Today the second day of the International Forum to attract foreign investment in the oil and gas industry of Turkmenistan (TEIF-2024) will be held in Paris.

The main goal of the Forum is to expand opportunities for attracting foreign direct investment in all segments of the energy industry of Turkmenistan, including production, transportation and refining of oil and gas, production of renewable energy sources, transport, construction, as well as addressing environmental aspects of the development of hydrocarbon fields.

The event is organized by the Turkmengas State Concern, Turkmennebit and Turkmengeologiya in partnership with the Turkmen Forum and the British company GaffneyCline.

Two sessions are planned on the second day of the forum: “The role of financial institutions in promoting projects in the field of clean energy and modern infrastructure” and “Accelerating the process of attracting investments in new projects of Turkmenistan in construction, gas chemistry, transport and communications.”

The session “The Role of Financial Institutions in Promoting Clean Energy Projects and Modern Infrastructure” will highlight the role of international organizations and financial institutions in promoting clean energy and a green future, current trends in financing energy projects, as well as the challenges of Turkmenistan in the field of energy transitions. Speakers:

• Annageldy Saparov - Minister of Energy of Turkmenistan
• Merdanguly Palivanov - Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan
• Rahimberdy Jepbarov - Chairman of the Board of the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan
• Luo Xiaoming - Deputy General Director of Honghua Group Limited
• Pascal Lamy - Vice-President of the Paris Peace Forum Association
• Mihail Solovyov - Head of Corporate Business and Relationship Management in the EMEA region, Fitch Ratings
• Stephen Conlon - British Ambassador to Turkmenistan (online)
• Olga Hassan-zade - Advisor to ICA-Finance AS

The session “Accelerating the process of attracting investment in new projects of Turkmenistan in construction, gas chemistry, transport and communications” will be devoted to attracting investment in new infrastructure projects with an emphasis on construction, transport, IT and telecommunications.

Turkmenistan is actively integrating into global logistics systems and welcomes investors in the transport and communications sector to implement joint projects to modernize the infrastructure of maritime, rail, air transportation and satellite communications.

The topic of geological research into the natural resources of Turkmenistan, which provides a resource base for new projects, will also be covered. Speakers:

• Gurbangeldy Garlyev - Chairman of the State Corporation "Turkmengeology"
• Dovrangeldi Sapbayev - Chairman of the State Concern "Turkmenhimiya"
• Hajymyrat Hudaygulyev - Chairman of the agency "Turkmenaragatnashyk"
• Marie-Hélène Berard - President of the France-Turkmenistan Chamber of Commerce
• Sultan-zade Rifat Vahdat - Vice Chairman of Caspian Logistics Solutions
• Bayrammyrat Atamanov - Rector of the International University of Oil and Gas named after. Yagshygeldi Kakayev
• Sergey Abramov - Licensing Manager, Stamicarbon
• Eric Imbert - Vice President Export Sales Management, Thales Alenia Space