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Avec la participation de Ian Cronshaw, chef de la Division Energy Diversification, Agence internationale de l'énergie, Tom Vanden Borre, DG Energie & Transport, Commission Européenne.
Moderateur : William C. Ramsay, directeur du Programme Energie, Ifri.
Président : Jacques Lesourne, président du Comité scientifique du Programme Energie, Ifri.
The objective of this seminar is to discuss the growth of LNG trade and to examine the main barriers to LNG development. Experts will address the growing share of LNG in the global energy outlook, the investment challenges facing the expanding LNG sector, the need for a transparent and predicable regulatory framework. The discussion will be build around institutional and industrial perspectives. Following the presentations, the experts will then answer questions from the audience.
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