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IEA Gas Security Workshop: Coping with Security Challenges of Natural Gas Markets
 
Location and date(s) of workshop:
Paris: 12 June 2006
   
Organiser(s): IEA
   
Contact(s):
   

Background:

A High Level Workshop on Gas Security Issues was organised jointly between the IEA Standing Groups on: Long Term Co-operation, the Oil Market and Emergency Questions.


 
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Programme

 
Proceedings: Welcome Address:
Mr. Claude Mandil, Executive Director, International Energy Agency

Session 1: Recent Experience with Gas Supply Disruptions
Chairman: Mr. Graham White, Chairman, IEA Standing Group on the Oil Market
Director, Energy Strategy Unit, UK Department of Trade & Industry

Key note: Mr. Noé van Hulst, Director, Office of Long-Term Cooperation & Policy Analysis, IEA

Gazprom-Ukraine Gas Dispute (slides)
Prof. Jonathan Stern, Director, Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Downstream Perspective – Government: Italy
Prof. Sergio Garribba, Director General for Energy & Mineral Resources, Ministry of Productive Activities, Italy

Downstream Perspective – Industry: Hungary
Dr. József Tóth, Chief Advisor to the Chairman & CEO. MOL Rt.

Japan’s Approach
Mr. Kenji Goto, Director, International Affairs Division, ANRE/METI

Recent Events in the US
Mr. Ian Cronshaw, Head of the Energy Diversification Division, IEA

Session 2: Options for Mitigating Short-Term Gas Supply Disruptions
Chairman: Dr. Pieter Boot, Chairman, IEA Standing Group on Emergency Questions
Director of Energy & Sustainability, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs

Key Note: Mr. Klaus Jacoby, Head, Emergency Planning & Preparations Division, IEA

International Contracts & Production Swing
Mr. Hay Fieten, Head of Commercial Strategy, Hydro Oil & Energy, Markets, Norsk Hydro

Government Tools & Emergency Planning
Mr. Juan F. Martínez, Deputy General Director for Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Industry, Tourism & Trade, Spain

Role of Gas Stocks

Mr. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht, GSE President, Gas Infrastructure Europe

Minimum Gas Storage Levels in IEA Countries

Ms. Sophie Galey-Leruste, Director of Energy & Mineral Resources, Ministry of Economy, Finance & Industry, France

Demand-Side Response
Mr. Peter Claes, President, International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (IFIEC Europe)

Industry Perspective
Mr. Dieter Pfaff, Vice-President, E.ON Ruhrgas AG


Session 3: Security of Supply Issues in the Longer Term

Chairman: Mr. Paul Simons, Chairman, IEA Standing Group on Long-Term Cooperation

Key Note: Mr. Johannes Enzmann, Administrator DG-TREN, European Commission
(NB: These materials represent the personal views of the speaker and not necessarily any official position of the European Commission)

Buyers’ Power & Perspective
Mr. Takashi Tanaka, General Manager, Procurement & Trading Gas Resources Department, Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

Producers’ View – Nigeria
Mr. Ronald Lansdell, Corporate Planning Manager, Nigeria LNG Ltd.

Producers’ View – Australia
Mr. Peter Cleary, President, North West Shelf Australia LNG

Role of IOCs in Providing Security of Supply

Mr. Thomas H. Higdon, Europe Gas Sales Manager ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing

LNG and Security of Supply

Mr. Roland Kupers, Vice-President, Global LNG, Shell Gas & Power B.V.


High-Level Panel Discussion on Policy Implications
Chairman: Mr. Kenji Kobayashi, Director, Oil markets & Emergency Preparedness Office, IEA

Mr. Pieter Boot, Chairman, IEA Standing Group on Emergency Questions

Mr. Jean-Yves Garnier, Head of the Energy Statistics Division, IEA
Mr. Sergio Garribba, Director General for Energy & Mineral Resources, Ministry of Productive Activities, Italy
Mr. Kenji Goto, Director, International Affairs Division, ANRE/METI
Mr. Paul Simons, Chairman, IEA Standing Group on Long-Term Cooperation
Mr. Graham White, Chairman, IEA Standing Group on the Oil Market

Concluding Remarks
Amb. William C. Ramsay, Deputy Executive Director, International Energy Agency