RPGC 2010 - Gas Day

Russia’s Gas Industry: - Strategies and Prospects

Torstein Indrebø

Secretary General of IGU

Moscow, 24 June 2010

Russian Federation

President

CC Secretary

CC Vice Chairman

Ho Sook WahMalaysia

Datuk Rahim HashimMalaysia

Ungku AinonUngku TahirMalaysia

CC Chairman

Secretary GeneralTorstein Indrebø Norway

Vice President Jérôme FerrierFrance

Georges LiensFrance

The IGU Organisational Structure

1. Building strategic human capital

2. Nurturing future generations

3. Geopolitics of Natural Gas

Gas Industry Issues

Advocacy of the Gas Industry – image building

Role of gas in the climate debate

Unconventional gas – a game changer

Energy security

Financial crisis

Price volatility

Source GDF Suez

Natural Gas Demand- IEA Reference Scenario

World primary demand for natural gas is projected to expand by 41% between 2007 & 2030

Source: IEA WEO 2009

Some rules are still valid…

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