Gas Infrastructure, Investment & the Sustainability of Subsidies
Session Time: 11:30 - 12:45
The concept of long-term investment and how to do this is critical to the European gas industry. Renewable energies are generously subsidised – so what will it take for Europe to make similar investments in gas?
- Why should investors build storage?
- Regulation pretends to be market-orientated but inevitably defaults to control
- Is our energy future safe in the hands of the EU’s debt-ridden governments?
- Are we fooling ourselves that the market will ever provide long-term signals?
- Do we still believe in 20/20/20 policy (and will anyone stand up and say it in public?!)
- Do IOCs believe in long-term contracts? Why isn’t there a long-term signal for power in Europe?
- So – how do you address the issue of investment – long-term investment – in power generation and in upstream?
- “use it or lose it” and “security of supply”
Speakers Confirmed
- Dr Peter Klingenberger Chief Executive Officer - E.ON Gas Storage
- Paul Corcoran Finance Director - Nord Stream AG
- Adri Pols Commercial Manager - Bergermeer Gas Storage - TAQA Energy
- Barnim Piechorowski Director for Business Development and Permitting - Trans-Adriatic Pipeline
- Ann Collins General Manager of LNG, Oil Sales & European Gas - BG Group
- Prof. Jonathan Stern Chairman & Senior Research Fellow - Natural Gas Programme - Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
