Results of 22nd Session of UNECE Working Party on Gas
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Alexander Karasevich, Director General of Gazprom Promgaz, chaired the 22nd Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Working Party on Gas held on January 24 and 25 in Geneva.
Taking part in the Session were representatives of international organizations, state authorities and leading energy companies from participating countries as well as the Gazprom and the Gazprom Promgaz delegations.
During the round table meetings the focus of discussion was placed on the current status and the prospects for the liquefied natural gas market development, underground gas storage in Europe and Central Asia, natural gas vehicles in the UNECE member states.
Following the Session, the Bureau Members of the Working Party on Gas were appointed for the next two years. Alexander Karasevich was re-elected as Chairman; Francisco de la Flor Garcia (Spain), Director of Regulations at Enagas, Gille-Henri Joffre (France), Senior Asset Officer at Storengy, Tamas Korosi, Senior Leading Advisor at Hungarian Energy Office and Gheorghe Radu (Romania), Director of the Business Development Department at Romgaz were appointed as Deputy Chairpersons of the Working Party on Gas.
Background
Gazprom Promgaz is Gazprom’s research center dealing with regional energy policy substantiation, gasification, gas distribution and utilization, small size fields and coalbed methane resources development.
The Working Party on Gas is a principal body of the UNECE responsible for multilateral cooperation in the natural gas sector, and has been operational since 1956. The Party represents a forum made up of experts from the European gas industries, including all of the former Soviet Union countries. In addition, industry organizations from the USA, Canada and Israel are fully engaged in the activities of the Working Party. Alexander Karasevich, Director General of Gazprom Promgaz, was elected as Chairman of the Working Party on Gas in 2008.