An update on the IGU Vice Presidency and preparations for the 28th World Gas Conference By Suk-Hwan Park
During the 2014 IGU Council Meeting, Korea
strategic focuses, Korea is now working to
was elected to assume the IGU Presidency for
develop the Triennial Work Programme which
the 2018-2021 triennium and to host the 28th
will ensure that IGU continues to be the most
World Gas Conference in 2021. Next year in
effective voice representing the gas industry.
June, Korea will take over the IGU Presidency at
its first preparation meeting with the incoming
Washington DC and will lead the worldwide
chairs of the IGU committees for the 2018-2021
non-profit organisation for the next three years.
triennium in Barcelona, Spain, on February 7.
As a country that leads the global gas industry,
The discussions started with an overview of the
Korea will play a key role in handling pending
preliminary themes and areas of focus for the
issues affecting the gas sector globally.
triennium and the potential areas of focus for
With less than a year left before Korea takes
x Korea is represented in IGU by Charter Member the Korea Gas Union and Associate Member Kogas, which brought three new LNG storage tanks at its Samcheok LNG receiving terminal into commercial operation in June.
The incoming Korean Presidency Team held
the close of the 27th World Gas Conference in
the IGU committees for 2018-2021. A second
over the leadership of IGU, preparations to fulfil
IGU Incoming Chairs Meeting was held in
the duties of the IGU Presidency and to stage
Daegu, Korea, from July 3–7.
the 28th World Gas Conference are well under
IGU membership includes 152 associations
way. The theme of the triennium leading up to
and corporations from 90 countries that are
the conference will be “Sustainable Future
active in the gas industry, and collectively
Powered by Gas”, and three strategic focuses
represents more than 97% of the global gas
have been identified for the Korean term:
market. Established in 1931, IGU covers
Environmental Leadership, Market Vitality, and
the entire gas value chain from upstream to
Value Creation. Having prepared the theme and
downstream including exploration and pro duction, storage, transmission, distribution, utilisation, sustainability, strategy, gas markets, LNG, marketing and communications, R&D and innovation. In line with the work of IGU, Korea will also host the 28th World Gas Conference, scheduled for June 2021, in Daegu, Korea. Last November, the WGC2021 National Organising Committee (WGC2021 NOC) was launched to prepare all matters associated with the 28th World Gas Conference. The WGC2021 NOC is comprised of more than 60 representatives drawn from government, Daegu Metropolitan City, gas companies and organisations, associations and enterprises in Korea.
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