EU ARCTIC Forum

The 7th Annual “Russia Offshore 2012″ conference and exhibition will take place in Moscow on 26 – 28 March 2012 attracting all the key operators working on the Russian continental shelf, government representatives, investors and leading technology providers.

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The EU ARCTIC Forum, in co-operation with the North Norway Office, Statoil, ENI and the International Energy Agency, will co-host the seminar entitled “European Arctic Oil & Gas: Experiences and Development” on 6 March 2012 in the European Parliament. This seminar is a continuation of a successful series of meetings and seminars to facilitate an informed dialogue between EU and Arctic actors, including leading experts, politicians from both the EU and the Arctic as well as peoples of the Arctic. The seminar will, amongst other issues, address the role of Arctic oil and gas resources for European industry, security of supply, the impact on the region and peoples in the Arctic as well as challenges and solutions with regard to environment and safety.

Speakers will include important experts from the energy sector – Øivind Dahl-Stamnes, Vice President High North Initiative, Statoil ASA and representatives of ENI Norway and the IEA – , important regional stakeholders – Odd Eriksen, President of Nordland County, North Norway and a representative of the Government of Greenland – and representatives of technology suppliers Siemens Oil & Gas and Akvaplan-Niva.

Members of the European Parliament Herbert Reul, former chair of the Industry, Research and Energy committee (EPP), Michael Gahler, Rapporteur of the European Parliament on the High North (EPP), and Vicky Ford, rapporteur for the Parliament’s report on offshore oil and gas safety (ECR) will provide insights from an EU-institutional perspective.

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The international conference “The Arctic Council: Its Place in the Future of Arctic Governance” will take place at the Munk School of Global Governance in Toronto, Canada between the 17th and 18th of January.

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Secretary General of the EU ARCTIC Forum Steffen Weber will appear as the first speaker at the international conference “The Arctic in Transition: Regional Issues and Geopolitics” in Montreal, Canada. He will speak about the “The EU Facing a Changing Arctic”.

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On 8 September Günther Oettinger, the European Commissioner for Energy, presented a new communication on international cooperation with external energy suppliers. Prompted by several bilateral gas negotiations between Eastern member states and Russia last year the document calls for information exchange mechanisms and transparency between the member states and the Commission. The communication comes at particularly critical time as a decision on Southern Gas Corridor picks up a momentum. Read more