Proceedings
Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica
Oslo, Norway

Opening Address

Keynote Speakers:

A Global Initiative – Results of Stakeholder Discussions

Torleif Haugland, ECON

Panel Discussion One

Are International Markets the Solution?

Chair/Moderator: Adrian Lajous
Panelists: Andy Lane, BP; Audie Setters, ChevronTexaco; Victor Petrokov, Lukoil; Svein Harald Øygard, McKinsey; Dodi Hidayat, Pertamina; Rabah Allouani, Sonatrach

Panel Discussion Two
Can Regional and Domestic Markets for the Use of Flaring Gas be Developed? Are Small Scale Uses a Solution?

Chair/Moderator: R. Stern
Panelists: Peter Johansen, Cowi; Youba Sokona, ENDA; Emmanuel Chantelot, World LPG Association

Panel Discussion Three
Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Gas Flaring Reduction Projects

Chair/Moderator: Bent Svensson
Panelists: Kevin Bortz, EBRD; Gert Looijenstein, ERUPT and CERUPT; Ken Newcombe, PCF; Christine Zumkeller, UNFCCC

Dinner Speech

Mexican Minister of Environment, Victor Lichtinger

Tuesday, April 16, 2002

Country Presentations

Chair/Moderator: Sascha Djumena
Presenters:
Gas Flare Satellite Images 1992/2002, presentation prepared by Dr. Christopher D. Elvidge, NOAA, presented by Bent Svensson, World Bank; Minister of the Environment, Imeh Okopido, Nigeria; Hassan AbdelMoneim, EGPC; Nasser Zokai, NIOC; Roberto Vieira de Macedo, Petrobras; Alamin Alshibani, Saudi Aramco; Liu Yan, Sinopec

Panel Discussion Four
Best Practices in Gas Flaring Regulation

Chair/Moderator: Arve Johnsen
Panelists: Arden Berg, AEUB Alberta; Stig Bergseth, Statoil; Bernard Tramier, TotalFinaElf; Commissioner Javier Estrada, Comisión Reguladora de Energía, Mexico

The Way Forward – Immediate Next Steps

Chair/Moderator: Robert Bacon
Address by Malcolm Brinded, Managing Director designate, Shell Int.
Conclusions and Next Steps: Bent Svensson, World Bank
Panelists: Vice President Nemat Talaat Shafik, WB; Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil, Algeria; Minister of International Development Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Norway

Press Conference