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THIRD UKRAINIAN GAS FORUM

11th-12th October 2017

The Intercontinental Hotel
Kyiv, Ukraine

Program

The Program of the Forum aims to engage the attention for dialog and ample time is set aside for panel discussions, giving the audience to field their questions and comments. Therefore the quality of the conference also requires an informed and inquisitive participants.
 

Draft 

Time  Topic Speakers
900 - 950 Registration / Welcome coffee  

Introduction

950 - 1005 Greetings from acting Chairman of Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety Oleksandr Dombrovskyi
1005 - 1020 Greetings from Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Ihor Prokopiv
1020 - 1035 Greetings from Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli
1035 - 1050 Preamble from the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities Dmytro Vovk
1050 - 1105 BRIEF BREAK  

І. The state vs. the gas market: who's winning?**

moderated by Oleksandr Chalyi, President, Grant Thornton Ukraine

Key reports
1105 - 1120 1.1. What the state does to achieve a competitive gas market in all its segments. Ihor Prokopiv / Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine
1120 - 1135 1.2. Who are the winners and the losers from the transition to a market of sorts? What have we built? Andrew Myzovets / Association "Gas traders of Ukraine"
1135 - 1150 1.3. Expected benefits of corporate governance at OECD standards at Ukrainian energy SOEs.. Marina Petrov / EBRD
1150 - 1205 1.4. The conditions of the Ukrainian natural gas market from the point of gas distribution systems operators. Oleksandr Prytyka / AIM 
1205 - 1220 1.5. Required changes in legislation for the creation of a market infrastructure. Vitaliy Radchenko / CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
1220 - 1230  Discussion   
1230 - 1330 LUNCH  

ІІ. Toward self-sufficiency in Ukraine by 2020: is it realistic?

moderated by Roman Opimakh

Key reports
1330 - 1345 2.1. Auctions and disclosure of geological information, publication of Exploration & Production licenses, Production Sharing Agreements: the way to new investors. Mykola Foshchii / State Service of Geology
1345 - 1400 2.2. Resource potential of Ukraine. Prospects for domestic gas production. Oleksandr Lukin / academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
1400 - 1415 2.3. Energy independence: the real steps of gas producers. Nataliya Hrebenyuk / DTEK Oil&Gas
1415 - 1430 2.4. Ukrnafta’s  perspectives on the gas market of Ukraine in 2018. Jonathan Popper / PJSC Ukrnafta
1430 - 1445 2.5. Investment environment: longer term broader perspectives. Alastair McBain / Arawak Energy
1445 - 1455 2.6. Investing in gas production: a foreign investor's view. Vadym Bodayev / Sigma Bleyzer
1455 - 1510 2.7. Prospects for investing by using the Production Sharing Agreements. Victor Nazarkevych / Nadra Ukrayny
1510 - 1525 2.8. JKX Oil & Gas – gas production plans in Ukraine. Philip Vorobyov / JKX Oil & Gas
1525 - 1535  Discussion   
1535 - 1550 COFFEE BREAK  

ІІІ. The price of gas, the key to a fully-fledged market

moderated by Andriy Gerus

Key reports
1550 - 1605 3.1. What impedes the market pricing mechanisms from taking effect? Didier Magne / Trailstone
1605 - 1620 3.2. Would the gas prices become a catalyst for energy efficiency? Igor Cherkashyn / Expert Platform for Energy Efficiency
1620 - 1635 3.3. Making the transition to European standards of gas accounting and to energy units: is it rocket science? Oleksandr Kosyanchuk,
Tetyana Ryabuha / NERC
1635 - 1650 3.4. The calculation of price indices. Gas trading. Katya Zapletnyuk, ICIS
1650 - 1705 3.5. Exchange natural gas trading in Ukraine. Oleksiy Dubovskyi / Ukrainian Energy Exchange
1705 - 1715  Discussion   
1715 - 1730 COFFEE BREAK  

ІV. Creating an innovative model of development of the gas production industry of Ukraine

moderated by Andriy Zakrevskyi

1730 - 1745 4.1. Innovations in Energy Sector? I would settle for Imitation. Christopher Glover / Viva Exploration
1745 - 1800 4.2. Role of innovative solutions in increasing the value of oil and gas assets in Ukraine. Ivan Gafych / DTEK Oil&Gas
1800 - 1815 4.3. Can fracking technology intensify domestic gas production? Dmitry Solnyshkin / Burisma Services
1815 - 1830 4.4. The development of seismic exploration and prospects for the discovery new natural gas fields in Ukraine. Igor Solovyov / Geo Unit
1830 - 1900  Discussion   
1900 COCKTAIL  

 

* Reports up to 10 min,  answering the questions - 5 min.

Note: Organizational Committee reserves the right to make changes to the Programme.

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