(EnergyAsia, October 30, Thursday) — The 10th edition of GASEX will be held at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi, Vietnam from November 12 to 15.

The biennial GASEX conference and exhibition is a forum dedicated to the natural gas industry in the Pacific Asia region. GASEX has been held for the last 17 years – fostering the sustainable development of the region’s gas industry by facilitating discussion on business and technological challenges.

The conference will feature keynote addresses from industry top executives including Mohammad Hassan Marican (Petronas), Akio Nakamura (Osaka Gas), Ari Soemarno (PT Pertamina), Joseph Geagea (Chevron) Ernesto Lopez Anadon (International Gas Union).

Other speakers include Tran Ngoc Canh (Petrovietnam), Paul Reed (BP Global Gas), Wong Toon Suan (Gas Association of Singapore), Zainal Abidin Ali (Brunei Energy Association), Wang Yunlong (China Gas Association), Anton Tjahjono (Indonesian Gas Association), Wan Zulkiflee and Ezhar Yazid (PETRONAS), James Kwan (The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited), Rafael del Pillar (PNOC Exploration Corporation), Chitrapongse Kwangsuksith and Toemchai Bunnag (PTT Public Company), Phung Dinh Thuc (Petrovietnam),

Surin Pitsuwan (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Young-Won Kang (Korea National Oil Corporation), Abdul Rahim Hashim (Malaysian Gas Association), Chen Jia-Lim and Wang Wen-I (Gas Association of Chinese Taipei), Haruki Takahashi, Kunihiro Hara, Keishi Higuchi and Hattori Yasutoshi (Japan Gas Association), Hae-Jung Oh (Korea Gas Union), Ji-Yeo Park (Korean Gas Association), Vo My Linh (Chevron Vietnam), Kouichi Morino, Iruru Takahashi, Hiroki Kikuchi, Toshiyasu Ukita and Aya Misuta (Tokyo Gas), Anton Tjahjno (Indonesian Gas Association), Nguyen Thi Thanh Le (Vietnam Petroleum Institute),

Nguyen Xuan Hoa and Pham Hong Linh (PVGAS), Robert Brannock (TGE Gas Engineering GmbH), Jiang Yu (Sin Ao Gas Holding), Graham Tyler and Gavin Law (WoodMackenzie), Oleg Mikhailov (Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration & Production), Siho Ryu (KOGAS), Harald Dornauf (Elster Gmbh), Ah Kuan Seah (ABS Pacific), Jeff Brown and Fereidun Fesharaki (FACTS Global Energy Singapore), Jonathan Wright (Talisman Energy), Kazuo Kakehashi and Michitaka Onishi (Osaka Gas), Chung-Long Lee (CPC Corporation),

Allen Beasley (ASEAN Council on Petroleum-Gas Centre), Paul C. Young (Exmar Group), Dulapol Anussorn-nitisara (PTT LNG Company), Xie Xiang (Shenzhen Gas Corporation), Beverly K. Mentzer (Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company), Ho Sook Wah (International Gas Union), Manivannan Subramaniam (Akademi Laut Malaysia), Muhamad Noor Hamid (Muhamad Noor Hamid), Benard Christian (Brunei LNG),

Topics discussed include economic outlook, demand and supply forecasts, business opportunities, recent trends and business strategies, initiatives in Japan to combat global warming, design technology for CO2 mitigation of gas energy system, application of environmental management system, developments in Southeast Asia, Japan and China, legislation and technology updates, LNG projects development and outlook, and safety and crime.

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