Speech by the Secretary General of the GECF

A path to stability of the gas market –

a dialogue of exporters and importers of gas

V International Conference EU-Russia Energy Dialogue: Gas Aspect

Berlin, May 21, 2010

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Gas Exporting Countries Forum

Established in May 2001 by the governments of Algeria, Brunei, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, the Russian Federation, Turkmenistan and Norway (Observer)

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In December 2008 transformed into a full-scale international organization

Headquarters located in Doha, State of Qatar

Members and Observers

11 members of the Forum: Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela.

Kazakhstan, Netherlands and Norway are Observers

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Objectives

to exploit and to manage natural gas reserves benefit of their nations;

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to promote integration of the gas market and its stability;

to protect the sovereign rights of Member-Countries over their natural gas reserves as well as the ability to independently plan and provide for sustainable and effective ecologically friendly development.

Organization Structure

Executive BoardChairman

Executive BoardChairman

SecretariatSecretary General

SecretariatSecretary General

Ministerial Meeting President

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Research activity 2010Study opportunities in exchange of technical and commercial experiences in LNG,CNG and GTL .

Establish close cooperation with international energyу companies to jointly work on gas data reporting

Gas Model Installation

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Natural gas competitive edges

Natural gas

Shale gas Renewable energy

Price «?»Ecology «-»

Price «-» Ecology «+»

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What we need...

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The dialogue

GECF

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Thank you for your attention

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