A speech by the Secretary General Amb. Mernier to the Conference 'Russia and CIS - Sustainability of Production', International Petroleum Week, London, 12 February 2007.
The Deputy Secretary General, Andrei Konoplyanik, was invited by Naftogaz of Ukraine to speak at the Second Annual Investment Forum "Ukraine-Russia 2007" held in Kiev on 8 February 2007.
The Deputy Secretary General of the Energy Charter, Andrei Konoplyanik, made two presentations to the 17th session of the Working Party on Gas of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Sustainable Energy in Geneva, 23-24 January 2007.
“Recent events have again demonstrated the importance of reliable transit both for oil and for gas, and it is therefore vital to minimise the risks that can affect cross-border energy supply and energy flows in transit.” This was the message from the Secretary General André Mernier at the presentation on 18 January 2007 of a new study from the Energy Charter on oil pipelines across Eurasia.
The Secretary General Amb. André Mernier underlined the importance of transparency in regional gas flows at the inauguration of the Metrology Centre in Boyarka, Ukraine, on 21 December 2006.
The ceremony in Boyarka was attended by Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev and by the European Union Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs.
“This is a significant decision for the Energy Charter Process, for Pakistan, and for international energy cooperation” said the Chairman of the Energy Charter Conference, Mr Henning Christophersen. “Demand for energy is growing rapidly in Pakistan and across South Asia. This will require...
The President of Pakistan met with the Secretary General Amb. Mernier during his visit to Brussels on 12 September 2006.
Pakistan has the ambition to become a major country for regional energy trade, and accession to the Energy Charter Treaty “will facilitate this ambition. This energy corridor will further help Pakistan to become a bridge of economic progress between the wider East and West.”
The 1991 Declaration was signed at a ceremony in Kabul by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Ambassador Mahmoud Saikal, signalling a political commitment from Afghanistan to the principles of the Energy Charter. “Afghanistan needs investment and regional trade in order to provide energy for its people and for its development" said Ambassador Saikal...
Representatives of the Kazakh oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz and China's National Petroleum Corporation made a presentation on the new Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline project to the Energy Charter's Trade & Transit Group in May 2006.
