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International Gas Union

IGU Council, Executive Committee and Coordination

Committee meetings in Russia, St. Petersburg

(October 2007)

Essen, 2008

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The Council, Executive Committee and Coordination Committee meetings of the second half of 2007, took place at Nevskiy Palace in St. Petersburg , Russia on October 22-25.

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Meeting attendees:Officers:President Mr. Ernesto Lopez

AnadonVice-President Datuk Abdul Rahim HashimImmediate Past President Mr. George H.B. VerbergSecretary General Mr. Peter K. StormChairman of CC Mr. Roberto D. BrandtAssistant to the Secretary General Mrs. Lotta Hallen-Kragh

Ms. Barbara Anette Schmid

Honorary Presidents Mr. Hans Jorgen Rasmusen

Mr. Claude Detourne

IGU COUNCIL MEETING Nevskij Palace, St. Petersburg , Russia - 24 October, 2007

98 representatives and 20 guests from 33 countries have registered for the meeting.

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IGU COUNCIL MEETING

List of Decisions

1. Minutes of the Council Meeting in Lima on 18 October 2006 were

approved.

2. The suggestion of issuing a Strategic statement was approved.

3. The Council approved the application from Overgas, Inc. in Bulgaria to

become a new Charter Member.

4. The Council approved the applications from INGAA, China National

Petroleum Company and TAQA - Arab Company for Energy to become

new Associate Members.

5. The Council accepted Alcatel-Lucent as a Supporter of IGU.

6. The Council approved the accounts for 2006.

7. The Council approved the budget for 2008.

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IGU COUNCIL MEETING

List of Decisions

8. The Council elected Mr. Torstein Indreboe as Secretary General of IGU

for a 6-year period from 1 November 2007.

9. The Council approved the creation of the new title, Honorary Secretary

General.

10. The Council approved that Mr. Peter Storm was awarded the title of

Honorary Secretary General.

11. The Council approved the concept of the WGC 2009 as presented by

Mr. Ojea Quintana.

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IGU COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS:

Information from the Presidency and the Secretary General

The President stated that it was now the time to find Charter

members willing to take on the responsibility of the IGU for the 2012-

2015 Triennium and being prepared to host the 26th World Gas

Conference in 2015. The deadline for applying was 1 March 2008. It

will be discussed in the EXC session in March 2008 and the decision

will be taken at the Council meeting 2008 in Korea.

Also in August another letter was sent out to all IGU members

concerning secondment of a young person to IGU Secretariat as a

part of their career plan. More proposals were welcome.

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Membership

The Council approved Overgas (Bulgaria) as a new Charter

Member of IGU

On the issue of Associate Membership there are 3 applications:

the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), China

National Petroleum Corporation and TAQA - Arab Company for

Energy (Egypt). The Council approved the applications.

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Finance

The IGU Accounts 2006 was audited in March 2007 and endorsed

by the Executive Committee at the meeting in May.

The Council approved the accounts for 2006.

The Executive Committee endorsed the budget 2008 during the

meeting on 23/10. The budget calculates with an income of 500.000

EUR, and expenditures of 495.000 EUR has been prepared together

with the Incoming Secretary General.

The Council approved the budget for 2008

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Election of new Secretary General 2007 - 2013

After 7 years as Secretary General time has come to say goodbye to Peter

Storm and elect his successor as Secretary General until the Council

meeting in October 2013, in accordance with the Articles of Association.

New candidate - Mr. Torstein Indreboe (Norway).

Mr. Indreboe presented the team that will help him maintain the high

standards for the Secretariat, namely Mr. Hans Riddervold, Mr. Erik Gonder

and Ms. Barbara Schmid.

The Council elected Mr. Torstein Indreboe as Secretary General of IGU for a

6-year period from 1 November 2007.

Mr. Peter Storm was given the title of Honorary Secretary General.

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Progress Report from the Coordination Committee

Technical Teams:Currently 731 study group members were organised in the Committees.

A joint committee project re CO2 Sequestration had been set up.

Internal discussions about a Best Practice inventory had been taking place among TF R&D, WOC 4 and WOC 5 in Moscow.

Discussion about a possible Joint Committee Meeting on Monetization of difficult gas reserves had taken place. The Malaysian presidency could later decide whether the project should be conducted or not.

IGM now had its work integrated into IGU with the work going on in the two SG.

2030 Natural Gas Industry Outlook Study The CC Chairman explained the structure of the study and hereby introduced the eight experts of the Steering committee. Mr. Marc Hall, Chairman of the IGU Marketing Committee (IGM) presented the study groups and presentation areas for the World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires. Participation in IGM sessions and study groups is warmly encouraged among more IGU members

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Preparations for the 24th WGC in Buenos Aires, Argentina in Oct. 2009

Mr. Eduardo Ojea Quintana, Chairman of the National Organising

Committee presented the current status of the preparations, which

are proceeding very well.

The WGC 2009 web site (www.wgc2009.com) has currently been

updated and now also includes details on The Argentine Triennium

(including Strategic Guidelines, Triennial Work Programme, Call for

Papers, floor plan, list of exhibitors).

The Council approved the concept of the WGC 2009 as presented by

Mr. Ojea Quintana

The next Council meeting will take place in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea on 22 - 25 September 2008.

