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Alexander Novak defined the dates of the Forum, which will take place from October 13 to 15, 2021, at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow in a hybrid format as the main events of the program will be held on October 13 and 14, while October 15 will be the Youth Day," the statement said.
Apart from the business program an exhibition of largest energy companies is planned. A number of sessions will be held at the Forum on the issue of development of electricity, oil and gas, chemical, gas and coal industries, as well as events devoted to import substitution, digital transformation, energy shift, climate questions and the issue of security of the fuel and energy complex facilities.
The international forum Russian Energy Week is a discussion platform in Russia aimed at discussing challenges and prospects of global energy development. In 2019, the Forum was attended by over 10,000 participants from Russia and 115 foreign states and territories..
Gas roadmap only outstanding between Moscow, Minsk: Lukashenko
Russia and Belarus have only one outstanding roadmap for integration to sign and it is about gas, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on August 9.
"We have 28 roadmaps ready and only one outstanding issue of natural gas, that's it. But since we are in a union and see the prospects, we have to equalize the prices
and it is simple, make them free, as you say," Lukashenko said.
He said that Belarus wants "equal prices," not lower prices.
Nord Stream 2 completion depends on pipe-laying speed, not regulators — German minister
The completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline depends on the speed of pipe- laying, Peter Altmaier, head Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy said on August 10, according to TASS.
He made this statement in his video address to the participants of the German- Russian conference Potsdam Meetings.
"I am not an engineer, but a politician. The problems that we have now are not in the lack of agreements," he said.
"Now it is a very short stretch which is yet to be completed, and this [completion of the project - TASS] depends on how quickly the pipe-laying work goes," Altmaier said.
He refused to make any forecast in this regard.
The German politician reiterated the position of official Berlin: Nord Stream 2 is an economic project, but Ukraine should also retain the role of a gas transit country in the future.
Altmaier noted that and in the future Germany may need even more gas than it does now.
"I know that we will need natural gas
for years to come. Namely, probably even more than now, because we are abandoning
nuclear energy and cannot cost-effectively serve coal power plants," he said.
According to him, even after Germany finally abandons fossil energy sources, it will still need "green" hydrogen. He said that the already existing gas transmission network could be used to supply such hydrogen. The minister added that Russia has "outstanding conditions" for its production.
He recalled that in recent years, there have been disagreements in relations between Russia and the West, caused by the situation in Ukraine, in Syria, as well as issues related to human rights. Because of this, there was uncertainty in the EU countries about the project.
"This mistrust needs to be dispelled," the minister said. Energy relations between Berlin and Moscow "have been reliable for 40 years and have never been affected by political problems," the minister added.
Gas pumping via Yamal- Europe up 20% after Gazprom plant work resumption
Gas pumping via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline increased by more than 20% early on August 10 amid the resumption of the work of Gazprom’s Urengoy condensate pre-transportation preparation plant in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area after an accident, according to data provided by the European gas transport operator Gascade, TASS reported.
Gas pumping via Yamal-Europe was up to around 1.83mn cubic metres per hour from 07:00 to 8:00 am Moscow time
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