Balancing competitiveness and climate objectives: Bellona Europa’s insights on the Draghi Report
Introduction Competitiveness has been the dominating topic in EU political discussions in recent months and is set to be a key focus of the upcomi...
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Publish date: January 13, 2016
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The Forum was opened by Jon Elvedal Fredriksen, Ambassador of the Norwegian Embassy to Ukraine, and Vadym Virchenko, Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry. Frederiksen informed that Norway has recently increased its support to Ukraine five-fold. The main pools for investment include reforms, energy efficiency, investment promotion and fighting corruption.
Olga Belkova, MP, member of the committee on fuel and energy complex, nuclear policy and nuclear safety, shared the latest parliamentary news on the oil and gas industry. Belkova also noted that it is necessary to raise awareness among MPs about the environmental aspects of minimising the resource.
The Forum addressed expert issues related to the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in Ukraine, and enhanced oil recovery technologies in economic and environmental perspectives:
In the course of the event the participants also discussed financial tools to minimise environmental risks, as well as decarbonisation of Ukraine’s economy and the country’s position at the UN climate conference COP 21 that was held in Paris last month. The experts agreed on the importance for Ukraine to develop an internal position, goals and plans in terms of climate change.
The event was attended by state authorities, business (including oil and gas sector), universities, expert and civil society organisations.
Bellona will be hosting its next forum “Energy and Climate Dialogue” in 2016.
Speakers’ presentations can be viewed below:
CO2 and Enhanced Oil Recovery_Keith Whiriskey_Bellona Presentation
CO2-EOR optimsation_Cor Hofstee_TNO Presentation
Financial instruments to combat environmental risks_Oleksandr Suschenko_KNEU Presentation
Global Status of CCS 2015_Guido Magneschi_GCCSI Presentation
Improving oil recovery and enabling CCS_Andrew Cavanagh_Philip Ringrose_Statoil Norway Paper
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