The highly successful first Moscow Energy Charter Forum took place on 3 April 2014. This event was organised by the Energy Charter Secretariat, Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and supported by the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Mr. Alexander Novak.
Over 150 participants from Russia and abroad gathered to discuss the topic "Cross-Border Trade and Investment Flows as the Backbone of International Energy Security". Representatives of governments, the energy sector, financial sector, regulatory authorities, law firms, international organisations, academia and the media focused on the challenges in achieving long-term energy security, effectiveness of asset swaps and other ways of bringing closer international energy markets, as well as the stronger and weaker points of various measures aimed at the promotion of investment flows.
The next Energy Charter Forum took place on 26 June 2014 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and was dedicated to the development of renewables in Northeast Asia with a special focus on Gobitec and the Asian Supergrid.
Presentations
Opening Session
Welcome by
Amb. Urban Rusnák, Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat
Addresses by
Mr. Ilya Galkin, Director of the International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
Mr. Asset Magauov, General Director, KAZENERGY Association
Prof. Alexei Makarov, RAS Academic, Director, Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Vladimir Baranovskiy, RAS Academic, Deputy Director, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Session 1 - How to achieve long-term energy security in times of economic challenges?
Chair
Mr. Florian Encke, Senior Expert on Transit, Strategy, Energy Charter Secretariat
Means of ensuring a predictable supply-demand balance: government perspective
by Dr. Teodor Shtilkind, Director for EU-Russia Cooperation Issues, Russian Energy Agency
Means of ensuring a predictable supply-demand balance: private sector perspective
by Mr. Sergei Komlev, Head of Contract Structuring and Pricing Department, Gazprom Export
Securing financing in current economic conditions
by Mr. Bert van der Toorn, Managing Director – Head Oil & Gas, Europe/CIS, Structured Finance Natural Resources, ING Commercial Banking
Reducing uncertainty about the future of gas in the EU: discussion at the EU-Russia Gas Advisory Council
by Mr. Ralf Dickel, Member of the EU-Russia Gas Advisory Council
Session 2 - Asset swaps in the international energy sector: versatile tool or case-specific solution?
Chair
Ms. Tatiana Mitrova, Head of Oil and Gas Research, RAS Institute of Energy Studies
Asset swap trends in the energy sector
by Ms. Irina Mironova, Analyst, RAS Energy Research Institute
Asset swap mechanism in the context of the Energy Charter modernisation process
by Mr. Zafar Samadov, Senior Expert on Investment, Energy Charter Secretariat
Guarantee for security of supply and demand: cooperation along the value chain
by Mr. Juergen Moepert, Representative of Wintershall Group
FDI in the power sector: practical aspects
by Mr. Victor Naboichenko, Director for Regulatory Affairs, Russia, Enel
Session 3 - Promoting investment flows: what is vinegar, what is honey?
Chair
Mr. Vladimir Feigin, President, Energy and Finance Institute
Financing investment projects in the global energy sector
by Ms. Kseniya Solodnikova, Principal Banker, Energy and Natural Resources Department, Russia and Central Asia, EBRD
Development prospects for the independent oil exploration and production sector in Russia
by Mr. Philip Vorobyov, Commercial Executive, JKX Oil and Gas
Electricity system interconnection in Northeast Asia: formation of a Supergrid, stages, projects, resolving problems
by Prof. Boris Saneev, Deputy Director, Regional Energy Issues, Energy Systems Institute (Irkutsk)
Wrap-up Session
Summaries by session chairs and Energy Charter Secretary General Amb. Urban Rusnák