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IGU events and other major gas-related events 2019-2020 2019 LNG2019 April 1-5 Shanghai, China April 23-25 IGU Executive Committee and Coordination Committee meetings Santiago, Chile May 13-15 Flame Conference & Exhibition Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 13-14 GIE Annual Conference Paris, France
September 7-14 24th World Energy Congress Abu Dhabi, UAE September 24-26 32nd World LPG Forum Amsterdam, The Netherlands September 30-October 4 IPLOCA 53rd Annual Convention Bangkok, Thailand October 8-10 IGU Council, Executive Committee and Coordination Committee meetings Yogyakarta, Indonesia November 10-12 GIIGNL General Assembly Singapore
November 11-22 25th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 25) Santiago, Chile November 20-22 IGU-EnergyNet Latin America & Caribbean Gas Conference & Exhibition (LGC 2019) Mexico City 2020 February 24-26 IGU Research Conference (IGRC 2020) Muscat, Oman
April 21-23 IGU Executive Committee and Coordination Committee meetings Prague, Czech Republic October 6-8 IGU Council, Executive Committee and Coordination Committee meetings Vancouver, Canada December 6-10 23rd World Petroleum Congress Houston, USA
Acknowledgements For the IGU Secretariat Secretary General: Luis Bertrán Rafecas Director Advisor: Rafael Huarte Lázaro Director Advisor: Luis Calvo Events Director: Rodney Cox Director Public Affairs: Menelaos (Mel) Ydreos Manager Public Affairs: Tatiana Khanberg Senior Advisor: Flavia Malet de Hvidbo Advisor: Hyunchang Kim Executive Assistant: Luisa Peris Meléndez Administration Consultant: Emma Siobhan Paños Knowles
by article. Where the pictures for an article came from a variety of sources, the appropriate page numbers are given in brackets after each source.
For ISC Consulting Editor: Mark Blacklock Copy & Picture Editor: Adrian Giddings Publisher: Robert Miskin Finance Director: Yvonne O’Donnell Finance Assistant: Maria Picardo Senior Consultants: Michael Gaskell, Karin Hawksley and Jonathan Unsworth
China’s energy strategy and natural gas development: Guangdong Dapeng LNG Company Ltd (28), Royal Dutch Shell (29), Huangdan2060/Wikimedia Commons (32), Siemens AG (34).
Art and Design Director: Michael Morey
Unleashing the power of digital: Eni (53 upper), Jørgen Bratland/Equinor ASA (53 lower), Bo B. Randulff/Woldcam/ Aker BP (55).
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136 Events and Acknowledgements
Cover: Shanghai skyline – Shutterstock/ArtisticPhoto. Introduction: IGU. New host for IGRC 2020: Shutterstock/ Vilius Steponenas (18), Oman LNG Development Foundation (19 upper), Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (19 lower). High-level attendance at 6th IEF-IGU Ministerial Gas Forum: Naturgy.
LGC highlights potential for gas in the region: EnergyNet. Natural gas: Creating wealth for Brazil: Petrobras (48), Repsol (49 upper), Comgás (49 lower & 50).
Hydrogen: Another fuel of the future? Koos Boertjens/ Vattenfall (58), ITM Power (59 & 60), Alstom (61), Colin Keldie (62), SINTEF (64). LNG2019 takes place in a landmark year for the LNG industry: Shutterstock/ArtisticPhoto (70), Gazprom (71 & 74 lower), Excelerate Energy/PRNewswire (72), ElectroGas
(74 upper), CELSE (76), AES (78 upper), Petronas (78 lower), Golar (79), BP (80 upper), Eni (80 lower), Total (82), Exmar (84 upper), Cheniere Energy (84 lower), Golden Pass Products LLC (85). LNG for all transportation: Ready, willing and able: Volvo Trucks (88), Gazprom (89), Levien Willemse/Royal Dutch Shell (90), Babcock Schulte Energy (92), AIDA Cruises (94), Sovcomflot (95), Actren Mantenimiento Ferroviario S.A. (96). Positive outlook for LNG shipping: INPEX (100), Canal de Panamá (101). Reports from the Regional Coordinators: Snam (106 upper), Royal Dutch Shell (106 lower), Naturgy (107), Scania (108 upper), Naturgas (109 lower), Peru LNG (109). Members’ corner: Korea Gas Union (114, 115 upper & 116), WGC 2018/DChFOTO (115 lower), EXCO (117). Presenting IGU’s new members: BHGE (118), Sewerin (119), INGL (120), Oman Gas Company (122), ONC Energy (123), Ulsan Internet Television (125), Wojciech Wrzesien/ Shutterstock (126). IGU’s COP 24 activities: IGU (128 upper), IISD/Kiara Worth enb.iisd.org/climate/cop24/enb/15dec.html (128 lower). IGU Organisation: Korea Gas Union (Joo-Myung Kang & Jeongwook Khang, 130), Beijing Gas Group (Li Yalan & Chen Xavier, 130), IGU (Luis Bertrán Rafecas & Secretariat team, 130), GTI (David Carroll, 130).
