Panorama 2006 - "Natural gas: what growth, for what markets, as regards high oil prices?"

2 et 9 February 2006
Paris & Lyon

Beyond the technological challenges associated with the use of natural gas, a new geopolitical balance is emerging: the distribution of gas reserves is different than for oil. New countries and markets are involved, which could upset the balance achieved by the world's energy powers.
For its annual "Panorama" colloquium, IFP chose an issue that will be vital in the decades to come: "Natural gas: what growth, for what markets, as regards high oil prices?"

Given the current high level of oil prices and the great uncertainty concerning the environment, natural gas is expected to play a very important role in future, for it offers economic and environmental advantages as well as extensive available reserves. Already a major player in the residential sector (town gas), industry and electricity production (gas-fired power plants), natural gas may also become a motor fuel of choice for tomorrow's transport sector. Technologies like natural gas for vehicles (NGV) and gas to liquids (GTL) are growing fast.

IFP Chairman Olivier Appert started out by giving a broad overview of the current international energy scene, with comments and insights. He analyzed the outstanding events of 2005 and their short-, medium- and long-term impacts from three standpoints: scientific, economic and industrial.

Then, invited speakers took the floor to propose solutions to ensure that natural gas takes its rightful place in tomorrow's energy offering. Thus the observations made concerning this topic, vital to the future of the world, represented the different views of public authorities, researchers and industrialists.

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Paris, 2 February 2006

Papers (in French) from :

• Olivier Appert, IFP
  
  Panorama: World Energy in 2005 Analysis and Impacts (

  PDF- 50 Ko

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  présentation (

  PDF - 780 Ko

  )
  
   
• Marie-Françoise Chabrelie, Cedigaz
  
  Quel avenir pour le gaz en Europe ? (

  PDF - 2.3 Mo

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• Patrick Buffet, Groupe Suez
  
  Le GNL : perspectives et nouveaux débouchés pour le gaz naturel dans des marchés en pleine évolution (

  PDF - 2.8 Mo

  )
  
   
• Francesco Zofrea, EniTecnologie
  
  Les perspectives de la filière GTL (

  PDF - 2 Mo

  )
  
   
• Jean-Marie Dauger, Gaz de France
  
  L'ouverture du marché du gaz naturel en Europe (

  PDF - 5 Mo

  )

Lyon, 9 February 2006

Papers (in French) from :

• Pierre-Henri Bigeard, IFP-Lyon
  
  Introduction sur le gaz naturel (

  PDF - 90 Ko

  )
  
   
• Olivier Appert, IFP
  
  Panorama: World Energy in 2005 Analysis and Impacts (

  PDF- 50 Ko

  )
  /
  présentation (

  PDF - 1.8 Mo

  )
  
   
• Giuseppe Bellussi, EniTecnologie
  
  Les nouveaux carburants synthétiques issus de la filière GTL (

  PDF - 15.3 Mo

  )
  
   
• Anne Courtois, Gaz de France
  
  Les réussites et perspectives du gaz naturel dans le domaine des transports (

  PDF - 15.3 Mo

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• Valéry Cervantes, Irisbus
  
  Les flottes captives urbaines au gaz naturel : le point de vue d'un constructeur (

  PDF - 1 Mo

  )