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The Iranian Petroleum & Energy Club In the Name of God Proceedings of Iranian Petroleum & Energy Club Congress IPEC 2018 IRIB International Conference Center 16- 18 October 2018 Book Title: Collection of Speeches by the 4th Petroleum & Energy Congress Organization Name: Iranian Petroleum and Energy Club Publisher: Institute of Rooyesh Rahbord Tosee Aria Circulation: 1000 Volumes Pages Number: 412 Print Size: Vaziri Publication Date: June 2019 Editor: Mohammad Sadegh Azimifar Typography and Cover Design: Elaheh Lotfi CopyRight by: (Institute of Rooyesh Rahbord Tosee Aria) The 4th Iranian Petroleum & Energy Club Congress & Exhibition Organizer: The Iranian Petroleum & Energy Club Introduction Iranian Petroleum & Energy Club aims to promote efficiency and sustainable growth in Iranian energy sector by providing demand led policy advice based on professional experience and frontier research. As a professional and nonprofit association, we facilitate knowledge transfer to hundreds of energy executives and young entrepreneurs which help them better understand the financial and management issues that shape the current energy environment in Iran. In collaboration with our network of professional executives, leading academics and field experts, we provide impartial and evidence-based policy recommendations for decision-makers in the energy sector; recommendations which have been successful in addressing some of the most entrenched challenges of Iranian energy sector. We follow out our missions by forming specific workgroups to perform needed researches and to provide specific and general consultancy to these sections and provide strategy, solutions and also to hold strategic meetings, conferences and congresses. We fit to evaluate the issues from a strategic view, to observe, track and to analyze important and influential events in national, regional and global levels. Council (Alphabetical Order) Habibollah Bitaraf, MohammadAli Emadi, Asqar Fakhrieh Kashani, Ardeshir FathiNejad, Mohammad lravani, Mohammad Malaki, Gholamreza Manouchehri, Seyyed Mehdi Mirmoezi, Gholamhossein Nozari, Abdolhossein Samari, Abbas Shaeri Moaghadam. Board of Director (Alphabetical Order) Ahmad davodi, Mohammad Iravani, Seyed Mehdi Mirmoezi, Bahman Masoudi, Abdolhossein Samari, Seyed Abolhasan Seyed Khamooshi, Mohammad Sohofi. V IPEC 2018 Organizing Partners Vice - Presidency for Science and Technology, Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Petroleum Ministry of Energy Ministry of Industry, Mine & Trade National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Tavanir National Iranian Gas Company Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization of Iran National Petrochemical Company Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) University of Tehran Sharif University of Technology Amirkabir University of Technology Petroleum University of Technology K.N.Toosi University of Technology Shahid Beheshti University Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) Niroo Research Institute Iranian Petroleum Institute Iranian Society of Consulting Engineers Society of Iranian Petroleum Industry Equipment Manufacturers Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines & Agriculture Association of Petroleum Industry Engineering & Construction Companies Iran Industrial Equipment Manufacturers Association Engineering & Construction Companies Association Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters Union Iranian Federation of Oil Industry Association of Industrial Automation Companies VI The 4th Iranian Petroleum & Energy Club Congress & Exhibition Policy Council* Rokneddin Javadi (Head Policy Making Council of IPEC Congress and Deputy Petroleum Minister for Supervision on Hydrocarbon Resources) Marzieh Shah-Daei (Deputy Petroleum Minister) Sattar Mahmoudi (Deputy Energy Minister) Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi (President of the University of Tehran) Mansour Moazzami (Deputy Industry, Mine & Trade Minister and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization) Hamid Reza Araghi (Deputy Petroleum Minister and Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company) Homayoun Haeri (Deputy Energy & Electricity Minister) Seyed Reza Norouzzade (Deputy Petroleum Minister and Managing Director of National Petrochemical Company) Amir Hossein ZamaniNia (Deputy Petroleum Minister for Commerce and International Affairs) Habibollah Bitaraf (Deputy Petroleum Minister of Engineering, Research and Technology and Head of IPEC Supreme Council) Seyed Mehdi Mirmoezi (Chairman of IPEC Board of Directors) Ahmad Davodi (IPEC Secretary) Gholamreza Manouchehri (Deputy of Engineering and Development of National Iranian Oil) Hossein Kazempour Ardabily (Iran’s OPEC Governor) Abbas Ali Abadi (CEO of MAPNA Group) Mohamad H. Panje Shahi (Chairman of Petroleum Engineering Institute of Tehran University) * In this book, the individuals positions have been interpolated based on their job situation in the time period of Petroleum and Energy Congress holding in 2018 and the applied changes after the congress and at the time of book publication were not the criterion of their positions. VII IPEC 2018 Reza Khayamian (Chairman of Society of Iranian Petroleum Industry Equipment Manufacturers) Behzad Hazrati (Chairman of the Board of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering and Construction Companies Association) AbdolReza Parvin (Chairman of Iran Industrial Equipment Manufacturers Association) Behrouz Gatmiri (President of the Iranian Society of Consulting Engineers) VIII The 4th Iranian Petroleum & Energy Club Congress & Exhibition Steering Committee Ahmad Davodi (Iranian Petroleum and Energy Club and Congress Secretary) Seyed Mehdi Mirmoezi Seyed Abolhasan Seyed Khamooshi Mohammad Iravani Bahman Masoudi Gholamreza Manouchehri Ardestani Reza Dehghan Seyed Amir Talebian Farnaz Alavi Jafar Rabiee Hasan Montazer Torbati Seyed Ali Hosseini Mohammad H. Panje Shahi Seyed Ali Hosseini, Chairman of Iran Energy Exchange IRENEX IX IPEC 2018 Panel Directors The Role of CSR in Changing the Business Environment of Companies Active in the Industry Panel Sayyed Amir Talebian (Social Consular of Ministry of Petroleum) New Paradigms in Oil and Gas Upstream Panel Gholamreza Manouchehri (Deputy of Engineering and Development of NIOC) Strategies of Improvement of Electricity Market’s Policies, Structure and Regulation Panel Bahman Masoudi (Vice President of managing director of Mah Taab Gostar Co.) State-of-the-Art Project Management in Oil and Gas Industry Panel Reza Dehghan (Chairman of the Board, Petroleum Engineering & Development Company (PEDEC)) Companies in Petrochemical Industry; An Overview on the Requirements, Challenges and Developments Pathology Based on Pension Funds Panel Jafar Rabiee (CEO of Persian Gulf Chemical Industry company) Gas Production and Consumption Outlook and It`s Relationship with Energy Consumption Intensity and Dedication Excessive Gas Panel Rokneddin Javadi (Deputy Petroleum Minister of Supervision on Hydrocarbon Resources) X The 4th Iranian Petroleum & Energy Club Congress & Exhibition Congress Topics Upstream New Paradigms in the Oil and Gas Upstream Sector Changing Business Environment, Requirements of Development in the Petroleum Industry Upstream Sector and New Role of the Private Sector Downstream Future of Gas Industry: Allocation of Surplus Production, Reduction of Energy Intensity and Supply Security Prospects for the Production and Consumption of fuel oil in Iran The Role of Holding Companies in the Petrochemical Industry Gas Trade Power Relationship between Economy and Electricity Market Impact of Digitalization on Electricity Industry Electricity Export Vs Gas Export Public Project Management Challenges in the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries Future Scenarios for the Energy Vision Strategies for Improving Governance and Regulatory System Challenges and Financial Sourcing Solutions XI IPEC 2018 Congress Sponsors Platinum Sponsors Pasargad Energy Hirbodan Development Company Persianrad Group OIEC Dana Energy Energy Tadbir Holding Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex Pars Petrochemical Company Iran Arvin Gold Sponsors Tehran Raymand Mahshahr Pipe Protection Co. Consulting Engineers Silver Sponsor Mahtaab Gostar XII The 4th Iranian Petroleum & Energy Club Congress & Exhibition Media Sponsors XIII .
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