The Scientific Research Institute “Geotechnological Problems of Oil, Gas and Chemistry”

1. Azerbaijan Republic State Oil Academy The Scientific Research Institute “Geotechnological Problems of Oil, Gas and Chemistry” • Workshop • Socio – economic aspects of the energy corridor linking the Caspian Region with E.U. • April 11-12th 2007 • Baku Azerbaijan

2. Topics of Workshop Welcome address – Opening of Workshop: The European Perspective Session 1: Hydrocarbon potential of the Caspian Region Session 2: Socio – economic tools for analysis of the South Energy Corridor Session 3: Environmental impact of the South energy corridor Session 4: Geopolitical and institutional perspectives of the South energy corridor

3. Session 1Hydrocarbon Potential of the Caspian Region • Methodologies for prediction of future hydrocarbon production and methodologies for estimation of hydrocarbon extraction costs • Optimization of hydrocarbon production, nanotechnology – prospects and direction in oil and gas production, • Diagnostic of oil escape from sealine on the basis artificial neural network

4. Session 2Socio-economic Tools for Analysis of the South Energy Corridor • Oil and Gas Transportation Current Status and Outlook • Optimization of energy corridor routes. • Conduct of modeling, taking into account real factors affecting оil and gas transportation process and modeling of hydrocarbon transportation • Provision of reliability of gas supply system in the conditions of probabilistically uncertain and insufficient information • Diagnostics of normal operation of oil and gas pipeline systems

5. Session 3Environmental Impact of the South Energy Corridor • Estimation of hydrocarbon transportation externalities • Methodologies for assessment of hydrocarbon production environmental impacts, estimation of risk • Investigation of environmental consequences of impacts of man-made and natural factors on operation of trunk energy systems • Forecasting of emergency situations in hydrocarbon systems

6. Session 4Geopolitical and Institutional Perspectives of the South Energy Corridor • Geopolitical issues of hydrocarbon transit through Turkey and Georgia, study of the cohesion of energy policies across the energy corridor • Identification of institutional barriers in the hydrocarbon transportation through the South Energy Corridor • Design of fuzzy regulators of gas supply regimes

7. Ministries Universities Since Research Institutions • Ministry of Education, • Ministry of Industry and Energy Ministry. • Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources • Ministry of Foreign Affairs. • State Oil Academy • Baku State University • Azerbaijan Technical University • GPOGC • Institute of Ecology • AzNIPIGas Partners Operating Companies Embassies • KEPA • BSREC • ISPE • ESEMI • Greece • Romania • Georgia • Kazakhstan • SOCAR • Azeri GAS Around 100 official invitations have been sent out via post and e-mail to the institutions and researchers in Azerbaijan, BSEC, EU and CIS countries.

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