Energy & Environment

BSEEF, 10/1: Session IV.2 — The Future of Coal and Green Electricity: Capitalizing on New Technologies (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Boyko Nitzov, Director, Eurasia Energy Center, Atlantic Council; Dinu Patriciu Fellow for Transatlantic Energy Security, Atlantic Council German Aynbinder, Business Development Director, Donbass Fuel Energy Company W.A. Fitzhugh Lee, CEO, Green Source Energy Nicolae Nemirschi, Minister of Environment, […]

BSEEF, 10/1: Luncheon Keynote Address – Fabrizio Barbaso (Prepared Remarks)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speaker: Fabrizio Barbaso, Deputy Director General, DG TREN, European Commission October 1, 2009 The critical role of the Black Sea Region in strengthening EU Energy Security (Prepared Remarks) Introduction It is a pleasure to be back in Romania and […]

BSEEF, 10/1: Session IV.3 — Oil for the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: John Roberts, Energy Security Specialist, Platts Bruno Siefken, Vice President, Upetrom Group Mark Sturgess, General Manager, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Hunt Oil October 1, 2009 JOHN ROBERTS:  (In progress) – instructions to slideshows that give legal […]

BSEEF, 10/1: Session IV.4 — The Role of Natural Gas: Resources and Technologies (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Katsumi Kuroda, Senior Vice President, Energy Business, Mitsubishi Corporation Naske Afezolli, Head of Gas and Power, EGL Lucian Stancu, Deputy General Manager, Romgaz Aleksander Kovacevic, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies October 1, 2009 KATSUMI […]

BSEEF, 10/1: Session IV.5 — Managing Risk in Energy Finance and Services (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Werner Weihs-Raabl, Head of Infrastructure, Finance and Public Sector, Erste Bank Bratislav Ceperkovic, Executive Manager, Electric Power Industry of Serbia Lado Gurgenidze, Executive Chairman and CEO, People’s Bank of Georgia; Former Prime Minister, Georgia Victor Ionescu, Director General, […]

BSEEF: Welcome Dinner Transcript

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Frederick Kempe, Prsident and CEO, Atlantic Council Ambassador Richard Morningstar, U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Paolo Scaroni, CEO, Eni S.p.A.

First Annual Members’ Conference – Climate Change and the Environment

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “Climate Change and the Environment” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Chaired by Gen. Richard Lawson, USAF (Ret.),* Chairman, Energy and Environment Program, Atlantic Council Hon. Sherri Goodman,* Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CNA; Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security Hon. C. Boyden Gray,* Former U.S. […]

First Annual Members’ Conference – Geopolitics of Energy

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “Geopolitics of Energy” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Daniel Yergin, President, Cambridge Energy Research Associates; Atlantic Council Individual Member; Member, Atlantic Council Business and Economics Advisory Group In Conversation with Mr. Frederick Kempe, President & CEO, Atlantic Council

Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Brings Together CEOs, Ministers, Gov Leaders

Energy Security Conference Brings Together CEOs, Ministers, Gov Leaders Washington, D.C. — Romania’s president and its top political leadership, policymakers and energy ministers from a dozen countries, and senior energy executives from the U.S. and Europe will gather in Bucharest this week to discuss the issues driving economic and political developments in the Black Sea-Caspian […]

Eastern Europe feels like the desert of Nato

By NRC Handelsblad

From NRC Handelsblad: Nato sees Eastern Europe as “a desert”, a high-ranking Polish official said last week . . . Countries like Poland and the Czech Republic are disappointed at what it means to belong to Nato, they say. After they joined the alliance, no scenarios were prepared in the event they were attacked, which […]