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Members’ corner This section of International Gas gives IGU members an opportunity to profile themselves and their relationship with the Union. In this issue we have a Q&A with Suk Hwan Park, the outgoing Secretary General of the Korea Gas Union (KGU), which joined IGU in 1986. International Gas (IG): Could you
to foster the advancement of the gas
IGU events. Aside from IGU events, KGU
introduce KGU to readers in terms
industry. And today, after 34 years, KGU
has hosted natural gas technical
of your membership and activities?
has grown to have more than 60
training programmes for Mozambique,
Suk Hwan Park (SHP) Korea Gas
members from across the entire gas
and has also invited public officials
Union is a non-profit organisation that
value chain. Membership is composed
from South America to the Inter-
is committed to serving its members
of companies from the E&P sector,
American Development Bank
and seeks the development of the
construction and engineering, marine
workshops which further promoted
Korean gas industry. In 1985,
and shipbuilding, city gas and
understanding of the gas industry and
representatives of Korea’s 13 gas-
organisations such as research
strengthened the relationship between
related companies and organisations
institutes, state-run corporations and
Korea and Latin America.
held a meeting to form a body to
associations.
represent the Korean gas industry, and that was the beginning of KGU. The objectives set for KGU were to build strong technical cooperation and
KGU, as one of IGU’s Charter
In addition, KGU provides member ship services by holding events such as
Members, has played an active role by
annual member networking events,
participating in IGU Executive and
government energy policy briefings,
Council meetings and by hosting many
technical visits and workshops. KGU also produces several types of publi cations including the Journal of the Korea Gas Union. These publications are distributed to members to provide the latest information on global natural gas developments to aid their work. KGU will remain fully committed to providing value to its members and will continue to seek the advancement of the Korean gas industry. IG Could you give us a brief overview of KGU’s milestones since it was founded in 1985? SHP Since its foundation, KGU has
KGU has hosted major IGU conferences such as LNG13 in 2001 (ab ove ) and IGRC 2011 (opposite above ).
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played an important role in promoting natural gas and by joining IGU in 1986
