NEWS
Activities of IGU A round-up of news from the Secretariat. New staff member Håkon Olav Huglen has joined the Secretariat as a Senior Advisor on secondment from Equinor. Håkon studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stavanger, followed by a degree in business administration. He started his career in the oil and gas industry with Det Norske Veritas (today DNV GL) in 1985, moved to Phillips Petroleum (today part of ConocoPhillips)
v Mel Ydreos addresses the ESWG workshop in Riyadh.
and then to Statoil (today Equinor). For the last 20 years Håkon has mainly
current host with the Secretariat
took place on March 7-8 in Riyadh
worked in the gas/LNG value chain and
based in the administrative head
and was preceded by workshops on
his recent work was on Equinor’s new
quarters of Naturgy in Barcelona.
the circular carbon economy and
LNG project in Tanzania.
Following extensive evaluation, the
enhancing energy market stability
IGU Council decided during its meeting
and security. IGU is an observer
IGU to set up permanent Secretariat
in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in October
member and was represented by
Traditionally the IGU Secretariat has
2019 to set up a permanent head
Mel Ydreos, Public Affairs Director.
been hosted by members. Spain is the
quarters in London, UK, in 2021.
Further meetings of the ESWG are
The implementation team Hosts of the IGU Secretariat
approved at the Council meeting is
and September 23-25 in Khobar.
now working towards completing the
The latter will be followed by a meet-
necessary plans that will enable the
ing of the G20 Energy Ministers in
change to a permanent headquarters.
Khobar, September 27-28.
France
1931-1937
Switzerland
1937-1949
Belgium
1949-1970
UK
1970-1979
The formal handover is expected in
France
1979-1988
October 2021.
Switzerland
1988-1994
The Netherlands
1994-2000
Denmark
2000-2007
Norway
2007-2016
Spain
2016-2021
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scheduled for June 19-20 in Jeddah
Ministerial Gas Forum Planning is underway for the 7th IEF-
IGU and G20
IGU Ministerial Gas Forum which will
The first meeting of the G20’s Energy
provisionally take place in Kuala
Sustainability Working Group (ESWG)
Lumpur, Malaysia at the turn of the
under the current Saudi Presidency
year. The biennial event was last held
