Energy Security and Gas Supply in SE Europe

Energy Security and Gas Supply in SE Europe

an IENE Regional Conference

SESSION I

The role of gas in European energy security

  • Overview of latest developments in gas supply and infrastructure in SE Europe
  • The post South Stream environment and alternative plans for routing Russian gas to Europe
  • Can the South Corridor be expanded?

Moderators: Mr. Costis Stambolis, Executive Director, IENE and Dr. Hans Hutta, General Manager, International Center for Petroleum & Industrial Management (ICM), Vienna, Austria

Introductory Remarks by Mr. Costis Stambolis, Executive Director, IENE

  • Mr. Janez Kopac, Director, Energy Community, Vienna, Austria
  • Ms. Beate Raabe, Secretary General, Eurogas, Brussels, Belgium
  • Dr. Katja Yafimava, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, UK
  • Dr. Andrey Konoplyanik, Advisor to the General Director, Gazprom Export/Professor, Chair “International Oil & Gas Business”, Russian State Gubkin Oil & Gas University, Russia
  • Dr. Yurdakul Yigitguden, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna, Austria

SESSION II

Gas pricing and the European gas industry

  • Towards Competitive Gas Pricing
  • Oil Index versus Market Price
  • The Role of Gas Hubs in Improving Energy Security

Moderator: Dr. Hans Hutta

SESSION III

New Gas Supply Sources and Transit Routes

  • Current and potential gas supply sources for Europe
  • Gas supply security considerations
  • CHP outlook in SE Europe

Moderator: Dr. Dimitrios Kokkinos, Chairman IENE Geopolitics Committee

  • Mr. Gokhan Yardim, General Manager, Angoragaz Import Export Wholesale Inc., Ankara, Turkey
  • Dr. Narsi Ghorban, Secretary, Environment and Energy Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Tehran, Iran
  • Ms. Anca Mihalache, Senior Analyst, Energy Policy Group (EPG), Bucharest, Romania
  • Ms. Eugenia Gusilov, Director, ROEC, Bucharest, Romania
  • Dr. Anita Orban, Former Ambassador at Large for Energy Security, Budapest, Hungary
  • Dr. Lachezar Matev, Ambassador at Large for Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, Bulgaria

SESSION IV

The role of Gas Transmission Systems, Gas Storage, LNG and Co-Generation in European Energy Security

Moderator: Mr. Gokhan Yardim, General Manager, Angoragaz Import Export Wholesale Inc., Ankara, Turkey

Closing of Conference- Concluding Remarks by the organisers

© IENE 2015 - Energy Security and Gas Supply in SE Europe
Microsite by Theratron