30/06/2008

A growing diversification of participants and continuously developing topical scope resulted in the transformation of the Sino-Russo-Kazakh Forum into the Eurasian Energy Summit. The summit’s programme will include not only discussions focusing on the oil and  gas sector, but will also feature surveys and analyses of geopolitical issues and problems facing the coal, electrical and alternative energy markets: issues which will have a lasting effect on the exploitation of natural resources.

The Eurasian Energy Summit is an actively and vigorously evolving event.  It allows its participants to stay abreast of the most recent developments in the fuel and energy sector. We strongly believe that it will prove an effective vehicle for promoting cooperation between countries of the Eurasian continent in the energy sector.

For more information, please visit the Summit’s homepage: www.eurasianenergysummit.com

12/03/2008

Eurasian Energy Summit preparations are underway

07/12/2007

The Fourth Sino-Russo-Kazakh Oil&Gas Forum took place in Beijing, China, on 5-7 December.

The event was organized by Confidence Energy with support from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The forum has brought together over 200 representatives of Russian, Chinese and Kazakh oil and gas companies, banks and energy agencies.

Amongst the attendees there were representatives from TNK-BP, Lukoil, Gazprom, KazMunaiGaz, FIOC, Total, KazTransOil, CNPC, etc.

The Foundation for Development of Co-operation with China was the Official Partner of the Forum, Bank TuranAlem supported the event as a sponsor. Forum was covered in media by Interfax, Bloomberg, Reuters, Oilcapital and other information agencies.

The Forum was opened by the Co-Chairmen Andrew Rudenko and Zhang Deguan, ex-Executive Secretary of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Chairman of Xian Eurasian Economic Forum. Welcome addresses to the Forum were sent by Alexander Zhukov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sauat Mynbayev and A. Yanovsky, Deputy Minister for Industry and Energy, Head of Fuel and Energy Directorate of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russia. The delegates were welcomed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan in People’s Republic of China Ikram Adyrbekov, Councillor of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Akylbek Dhumabaev, Head of the Representative Office of the Russian Chamber of Commerce in Beijing Vladimir Padalko.

Among the speakers were Chairman of the Centre for Strategic Research in Energy Xia Ishan, Deputy Director of the State Policy Department of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Energy Vladimir Sayenko, Director of Gas Projects Department of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Anarbek Tolumbayev, Vice-Director of the Research Centre for Development of the People’s Republic of China State Council Deng Yusong and many others.

The role of energy cooperation between China, Russia and Kazakhstan has been increasing recently, Eurasian Economic Forum Director General, Zhang Deguang, said at the Forum.

Zhang Deguang said he was convinced that the Sino Russo Kazakh Oil and Gas Forum would lay the groundwork for building stronger ties between the three countries' oil and gas companies, and deepen mutual understanding between state organizations.

At the Forum Xia Yishan, research fellow of the China Institute of International Studies, said that the Chinese section of the East Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline will be built in 2008 and oil deliveries through the pipe will begin in 2009. "The oil pipeline has recently been under construction and it will be completed in 2008. It is expected to be commissioned in 2009," he added. "Russian-Chinese cooperation in the oil and gas area has entered a large-scale practical development stage after ten years of preparations," he said. There are good prospects for Russian-Chinese energy cooperation because the Chinese hydrocarbon market will be stable in the long term. China's dependency on imported oil will roughly total 70 percent in 2020 given the growing demand for the product in China, he mentioned.

Cocktail reception for the guests and participants of the IV Sino Russo Kazakh Oil and Gas Forum was held under the aegis of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in China. At the end of the day two The Gala Dinner was held in The Embassy of The Russian Federation in China.