IEF15 Ministerial

The International Energy Forum (IEF) celebrated the 25th anniversary of the producer-consumer dialogue at the 15th Session of the IEF Ministerial Dialogue (IEF15) hosted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Algeria in Algiers on 26-28 September 2016.

The International Energy Forum (IEF) provides the world’s largest neutral platform for open and inclusive energy dialogue among and between the 70 IEF member governments and a multitude of IOC-NOC industry stakeholders. The IEF also facilitates dialogue among international organisations to help enhance policy cooperation and strengthen the governance of energy markets globally. At the forefront of this effort is the trilateral programme of work established between the IEF and the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Following a period of significant decline in energy prices and subsequent investment short-falls which have increased market turbulence and uncertainties in short and medium term energy outlooks, the over-arching theme chosen for the IEF15 Ministerial was “Global Energy Transition: an enhanced role for the dialogue”. The Energy Transition theme was chosen to act as a catalyst to help enable an orderly energy transition that works for all IEF stakeholders in recognition of the successful conclusion of the “UN Sustainable Development Agenda to 2030” and the “Paris Agreement” that look set to influence longer-term energy market developments.

Dialogue among IEF15 Delegations gathered in Algiers took place in 4 Plenary Sessions dedicated to:

• Oil Markets: Outlook and the stability challenge
• Natural gas: challenges for the industry, the LNG chain and implications for market structure
• Renewables and energy efficiency: prospects and challenges after COP21
• Energy governance: global energy dialogue revisited

And 2 Parallel Roundtables focused on sustainable energy access and the importance of technology in global energy security.

106 Official Delegations took part in the IEF15 Ministerial. Delegations from 51 IEF countries, of which 35 were represented by Ministers or Deputy Ministers, 15 International Organisations, of which 10 were represented at Head of Organisation level, 34 Major Energy Companies, of which 15 were represented by their CEO, and a multitude of senior officials filled the plenary room to its 1000 seat capacity at the opening of the Forum.

In addition to the structured informal dialogue sessions, delegations engaged in several hundred bilateral meetings and informal network opportunities provided under the umbrella of the IEF’s unique and neutral platform, graciously hosted on this occasion by IEF15 Host Country, Algeria.

Ministerial Perspectives from the official IEF15 publication

• AN OPPORTUNITY TO
  STRENGTHEN THE ENERGY DIALOGUE By HE Noureddine Boutarfa
  Energy Minister of Algeria
• GLOBAL ENERGY
  TRANSITION: AN ENHANCED
  ROLE FOR THE DIALOGUE By HE Dr Sun Xiansheng,
  Secretary General of the International Energy Forum (IEF)
• PERSPECTIVES
  FROM YOUR HOST By HE Noureddine Boutarfa
  Energy Minister of Algeria
• BELGIUM: PIONEERING THE
  INTEGRATION OF NATIONAL
  NATURAL GAS MARKETS By HE Marie Christine Marghem
  Minister for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Belgium
• THE IEF CANNOT
  REST ON ITS
  LAURELS By HE Bijan Zanganeh
  Minister of Petroleum, Islamic Republic of Iran
• IRAQ COMMITS TO INCREASE
  SUPPLY AND KEEP ENOUGH
  SPARE CAPACITY By HE Jabbar Ali Hussein Al-Luiebi
  Minister of Oil of Iraq
• INTERDEPENDENCE
  SERVES GOAL OF MUTUAL
  ENERGY SECURITY By HE Carlo Calenda
  Minister of Economic Development of Italy
• EFFECTIVE DIALOGUE
  IS CRITICAL IN AN
  UNCERTAIN WORLD By HE Anas Khalid Al Saleh
  Minster of Oil of the State of Kuwait
• PRAISE FOR DIALOGUE'S
  FOCUS ON ENERGY TRANSITION
  AND SUSTAINABILITY By HE Henk Kamp
  Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands
• DIALOGUE REFLECTS OUR
  COMMON INTEREST IN WELL-FUNCTIONING
  ENERGY MARKETS By HE Tord Lien
  Minister of Petroleum and Energy of the Kingdom of Norway
• POLAND PUTS ITSELF
  ON THE MAP OF
  THE WORLD LNG MARKET By Michal Kurtyka
  Undersecretary of State for Energy of Poland
• NEED FOR
  COMPREHENSIVE
  ENERGY DIALOGUE By HE Dr Mohammad bin Saleh Al Sada
  Energy and Industry Minister of the State of Qatar
• RUSSIA TAKES ITS
  PLACE IN THE LNG
  PRODUCTION CHAIN By HE Alexander Novak
  Energy Minister of the Russian Federation
• MEETING FUTURE ENERGY
  CHALLENGES THROUGH
  DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION By HE Khalid A. Al-Falih
  Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• JOINING THE
  IEF EFFORT FOR
  OIL TRANSPARENCY By HE Doris Leuthard
  Federal Councillor for Energy of the Swiss Confederation
• SEE-SAWING OIL PRICES
  ARE BAD FOR CONSUMERS
  AND PRODUCERS ALIKE By HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo
  Secretary General, OPEC
• IEA TAKES ENERGY COOPERATION
  TO NEXT LEVEL AND OPENS
  DOORS TO NEW PARTNERS By HE Dr Fatih Birol
  Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
• INCREASED INVESTMENT
  NEEDED TO UNDERWRITE
  MARKET STABILITY By HE Abbas Ali Al-Naqi
  Secretary General of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
• COOPERATIVE EFFORTS TO
  PROMOTE GAS AS A FUEL
  FOR A CLEANER FUTURE By HE Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli
  Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)
• SEEKING AN
  EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF
  GLOBAL ENERGY GOVERNANCE By HE Dr Urban Rusnák
  Secretary General of the Energy Charter
• A PRODUCER'S
  PERSPECTIVE ON THE
  ENERGY DIALOGUE By Amin H. Nasser
  President and CEO, Saudi Aramco
• THE GAS INDUSTRY NEEDS
  ANOTHER VIEW ON ITS
  PRODUCT AND MISSION By Gertjan Lankhorst
  Chief Executive Officer, GasTerra

