IGU Magazine October 2016

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Q&A with Pål Rasmussen and Luis Bertrán Rafecas The IGU Secretariat is moving from Norway

years. Without their support all the changes

to Spain and the new Secretary General,

we have initiated, along with our day-to-day

Luis Bertrán Rafecas will take over from Pål

operations, would not have been possible.

Rasmussen on November 1. To mark the

At the time I moved into the Oslo offices as

changeover, the IGU Magazine asked Pål about

Deputy Secretary General in early 2014, there

the major developments during his tenure and

was a lot of focus on improving IGU’s advocacy

Luis about the challenges going forward.

efforts. Following wide-ranging discussions, especially with David Carroll and Mel Ydreos,

x  Pål and Luis have been working closely to ensure the smooth transfer of the Secretariat from Oslo to Barcelona.

Pål, since taking over from Torstein as

we decided to raise the bar and to take a

Secretary General in December 2014 you

broader approach. It was decided to gather

have had an action-packed schedule. Could

several important strategic issues under the

you give us the highlights of the

umbrella of BFTF.

Secretariat’s work over the last two years?

◆ The Building for the Future project was

I would like to specially mention: (1) the

established and divided into three phases.

Building for the Future Project (BFTF); (2) the

There was discussion of a fourth phase,

increased engagement with international

which would have covered e-learning/

policymakers in arenas such as the G20, COP

education, but in the end we kept to three.

and IEA; and (3) the development of the

Phase I was based on a clear message from

external advocacy efforts of IGU.

our members to increase the focus on

But I want to start by thanking all the staff

external advocacy. We started off by revising

involved in the work of the Secretariat who

the Vision and Mission of IGU and

have really delivered their best over the last two

developing a sustainable means of financing gas advocacy work by introducing a new structure of membership fees together with a new category of Premium Associate Member. The eligibility for Associate membership was widened and a strategy for strategic partnerships developed. Then, in Phase II, we looked at the conference portfolio and saw the need to strengthen IGU’s involvement in the planning and execution of the events as they are a major source of future income. Knowledge transfer was a key element in Phase II, which was approved at the Executive Committee meeting in Durban in April 2016. We are now working on the future governance of IGU under Phase III.

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Events and Acknowledgements

2min
pages 162-164

Presenting IGU’s new Members

13min
pages 154-160

Publications available from IGU

1min
page 161

Message from the incoming Secretary General

2min
page 153

Highlights from the Norwegian Secretariat

18min
pages 138-149

Q&A with Pål Rasmussen and Luis Bertrán Rafecas

8min
pages 150-152

Greetings from Eldar Sætre, President and CEO of Statoil ASA

2min
page 136

A brief history of the IGU

25min
pages 126-135

Greetings from Pål Rasmussen, Secretary General of IGU

2min
page 137

LNG approaching critical mass as a globalising force for natural gas

26min
pages 112-125

Harnessing customer feedback for outstanding customer experience

10min
pages 106-111

Repair of deep water pipelines by new remote welding technology

9min
pages 98-105

Power generation in GPRS of compressor stations

14min
pages 80-91

Surprise: Global gas price convergence has been happening since 2005

8min
pages 92-97

The IGU webcast series, expanding global gas advocacy

4min
pages 78-79

Committees and Task Forces: Progress

3min
pages 76-77

News from organisations affiliated to IGU

25min
pages 60-75

Natural gas as the fuel of the future: how will technology influence this transition?

3min
pages 58-59

Update on the 27th World Gas Conference

4min
pages 56-57

Reports from the Regional Coordinators

11min
pages 50-55

IGU Members and Organisation

10min
pages 16-25

News from the Presidency and Secretariat

20min
pages 26-39

The IGU Council Meeting, Durban

4min
pages 42-45

Building for the Future

2min
pages 40-41

G20 Natural Gas Day successfully held in Beijing

5min
pages 46-49

Message from the President and the Secretary General

4min
pages 12-15
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