor and Masters Degree in Environmental Law at Vermont Law School. He has co-presented on two SPCC related webinars and has published numerous compliance documents on the subject. Contact: mark@nefi.com
The following NEFI member-companies will be co-presenting with NEFI Regulatory Counsel, Mark S. Morgan, Esq. Please do not hesitate to contact them with your SPCC related inquiries:
MPE Inc.
Hebron CT
860-228-3636
Norfolk Ram Group, LLC
Plymouth MA
508-747-7900
URS Corp.
Portland ME
207-879-7686
St.Germain & Associates
Westbrook ME
207-591-7000
Web Engineering Associates, Inc.
Norwell MA
781-878-7766
To get an overview of how critical this issue is to fuel marketers, see article, pg. 10, May 2009 Oil&Energy Magazine.
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 START YOUR DAY AT 9:00 AM WITH Consultant Betsi Bixby who will speak on “How to Profit & Survive in an Ever-Changing Business Environment"
When it comes to petroleum cash flow, it’s likely no one is better known and more respected than Betsi Bixby, a speaker before many of North America’s top refiners and professional petroleum associations. Her presentations are full of insight that can reshape a marketer’s vision of what’s possible. She offers a fresh, understandable approach to profit and cash. When Betsi finishes with an audience, amazing things happen, and each member of the audience can walk away with a new perspective and actionable game plan.
 GET BUSINESS GROWTH POINTERS AT 10:00 AM from John Levey and Joe Vassallo who will lecture on “The Right Way to Find and Buy an Acquisition,” a most fitting topic for these trying times. As they point out, this year seems to be different from most -- normally “acquisition season” doesn’t start so early. They ask (and answer): Why are people selling? What do sellers do when they’re ready? What can buyers do so that they’re aware of possible acquisitions? How do you make an offer? And, what’s next; i.e., “How do you kick the tires?”
ALSO: Concurrent session at 10:00 AM will review air quality and “Cap & Trade” issues. Heating fuel dealers face a substantial challenge in proposals to regulate carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a carbon tax, low carbon fuel standards and/or cap-and-trade programs. Whether state, regional, or federal, this must be taken seriously. The Federal EPA and Congress are already laying the groundwork for national programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the carbon content of fuel. Experts from Robinson & Cole, LLP will guide you through the basics of proposals to regulate carbon at the various levels of government and the potential impact on industry. You’ll want to follow this up with our Bioheat session to get a true picture of how the industry can play a leading role in helping create a “greener” and more secure America!.
BIOHEAT® AT 11:00 AM This important session will address upcoming Bioheat mandates in Massachusetts, which is assuredly to be followed by surrounding states and government bodies. With the Massachusetts state-wide mandate scheduled to roll out in July of 2010 industry terminal owners are working at this very moment to ensure that fuel distributors have access to high quality Bioheat with no disruptions. A generous amount of time will be allocated to field your questions. This is the business session component on Bioheat®. A technical session is being held at 9:30 AM.
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