Presentations of Energy Day 2012
Session I: ENERGY POLICY
Moderator: Jaime Quijandria At the opening ceremony of this session, Jaime Quijandría emphasized the importance of diversification of energy sources to guide implementation of long-term appropriate energy policies that allow the country to move towards a sustainable and lower cost matrix, achieving a system of maximum coverage and security, as well as less socio environmental […]
Session II: Natural Gas
Moderator: Eleodoro Mayorga Alba Robert Brandt – Overview of the Gas Industry: Vision of International Gas Union (IGU) As discussed in the last meeting of IGU in Kuala Lumpur, Dr. Brandt stated that natural gas will play an important role in the worldwide energy supply, given the increase of reserves and the impact that the […]
Session III: Electricity
Moderator: Luis Ortigas, Vice Minister of Energy Vivianne Blanlot – Electricity Sector in Chile: adjustment in time of change. The Electricity Sector in Chile, unlike the one in Peru, has gone through a very complex process over the past 15 years that began in the early nineties when there was a consolidation of reforms and […]
Session IV: Hydrocarbons
Moderator: Anthony Laub Javier Gutiérrez – Managing state companies in the energy sector Engineer Gutiérrez’s Presentation – Ex-Manager of ISA and current president of ECOPETROL – focused on describing the reform carried out in recent years on the oil and natural gas industry in Colombia and the benefits that it has brought not only for […]