16
July
2008
IFC METROPOL acts as General sponsor of the Caspian Energy Forum “Caspian Energy — Energy of the World”
The Caspian Energy Forum “Caspian Energy – Energy of the World”
(CEF-2008) takes place on July from 15 to 16 in the International
Trade Center in Moscow. The event is supported by the Industry and
Energy Ministry of Russia, the Russian Chamber of Industry and
Commerce, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. IFC
METROPOL became the CEF General sponsor.
CEF-2008 is attended by co-chairs of the Russian-Uzbek,
Russian-Kazakh, Russian-Turkmen, and Russian-Iranian
Intergovernmental Commissions, representatives of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Energy Ministry, the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Ecology, the Chamber of Industry and
Commerce, the Rosatom Corporation, the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Gazprom, the SCO Interbank Association, as well as representatives
of the embassies of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran,
and representatives of oil and gas companies from Russia,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and European
Union countries.
The Caspian Energy Forum aims to promote international energy
cooperation in the economic interests of the countries of the
Caspian Sea region and foster energy security in the Caspian area.
The forum will consider possibilities for the development of oil
and gas transport infrastructure in the countries of the Caspian
area, enhanced investment processes, as well as implementation of
existing agreements and their improvement in the interests of
economic development and ecological security of the region.
Executive Director of the Russian-Turkmen Business Council and
Director General of Yermakovsky GOK Sergei Garichev delivered a
report at the workshop for the Development of Oil and Gas Producing
and Refining Facilities and Deliveries “On the creation of domestic
supercomputer for the solution of a wide range of issues in
modeling and processing seismic information in the interests of the
oil and gas industry to ensure the required safety level”.