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SUMMARY REPORT KAZAKHSTAN ENERGY WEEK XII KAZENERGY EURASIAN FORUM FUELING THE FUTURE: INNOVATION GROWTH SEPTEMBER 2327, 2019, NURSULTAN, REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN 2 23 29 September2019 Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan CONTENT INTRODUCTION PLENARY SESSION FUELING THE FUTURE: INNOVATION GROWTH THE FUTURE OF OIL: REALITY AND FORECASTS NATIONAL ENERGY REPORT 2019 GAS AS A KEY TREND IN GLOBAL ENERGY ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NEW ENERGY SECURITY CONFIGURATION: ENERGY ACCESS AND BALANCE OF INTERESTS ENERGY INVESTMENT RISK ASSESSMENT EIRA INVESTMENTS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR: OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS SMART ELECTRIC POWER ROLE OF RENEWABLES IN THE ENERGY SYSTEMS OF TOMORROW DIGITAL ENERGY OF THE FUTURE. TRANSITION PERIOD ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY. LEGISLATIVE BREAKTHROUGH GEOLOGY OF THE FUTURE: FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY TO INNOVATIONS CLEAN COAL: INNOVATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS EXPLOSION SAFETY IN THE OIL AND GAS, OIL REFINING, PETROCHEMICAL AND MINING SECTORS IN KAZAKHSTAN AND EAEU SPECIAL CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF KAZAKHSTAN OIL KAZAKHSTAN PARTNERS DAY. KAZAKHSTANJAPAN SPE SYMPOSIUM: CASPIAN HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY, ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY X NATIONAL EITI CONFERENCE TRANSITION TO A NEW LEVEL OF EITI IMPLEMENTATION IN INTEGRATED OPEN DATA SYSTEMS IV KAZENERGY WOMEN’S ENERGY CLUB FORUM THE MODERN FEMALE LEADERSHIP PATTERN IN ENERGY XI KAZENERGY YOUTH FORUM THE YOUTH VS MODERN CHALLENGES EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER’S FORUM. LOCALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES AND LOCAL CONTENT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SECTORAL JOURNALISM: OIL AND GAS RELATED TOPICS 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DOWNSTREAM CASPIAN AND CENTRAL ASIA III INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SUMMIT KEW OUTCOMES 3 INTRODUCTION On September 23-27, 2019, a new national project • environmental and digital solutions for sustainable in the energy industry – the KAZAKHSTAN ENERGY energy; WEEK (KEW) – was organized for the fi rst time in • the use of «clean» coal innovation; the Nur-Sultan Congress Center (Kazakhstan). • problems of explosion safety in the oil and gas, petrochemical, oil refi ning and mining sectors The KAZENERGY Association with the support of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including The new format of discussions of energy problems the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Foreign helped expand the scope of discussions and attract Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure as many specialists and industry experts from Development, as well as a number of authoritative Kazakhstan and abroad as possible. organizations, such as the International Energy Charter, the International Renewable Energy Agency, the World Petroleum Council, the World Energy Council and others, organized about 20 different events on a single platform during the week. The weekly KEW program refl ected the transformations taking place in the petroleum and energy markets, and the participants of the events, analyzing the situation, discussed issues related to the formation of a sustainable energy future. The main events of KEW were the XII KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum «Fueling the Future: Innovation Growth»; presentation of the IV National Energy Report 2019; DIGITAL ENERGY exhibition, which demonstrated the results of application of the latest technological achievements in the energy market; as well as a special conference dedicated to the 120th anniversary of oil production in Kazakhstan. Other events of the energy week included: • XXIII Session of the CIS Intergovernmental Council on Subsoil Exploration, Use and Protection; • III International Renewable Energy Summit; • Kazakhstan Consular Congress; • Report of the Secretariat of the International Energy Charter on «Energy Investment Risk Assessment (EIRA)»; • 6th Downstream Caspian and Central Asia International Conference; • Equipment Manufacturers Forum; • X National EITI Conference; • SPE Symposium: Caspian Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility; • IV KAZENERGY Women’s Energy Club Forum; • XI KAZENERGY Youth Forum and “Student Energy Challenge” Intellectual Team Competition; • Workshop for the Kazakh Media Representatives, dedicated to the peculiarities of mass media coverage of oil and gas related topics; In addition, the event program featured Round Table meetings on such topics as: 4 23 29 September2019 Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan PLENARY SESSION «FUELING THE FUTURE: INNOVATION GROWTH» The countries of the world are on the way to new is required of us. This is a