Current policies of states such as Kazakhstan and Russia focus on changing the energy mix in favour of natural gas that they see as a promising energy source with potential to compete with renewables in the future. Rethinking the use of gas is especially important in light of the decarbonisation of the global economy and the Paris Climate Agreement, to which Kazakhstan and Russia acceded in 2016. The resources available in Kazakhstan and Russia – raw materials, technological, engineering and human resources – can help to build into the new global market and satisfy, first and foremost, domestic and later external demand.
Moderator
- Mikhail Smirnov, Russian-Kazakhstan Business Council
Speakers
- Chokan Laumulin, University of Cambridge
- Murat Zhurebekov, First Vice Minister of Energy, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Pavel Zavalny, Russian Gas Society
- Abzal Kismetov, Intergas Central Asia JSC
- Thomas A. Pellette Caterpillar
