Lecture: Russia’s Asian Look for Energy Exports: Potentials and Limits

　　Time: 18:30 pm, April 23 (Monday)

　　Location: Liangxiang Campus, Lishu 1-308

　　Speaker: Dr. Hooman Peimani

　　Brief introduction:

　　Russia is the world's single largest exporter of oil and gas. It has been planning to shift its energy-export focus from Europe to Asia for strategic reasons and also as a long-term premises since the European Union (EU) has a declared plan to End its heavy energy dependency on Russia. While Asia is receptive to Russia and is its long-term energy market, Russia’s achievement in this market will be limited in the foreseeable future compare to that of Europe.

　　Major contributing factors include the availability of many suppliers and the reluctance of Asia's large energy importers to massive depend on any single supplier, and especially on Russia for historical reasons and concerns about its re-rise as a superpower. Geographical barriers also limit Russian access to Other Asian markets. For oil/gas exports, Europe will remain Russia's major market in the foreseeable future unless the EU changes its policy towards Iran, the is realistic north-term replacement for Russia, which is unlikely in the near future.

　　Speaker's profile:

　　Dr. Hooman Peimani is senior research and policy leader with 27 years experience in consulting, academia and analysis of global energy security, currently focused on Asia, particularly the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and Europe.

　　He has extensive experience in Europe & Asia on strategic issues, including oil & gas, LNG, nuclear, pipelines, renewables, sustainable energy, climate change and clean energy technology. His work focus has been on project design, emergency planning, conceptualization, forecasting , trend assessment, country briefings/outlooks and organizational/governmental strategies. He has worked for entities such as Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre, Energy Studies Institute, Jane's Defence, Arab Petroleum Corporation, IAEA and UNEP, added to conducting project assessments & executive training For energy corporations, regional organizations and governmental entities, eg, ADB, Nord Stream, Shell, ASEAN and Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

　　His publications include 10 books, 32 book chapters, over 250 journal/newspaper articles and scores of UN, APEC and governmental documents. He has been interviewed by leading media outlets, including BBC, Bloomberg, Platts, The Wall Street Journal, CCTV, CNBC , Channel News Asia and Deutsche Welle.

　　(Contractor: Energy and Environmental Policy Research Center, Research and Academic Exchange Center)