clear message within ensure the transition to sustainable energy in the framework of how the world is developing today the context of global market changes. Demand with a view to achieving sustainable development. for energy worldwide is growing mainly due to Today, the pace of the global economy is developing traditional sources of raw materials – oil and gas. in a highly competitive environment. There The issues of energy security, development of are major falls in both the fi nancial sector and existing and search for new sources of energy the industry. Regional instability is increasingly resources, opportunities for their stable supply becoming a recurring phenomenon,» he said. - to consumers, as well as formation of the fair «KAZENERGY Association today gives us an excellent value of a barrel, on which the budgets of the opportunity to contribute to a constructive dialogue producing states depend, become particularly and gathered here the best representatives of relevant against the background of these the industry and the international community.» transformations. These aspects were discussed during the Plenary Session of the XII KAZENERGY Thanks to the annual increase in oil and gas Eurasian Forum «Fueling the Future: Innovation production, stability and predictability of energy Growth». supplies, Kazakhstan is becoming a regional leader. Oil and gas production in the country has become The Plenary Session was attended by a major factor for the further development of the authoritative politicians and leaders of major petrochemical, oil refi ning industry. The capacity of international organizations in the petroleum domestic oil refi neries has increased signifi cantly, and energy industries. which made it possible to fully ensure domestic consumption and improve the quality of oil products. Among the keynote guests and speakers, there The introduction of renewable energy requires were Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan infrastructure development and innovation Askar Mamin, OPEC Secretary General Mohammad in this sector. Since hosting the EXPO in 2017, Barkindo, Chairman of the Board of NWF Samruk- Kazakhstan has achieved signifi cant success in Kazyna JSC Akhmetzhan Yessimov, former the implementation of comprehensive «green» President of Iceland (1996-2016), and Head of the measures in the country’s economy. To date, the Arctic Circle International Forum Olafur Grimsson. portfolio of projects for introduction of renewable Participation of such important persons in the energy sources has been expanded to 3,000 MW Forum underlined the high authority of the event of capacity, while, only in the fi rst 6 months of organized by the KAZENERGY Association 2019, production in the sector increased by 31.7%. ASKAR MAMIN, MOHAMMAD BARKINDO, Prime Minister of the OPEC Secretary General Republic of Kazakhstan «over the past few «At present, all months, the global participants of the world oil market has been energy market need saturated with to join global efforts to uncertainty – mainly overcome the existing due to ongoing trade challenges.» «Kazakhstan disputes, softening shall maintain stability and predictability of the demand and geopolitical developments.» energy market and the global economy in view of the risks of future recessions.» «Any disruption to the established system of secure oil and gas supplies is counterproductive and harmful to industry and to the wider global According to the Head of the Government, «Today, economy. OPEC is fi rmly committed to market the structure of global consumption is changing, stability and remains a reliable source of supply for which requires changes in the industry. Something its customers around the world» 5 This, he said, was exacerbated by recent attacks which was the highest volatility for the last on the energy facilities of the world’s largest 30 years! A prompt response from the Saudi energy producer, Saudi Arabia, which eventually government and Saudi Aramco to restore reduced its oil supplies to the world market by production as soon as possible was absolutely more than half. Within minutes, an estimated essential to assuage market concerns about 5.7 million barrels of oil produced per day were rising volatility. This incident, which caused a withdrawn from the market. Immediately after shock to the global energy market, forced oil that, the price of oil jumped by more than 18%, producers to reconsider their security programs. M. Barkindo noted that oil and gas will occupy petroleum industry, the Head of OPEC pointed to a signifi cant share in the structure of energy «the rich past of the country, with more than 120 resources until 2040. At the same time, OPEC years of experience in oil production.» «Thanks to expects long-term global demand for oil to grow to huge investments in the energy sector, Kazakhstan almost 112 million barrels per day by this time. Most is now seeing the fruits of its labor, because such of the demand will come from developing countries large projects as the giant