News from the Presidency and Secretariat The main activities of the IGU Presidency
introduced at the Council meeting in Paris,
and Secretariat since the last issue of the
France in June and allows a limited number
IGU magazine (October 2015-March 2016)
of 10 Associate members owning gas-related
are detailed below in news items and
assets to upgrade their membership by paying
general information.
a supplement to the base membership fee. The Premium Associate members will, in
New members
addition to the rights of Standard Associate
Once again, the IGU’s membership has grown
members, have the right to vote in the
since the last issue of the magazine. The IGU
Council and nominate candidates to chair
Council meeting in Cartagena, Colombia,
up to six IGU committees.
approved three new Associate Members:
x The IGU Executive Committee met in Cartagena, Colombia. For a full report on the proceedings see pages 36-39.
The 10 IGU Premium Associate members that
COM-therm, s.r.o, from the Slovak Republic,
were approved are Beijing Gas Group Co., Ltd,
Energodiagnostika LLC from Russia and Regas
China National Petroleum Corporation, Enagas
SRL from Italy. See pages 156-158 for short
S.A., Engie, İ GDAŞ – Istanbul Gas Distribution
profiles of the new members.
Co., KOGAS, PT Pertamina, Statoil ASA, Total
The same Council meeting approved 10 new Premium Associate members. The category was
S.A. and UNIPER from Germany. With this, the IGU membership counts 148 members (91 Charter members, 10 Premium Associate Members and 47 Associate members). Since the Council meeting in Cartagena, IGU has received seven more applications for membership that will be presented to the IGU Executive Committee in Durban on April 5, 2016. Secretariat transition On November 1, 2016 the IGU Secretariat will move from Oslo, Norway to Barcelona, Spain. The IGU Secretary General, Pål Rasmussen, the IGU Deputy Secretary General, Luis Bertrán Rafecas, and their teams are working closely to ensure a good and smooth transition. Gas Natural Fenosa will be the sponsor of the new Secretariat and has already seconded Antonia Fernández Corrales to Oslo. Luis worked from Barcelona on the transfer until February 2016 when he joined the Oslo team to continue preparing for the transition.
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