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World LP Gas Forum 2008 in Seoul 24-26 September
LP Gas: Clean Energy For a Low Carbon World
The 21st World LP Gas Forum brought together hundreds of delegates including senior executives, government officials and inter-governmental representatives from more than 50 countries around the world. The event kicked off in Seoul, Korea on 24th September at the prestigious COEX Convention and Exhibition Centre.For many years, LP Gas has played a valuable role in the world’s energy needs. In the future, LP Gas has the opportunity to enhance this role by also helping combat global climate change. Therefore, the chosen theme for the Forum was “LP Gas – Clean Energy for a Low Carbon World”.
At a special session dedicated to Combating Climate Change, industry representatives and experts pointed out that the fuel’s emissions are only 85% of gasoline’s, on average. The combined carbon dioxide emissions for LP Gas from its production to its consumption are equal to 83% of diesel’s emissions, 85% of gasoline’s and 46% of electricity’s.
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Session I – The Global and Regional Outlook for LP Gas
Session I “The Global and Regional Outlook for LP Gas” was chaired by Loïc Driebeek, SHV Gas. He welcomed the audience and introduced speakers participating to Session I:
Ken Otto, Purvin & Gertz - http://www.purvingertz.com/
Richard Tasker, Tasweeq - http://www.tasweeq.com.qa/
Hideki Koike, Saudi Aramco - http://www.saudiaramco.com/
Martin Pennay, Goldman Sachs – http://www2.goldmansachs.com
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Session II - Combating Climate Change
“Combating Climate Change with LP Gas” began with Session Chair Mr Ian Noble, Senior Climate Change Specialist from the World Bank, noting that following from his keynote discussion earlier, this session would allow experts from the LP Gas industry to discuss the role on the industry in this debate and what, if anything the LP Gas industry should be doing to ensure its message is heard.
Mr Noble then introduced the speakers participating to Session II:
Ross Brindle, Energetics – www.energetics.com
Professor Sung Tai Kim, Korean Association of Public Finance – .(www.kapfe.or.kr) and a Professor of Economics, Ph.D. at Chongju University.(www.cju.ac.kr/english)
Alain De Greve, AEGPL – www.aegpl.be
Mauricio Jarovsky, Ultragaz – www.ultragaz.com.br
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Roundtable “Competing in a High-Price Environment”
This high level roundtable was led by its dynamic Chairman Alan Beale, Managing Director, Elgas.
Participants were John Walsh from Amerigas (US) - www.amerigas.com/
Alex Huijgen, SHV Gas (Netherlands) – www.shvgas.com/
Matthias Perez, Gasco Chile - www.gasco.cl
Masatak Uruma, Showa Shell (Japan) - www.shell.co.jp
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Exhibition Opening 24 September 2008
The Forum Exhibition was very rich and featured some surprises including a Tata-Daewoo truck - Korea’s first LP Gas truck. The truck is scheduled to be sold in Korea from 2010.
An LP Gas-fuelled Toyota “Prius” hybrid was also on display as well as a Hyundai LP Gas hybrid car within the exhibition itself.
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At the Exhibition Opening Ceremony, VIPs were asked to cut a ribbon in the traditional Korean style. All VIPs then took a tour of the exhibition 
- Lon Greenberg, Chairman + CEO of UGI
- James Rockall, Managing Director, WLPGA
- Alan Beale, Managing Director, Elgas
- Jae Hoon Lee, Vice Minister of Knowledge Economy
- Chi Hyung Kim, President and CEO, SK Gas
-WLPGA NEW President, Sarthak Behuria, Indian Oil Corporation
- J.Y. Koo, President and CEO, E1
- Jin-Sung Jung, Chairman of Korea NOC
- Soo-Roun You, Chairman of Korea LPG Industry Association
Session III – Opportunities for LP Gas in Asia
Session III “Opportunities for LP Gas in Asia” was chaired by Gyan C. Daga, Director (Marketing) of Indian Oil Corporation, India. He mentioned the importance of the Asian LP Gas market both in terms of being the largest regional consumer and also the largest producer of LP Gas (Including middle-East region). He informed the delegates that the largest consumer-markets of LP Gas in the industrial, Autogas and residential sectors were all in Asia – Japan, S Korea and China respectively.The speakers of this session were:
Shen Ping, C1 Energy – www.c1energy.biz
Alok Mathur, Reliance Industries Ltd
Naoki Endo, TOTALGAZ – www.totalgaz.com
Mr. Young-Hoon Chung, Korea LP Gas Association - www.klpg.co.kr/
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Session IV Towards Operational Excellence
Renzo Bee, TOTALGAZ, France chaired Session IV and introduced the following speakers
Lauro Cotta, SHV Gas Brazil – www.shvgas.com.br
G.A. Shirwaiker, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) - http://www.hindustanpetroleum.com/
Robert Shuttleworth, UK LP Gas Association - http://www.lpga.co.uk/LPGA.htm
Steve Ferro, Ferrellgas – www.ferrellgas.com
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Session V Innovation for Change
Makoto Arahata, Counsel to Operating Officer, Mitsui Marubeni Liquefied Gas Company chaired the final session of the Forum. He began by introducing the speakers
Brian Feehan, PERC - http://www.propanecouncil.org/
Warring Nielsen, Elgas – www.elgas.com.au
Inigo Palacio Prada, Repsol – www.repsol.com
Jorge Montt, Gasco Chile – www.gasco.cl
Dayo Adeshina, Strategic Energy Ltd - http://www.strategicenergyltd.com/ and Kevin Robertson, LPGSASA - http://www.lpgas.co.za/
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The 22nd World LP Gas Forum will take place in Rio de Janeiro, 7-9 October 2009 at the Windsor Barra.
Please click on www.wlpgasforum2009.com for more details.
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For information on specific presentations or for a session breakdown, please contact Neasa Ni Liathain at nniliathain@worldlpgas.com +33158052805
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