Events and Acknowledgements

May 9-12 Flame Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands September 12-16 IPLOCA 50th Anniversary Convention Paris, France September 21-23 GASEX 2016 Conference & Exhibition Beijing, China September 27-29 29th World LPG Forum & 2016 AEGPL Congress Istanbul, Turkey October 4-7 NGV Global 2016: 15th Biennial Conference & Exhibition St Petersburg, Russia October 9-13 23rd World Energy Congress Istanbul, Turkey

November 7-18 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 22) Marrakech, Morocco

Secretary General: Pål Rasmussen Deputy Secretary General: Luis Bertrán Rafecas Director: Mats Fredriksson Senior Advisor: Sjur Bøyum Senior Advisor: Antonia Fernández Corrales Advisor: Teaksang Kwon Information Consultant and Secretary of the Coordination Committee: Anette Sørum Nordal Administration Consultant: Kristin Sande

Editor-in-Chief: Mark Blacklock Managing Editor: Lee Gale Copy & Picture Editor: Adrian Giddings Publisher: Robert Miskin Special Projects Director for IGU: Karin Hawksley Finance Director: Yvonne O’Donnell Finance Assistants: Maria Picardo, Anita d’Souza Senior Consultants: Jeffrey Fearnside, Michael Gaskell, Jonathan Unsworth Art and Design Director: Michael Morey Printed by: Buxton Press Ltd IGU and ISC would like to express their thanks to all those who helped in the preparation of this publication. Thanks are also due to the following companies, people and organisations for providing pictures. The credits are listed by article. Where the pictures for an article came from a variety of sources, the appropriate page numbers are given in brackets after each source. Cover: Gate Terminal BV (upper left: LNG carrier Bu Samra arriving at Gate Terminal), Santos GLNG (upper left: LNG trains at Santos GLNG), Chevron Australia (lower: Delivery of a process module for Train 1 at Wheatstone LNG). Message from the President and Secretary General: IGU. IGU Organisation: GTI (David Carroll, 21), IGU (Mel Ydreos, Pål Rasmussen & Luis Bertrán Rafecas, 21), Korea Gas Union (Jae Ho Song & Gi Chul Jung, 21), AFG (Jérôme Ferrier, 21). News from the Presidency and Secretariat: IGU (all except GasNaturally, 30, and G20 Chinese presidency, 35 lower). IGU Council Meeting, Cartagena: IGU. Diplomatic Gas Forums in Washington DC and Oslo: AGA (40, 41 lower), DNV GL (41 upper). Gas Seminar in Maputo, Mozambique: IGU. Reports from the Regional Coordinators: Beijing Gas Group (46 upper), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India (46 lower), GasTerra (47), E.ON (48). Update on the 27th World Gas Conference: Events DC (50), Architect of the Capitol (51). News from Organizations Affiliated to IGU: WLPGA (55 & 56), GTI (57), IPLOCA (62 & 64), NGV Global (66, 68 & 69). Committee Work for the 2015-2018 Triennium Takes Shape: IGU (72), IGU E&P and Sustainability committee (73). The Convergence of Power, Gas & Renewables: E.ON (79 & 80) E.ON SE (87). Evaluation of Biological Methanation for Power-toGas Applications: Audi AG (94 upper, 94 lower and 95 upper), Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG (95 middle), P2G-BioCat (95 lower). Features: KOGAS (98: A vessel delivers its cargo at Incheon LNG terminal). Paris Agreement on Climate Presents both Opportunities and Challenges for Gas: IISD/Kiara Worth (www.iisd.ca/climate/cop21/enb/12dec.html) (100), Photo by IISD/Kiara Worth (www.iisd.ca/climate/ cop21/enb/30nov.html) (101, 102) [CC-By-2.0] (106). Supply and Pricing Upheavals Thrust LNG Industry into Uncharted Territory: Chevron Australia (112), BG Group/Royal Dutch Shell (113 upper), (113 lower), Novatek (117), Petronas (118), Nord Stream AG (123). Why New Waves of LNG from Australia and the US will Re-shape the Industry: Santos GLNG (127), Chevron Australia (130), Cheniere Energy, Inc. (136). Policy Makers and Industry Leaders will Discuss Dramatic Industry Changes and Challenges at LNG 18: PCEC. The History of GIIGNL: GIIGNL. IPLOCA – 50 years of Achievement: IPLOCA (all except Nord Stream AG, 153 lower). Presenting IGU’s New Members: COM-therm (156), Energodiagnostika (157), Regas (158).

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