Sanzhar Zharkeshov

Sanzhar Zharkeshov is the CEO of QazaqGaz, Kazakhstan national gas company. He has fifteen years of experience of working and holding leadership positions in the oil and gas industry. He served as Vice-Minister for ecology and geology of Kazakhstan and Vice-President of NaftogazUGV, the national oil and gas company of Ukraine. Earlier he was a McKinsey and Company global oil and gas expert based out of London office, and a gas drilling engineer at ExxonMobil.

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The Geoeconomics of European Energy Supply Crisis: Perspectives from Eurasia

Wednesday, September 21, 2022
5:30 to 6:30pm EDT

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The energy crises often tend to be politicized; however, their multi-dimensional nature calls for a closer look at winners and losers. Europe increasingly sees natural gas as a transition fuel as a ‘greener’ energy. However, the gas crisis is now forcing Europe to reopen the coal mines back up to counter the gas deficit and creating a renaissance of the coal industry and a major step back in energy transition efforts. What are the root causes of the gas crisis in Europe, and how resource-rich Central Asian and Caucasus countries are attempting to grasp this opportunity? How to choose between energy security/sovereignty vs. energy transition priorities in an energy crisis? How can the government ensure that the gas industry is attractive to businesses so that the ‘invisible hand’ of Adam Smith regulates this market efficiently?

Sanzhar Zharkeshov

CEO of QazaqGaz, Kazakhstan

Nargis Kassenova

Senior Fellow; Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center

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