Natural gas in Sri Lanka: Unprecedented opportunities with issues to be addressed
Friday, 3 October 2014 05:32
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The Pathfinder Foundation (PF), which has played a pioneering role in taking issues of national interest to key stakeholders and the general public, is organising a public discussion on ‘Natural Gas and Optimising the Economic Utility’. The event is scheduled for 14 October 2014 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Auditorium, Bandaranaike Center for International Studies (BCIS), BMICH. The PF seminar has lined up Sri Lanka’s most prominent experts in the power, energy and regulatory sectors. Professor Rohan Samarajiva will be chairing and moderating the session. He is an internationally renowned expert in Infrastructure & ICT Regulation. Among the other speakers is Raja Amarathunga from the Petroleum Sector, who currently functions as a consultant to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka. Secretary-General of the Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat, Saliya Wickramasuriya, will be a key speaker enriching the dialog with his international expertise in the Oil and Gas Industry.
Sri Lanka’s well-known Electricity Sector expert and consultant, Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya, will be discussing the critical issue of pricing of Natural Gas in the local market to create internationally competitive industries and services in Sri Lanka. The Private Sector Perspective on Opportunities and Challenges is the theme of Chas Charles, Director/CEO of Hayleys Energy Services. His presentation is likely to attract the interest of the wider spectrum of stakeholders.
Debobroto Banerjee, Commercial Director, South Asia & Country Incharge Sri Lanka, GE Global Organisation, South Asia will bring with him his vast experience and knowledge from an international perspective to the participants of the seminar. The complex but interesting relationship between LNG and Renewable Energy will be the subject of the presentation by young and emerging expert Niro Cooke.
Broader issues related to the negotiations of the Natural Gas Agreements between the host country and the exploration company, which is probably a new subject for the Sri Lankan audience, will be brought to the attention of the participants by a young PF intern, Deepthika Appuhamy, a Law graduate. Professor Rohan Samarjiva, in addition to moderating the session, is expected to bring in a new perspective particularly on regulation of the Natural Gas sector in Sri Lanka.
The seminar will be open for the public free of charge. Please register well in advance by e-mail to [email protected] or call 0112372895/6 for participation in this seminar.