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Meeting attendees:Officers:President Mr. Ernesto Lopez

AnadonVice-President Mr. Datuk Abdul

Rahim HashimImmediatePast President Mr. George H.B. VerbergSecretary General Mr. Peter K. StormChairman of CC Mr. Roberto D. BrandtVice Chairman of CC Mr. Ho Sook WahSecretary of CC Mr. Andres KiddAssistant to the Secretary General Ms. Barbara Anette

Schmid

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Nevskij Palace, St. Petersburg , Russia - 23 October, 2007

and 18 members and 3 special guests from 15 countries have registered for the meeting.

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGList of Decisions

1. The Minutes of the EXC meeting held in Montreux, Switzerland May 4, 2007 were approved.

2. The EXC took note of the document about Strategic Statements.

3. Torstein Indrebø was endorsed by the EXC as Secretary General of IGU for a six-year period.

4. The EXC took note of the report on the current status with of TWP.

5. The EXC endorsed the report on preparations for the 24th WGC in 2009.

6. The EXC endorsed the new applicants for Charter and Associate member of IGU as well as an application from a Supporter.

7. The EXC endorsed the IGU Budget for 2008 for Council approval.

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IGU Executive Committee Meeting Highlights:

Progress Report from the Coordination CommitteeThe Chairman of the Coordination Committee informed about the work of his Committee. He also reminded the Key-milestones of the Triennium.

They are as follows:

Key-milestones of the Triennium

1 June 2008: Issuing call for papers

1 February 2009: Abstract submission

15 April 2009: Author notification

15 July 2009: Full paper submission

The presentation is also available on the IGU website.

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Report on preparation for the 24th World Gas Conference

Mr. Eduardo Ojea Quintana, Chairman of the National Organising Committee presented the current status of the preparations, which were going very well.

The presentation is also available on the IGU website.

The EXC endorsed the report on preparations for the 24th World Gas Conference in 2009.

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Miscellaneous

The President announced the next meeting will take place in Trinidad and

Tobago on 27 March 2008.

Mr. Frank Look Kin, host and CEO of the national LNG Company in

Trinidad & Tobago gave a presentation about the country and its gas

industry.

The President thanked the Secretary General for his work done in IGU.

This had been his last meeting in the EXC as Secretary General.

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Meeting attendees:23 participants from 11

countries have taken

part in the meeting

COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEETING Nevskij Palace, St. Petersburg , Russia - 23 October, 2007

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IGU Coordination Committee Meeting Highlights:Information from the Chairman

RB introduced Mr. Torstein Indrebo, the incoming IGU Secretary General,

and Hans Riddervold, Senior Advisor to the IGU Secretariat.

The all-time record in the history of IGU membership (731 members in the

IGU committees) is fixed. Regarding new applications, he indicated that the

CC should remain open and flexible to new membership.

Regarding the projects for this triennium, he informed that this meeting would

be the inflection point in terms of new projects, so as to dedicate a full focus on

the projects embarked. Any new proposal that is considered to have merit

would be passed to the Malaysian team for their consideration

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IGU Coordination Committee Meeting Highlights:Update on IGU activities

Knowledge Centre: BP and TOTAL are already providing their support to

answer the different inquiries received by the Secretariat.

Efficiency Award: the project (detailed in the past CC meeting) has been

completed and will be presented at the Council for approval.

Interactive map: the map with country information (general and gas industry

related) is already online.

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IGU Coordination Committee Meeting Highlights:Update and revision of IGU/CC activities

The following issues were considered:

- Comments/approval on minutes of CC meeting #2 in Montreux

- 2030 Natural Gas Industry Outlook Study (NGIO): status and next steps

- Joint committee meeting (JCM) on CO2 Sequestration (May 2007): status and next steps

- Joint committee meeting on Natural Gas Monetisation (2008): project proposal

- Joint WOC 4 / WOC 5 / TF R&D meeting (September 2007)

- Initiative on “IGU Best Practice Ideas and Proposals”: project proposal, followed by discussion on focus and next steps

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IGU Coordination Committee Meeting Highlights:Joint activities with other organisations

International Energy Agency (IEA)

The mutual project support (Gas Market Review of IEA and the 2030 NGIO project of IGU) continued, as well as the Energy Efficiency Indicators project through WOC5.

International Energy Forum (IEF)

IGU has been honoured with an invitation to attend the next Meeting, planned in April 2008 . Furthermore, IGU is organising a joint meeting with IEF in March 2008, to discuss the strategic role of natural gas in the global energy matrix.

World Petroleum Council (WPC) / Madrid Congress (29 June - 3 July, 2008)

R. Brandt informed that WPC has reserved a slot for IGU in their next conference in June 2008, in Madrid, where J. Doumanian and some representatives from TF GMI will organise a panel on Gas Marketing Integration. R. Brandt will also participate, providing an introduction.

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IGU Coordination Committee Meeting Highlights:Miscellanea

- IGRC Conference / Paris (8 - 10 October, 2008)

R. Aptroot made a presentation regarding the technical programme in preparation for the conference

R. Brandt stressed that it would be helpful for both IGRC and also for the work of the committees if some members from each committee could attend.

- Articles for IGU Magazine #9

RB reminded that the progress reports and articles (like the case of TF GMI) should be delivered by December 15th.

The next CC meeting is confirmed on March 27th, 2008, in Trinidad Tobago. Further details will be provided closer to this date.

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IGU Coordination Committee Meeting Highlights:

Status reports from the committees

The Chairmen of each committee provided a presentation on the status of their group’s work. (The full presentation of the CC membership can be found at the IGU web-site)

Wrap up

R. Brandt suggested that for the next round of meetings of the technical committees there should be a focus on issues related to the organization of the WGC2009 activities, particularly on the Call for Papers, as well as to start defining the structure of the sessions.

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