IEF15 Ministerial 2016

Inaugural Session

• Welcoming address by HE the Minister of Energy of Algeria
• Introductory remarks by HE the IEF Secretary General
• Opening address by HE the Prime Minister of Algeria

Session 1: Oil markets outlook and the stability challenge

Background Papers

• OPEC - World Oil Outlook
• IEA - World Energy Outlook
• IEF-BCG - Oil Markets: Outlook and the Stability Challenge

Presentations

• HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General, OPEC
• HE Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director, IEA
• HE Dr Sun Xiansheng, Secretary General, IEF

• HE Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, Minister of Petroleum, Iran
• HE Anas Khaled Al-Saleh, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Acting Minister of Oil, Kuwait
• HE Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy, Russian Federation
• HE Khalid A. Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
• HE Eulogio Del Pino, People’s Minister of Petroleum, Venezuela
• Mr Patrick Pouyanné, Chief Executive Officer, Total
• Mr Mike Muller, Vice-president of Crude Trading, Shell

Session 2: Natural gas: challenges for the industry, the LNG chain and implications for market structure

Opening Remarks and Chairing of Session

• Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy & Industry, State of Qatar, President of the OPEC Conference

Background Papers

• IEF-BCG - Natural Gas: Challenges for the Industry, the LNG Chain, and Implications for Market Structure

Presentations

• HE Dr S. M. Hossein Adeli, Secretary General, GECF
• HE Pål Rasmussen, Secretary General, IGU

• HE Nuer Baikeli, Vice-Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, Administrator of the National Energy Administration, China
• HE Jabbar Ali Hussein Al-Luiebi, Minister of Oil, Iraq
• HE Yosuke Takagi, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
• HE Uwe Beckmeyer, Parliamentary State Secretary, Germany
• Mr Michał Kurtyka, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Poland
• Mr Amine Mazouzi, Chairman and CEO, Sonatrach

Session 3: Renewables and energy efficiency: prospects and challenges after COP21

Background Papers

• IEF-BCG - Renewables and Energy Efficiency: Prospects and Challenges after COP21

Presentations

• IRENA

• HE Henk Kamp, Minister of Economic Affairs, Netherlands
• HE Hela Cheikhrouhou, Minister of Energy, Mining and Renewable Energy, Tunisia
• HE Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, UAE
• Mr Jonathan Elkind, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, USA
• Dr Gertjan J. Lankhorst, Chief Executive Officer, GasTerra

Session 4: Energy governance: global energy dialogue revisited

Background Papers

• IEF Scene-setting paper on Energy Governance: Global Energy Dialogue Revisited

Presentations

• HE Dr Sun Xiansheng, Secretary General, IEF

• HE Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria
• HE Kapil Dev Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India
• HE Dr Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Deputy Secretary for Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Energy, Mexico
• Ms Misako Takahashi, Director, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Previous IEF Ministerial Meetings

• IEF14
  15-16 May 2014, Moscow, Russia
• IEF13 & IEBF5
  12-14 March 2012, Kuwait
• IEF12 & IEBF4
  29 March 2010, Cancun, Mexico
• IEF11 & IEBF3
  20-22 April 2008, Rome, Italy