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RESULTS 2009

The 9th St. Petersburg International Energy Forum finished the work.
Final Press Release.

On March 25-27, 2009 in the pavilion 7 of the "Lenexpo" Fairgrounds in Saint-Petersburg the 9th St. Petersburg International Energy Forum was held, dedicated to development of the oil, gas and energy sector under conditions of the economic crisis and during the post crisis period.

The Forum was opened with the Plenary session, where the following people made reports: Chairman of the Research Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences for geology and oil-gas field development problems, Chairman of the Program Committee of the Forum, Academician A.E. Kontorovich, Head of the Department of economy and finance of the Ministry of natural resources and ecology of the Russian Federation G.V. Vygon, Deputy Head of the Committee of the Federal Council for natural resourses and environment protection A. I. Akulov, representative of the Russian Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" S.A. Subbotin, Director General of "KINEF" OOO V.E. Somov and President of the Norwegian oil company "StatoilHydro ASA" Mr. Bengt Lie Hansen.

At the ceremony of the Official opening of the Forum which was held after the Plenary session, Deputy Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the North- Western Federal district S.M. Zimin, Vice- Governor of Saint Petersburg A.I. Sergeev made the speech of welcome, addressing to the participants and guests.

The representatives of the diplomatic corps took part in the Forum, namely: Consul General of Norway in Saint-Petersburg Mr. R. Aasheim, Consul General of Turkey in Saint-Petersburg Mr. M. Cinar, Consul General of India Ms. R. Lokesh, As well as representatives of trade missions of Poland, U.S., Germany, Finland, Italy to Saint-Petersburg.

The following issues were discussed at the conferences and round tables within the framework of the Forum: innovative methods of exploration and transportation of energy resources, investment projects in the field of the oil, gas and energy sector, trends of the energy market development, prospects of the offshore oil and gas development, providing security and efficiency of the nuclear power engineering, issues of thermonuclear and renewable energy.

Thus, on March 25, the two-day conference "Investments and Innovations in the Oil, Gas and Energy sector" headed by the Academician A.E. Kontorovich, and within the framework of the conference the specialized round table was held on the issue of reproduction of mineral resources and with the participation of the Chairman of the Committee of the Federal Council for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection V. P. Orlov. In the first day of the Forum the round table "Thermonuclear energy" was also held under the support and with the participation of the Russian Research Center " Kurchatov Institute".

The 10th Anniversary Conference "Russian oil-refining industry today" became a significant section of the Forum, which is held on the initiative and with the participation of "KINEF". The conference covered the issues on the present state of the motor petrol production, applying fuel dopes, development of new production technologies for motor fuel, etc.

The press-briefing covering the issues on reproduction of mineral resources of the oil, gas and energy sector and providing energy security in Russia in the crisis and post crisis periods was held on March 26. The following people answered the journalists' questions: Chairman of the Research Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences for geology and oil-gas field development problems, Chairman of the Program Committee of the Forum, Academician A.E. Kontorovich, Head of the Department of economy and finance of the Ministry of natural resources and ecology of the Russian Federation G.V. Vygon, Chairman of the Committee of the Federal Council for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection V. P. Orlov.

The round table "Becoming a Supplier for Offshore development challenges and opportunities tribute to St.Petersburg industry" organized and held for the first time on the initiative of the "StatoilHydro ASA" company and under the support of the Government of Saint Petersburg became a significant event within the Forum. The following people took part in the discussion: President of the "StatoilHydro ASA" in Russia Mr. Bengt Lie Hansen, representatives of the "Gazprom", "Aker Solution" (Norway), United Metallurgical Company, "ENA", "Russian Maritime Register of Shipping" Federal State Institution companies and others. The memorandum of understanding concerning the cooperation in the field of logistics and transport in Arctic was signed by the Murmansk State Technical University, Arkhangelsk State Technical University, Baltic State Technical University and Business School in Bode (Norway) at the round table. The "StatoilHydro ASA" company is a sponsor of the project.

Over 650 delegates took part in the Forum - from Russia, Germany, Norway, Slovenia, Turkey, Finland and Ukraine - Heads of Ministries and Departments, state administration bodies, top managers of the companies of the oil, gas and energy complex, industrial companies, banks and investment funds, representatives of research and development and design institutes, education establishments. For the first time the delegation of Vietnam has taken part in the Forum which included over 30 high-ranking officials of the relevant ministries, as well as representatives of the "PetroVietnam", "PetroVietnam Energy Corporation", "PetroVietnam Power Corporation", "PetroVietnam Gas Corporation" and "Vietsovpetro" companies.

Along with the Forum in the pavilion 7 of the "Lenexpo" Fairgrounds six specialized exhibitions were opened: MIRR (Mineral and Energy Resources), "Neftegasexpo", "Trans-tek-expo" (transportation of energy resources), "Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industries", "MPExpo - Power Plant Industry of Russia" (equipment and technologies for generating, grid companies and retail energy suppliers), "Atomtech" (Nuclear power engineering).

Despite of the unstable economic situation in the country and the whole world, over 50 firms and companies from Russia, Germany, Vietnam, Turkey took part in the exhibitions of the Forum. Among the participants there was the Ministry of natural resources and ecology of the Russian Federation, State nuclear power corporation "Rosatom", "Gazprom", "Concern "Energoatom" Concern, "KINEF", "StatoilHydro ASA", "Zarubezhneft", "PetroVietnam", "Vietsovpetro", "TITAN-2", "Lenenergo", "TETRA Electic" and many others. Total area of the exhibition venue was over 1,500 sq.m. The registration statistics has shown that during three days over 4,500 specialists from all the regions of Russia and foreign countries visited the exhibition. Over 100 specialized newspapers and web-portals in the field of oil, energy, nuclear, transport industries rendered information support to the Forum.

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