Financial Intelligence, in partnership with the Intelligent Energy Association, organizes the VIIIth edition of the NATURAL GAS FORUM with the theme: “THE ROLE OF NATURAL GAS IN ROMANIA’S REINDUSTRIALIZATION”, on Monday, October 12, 2026, from 10:00 a.m., at JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel.
The event can also be watched online, LIVE, on www.financialintelligence.ro, on the Financial Intelligence Facebook page and on the Financial Intelligence Youtube channel.
Important speakers will debate the most important topics in the natural gas industry:
- Romania’s reindustrialization – from strategic objective to concrete policies. The role of natural gas in relaunching the industry and increasing its share in GDP
- Romanian gas, from resource to added value: how do we capitalize on Neptun Deep for the development of industry and the national economy?
- Gas price and industrial competitiveness: can Romania turn domestic production into a competitive advantage over other European economies?
- Industry after the liberalisation of the gas market: the impact of the new market framework on prices, competitiveness and large industrial consumers
- Natural gas and the revitalization of large industries: petrochemicals, fertilizers, metallurgy, building materials and manufacturing
- The Vertical Corridor and Neptune Deep – Romania’s role on the new energy and industrial map of Europe
- Energy security and industrial security: infrastructure, transmission and storage capacities and predictable access to gas
- Natural gas and electricity production: the role of new gas-fired power plants in ensuring competitive and predictable energy for industry
- Taxation of the gas sector: balancing state revenues, stimulating investment and competitiveness of the economy
- Long-term contracts and price predictability: solutions to protect industry competitiveness and attract investment
- Decarbonization without deindustrialization: natural gas, ETS and CBAM – how can Romanian industry remain competitive in the European energy transition?
- Hydrogen and natural gas – from strategy to viable industrial projects
- Industrial policies and energy policies: does Romania need an integrated strategy for the next 10-20 years?
The speakers of the event are: Cristian BUȘOI, Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy; Virgil POPESCU, MEP (online intervention); George NICULESCU, President, ANRE; Lorant ANTAL, President, Committee on Energy, Energy Infrastructure and Mineral Resources, Senate; Bende SANDOR, President, Committee on Industries and Services, Chamber of Deputies; Cristina PRUNĂ, Vice-President, Committee for Industries and Services, Chamber of Deputies; Marian NĂSTASE, President, Board of Directors, ALRO; Daniel APOSTOL, General Manager, Energy Employers’ Federation; Oana IJDELEA, Managing Partner, Ijdelea & Asociații; Cătălin STANCU, Associated Senior Expert, Horváth; Dana DĂRĂBAN, Executive Director, ACUE Federation; George MIHAI, Member of the Board of Directors, AFEER; Răzvan PÂRVULESCU, Development Director – Natural Gas Division, Hagag Energy; Bogdan PANAINTE, Co-founder and CEO of Homplex; Septimiu STOICA, President of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, BRM; Oana ÖZMEN, Lawyer, former MP; Mihaela CROITORU, CEO Sustainability Lens and Dumitru CHISĂLIȚĂ, President, Intelligent Energy Association (video message).
The event will be moderated by Ancuța STANCIU, Founding Member and Editor-in-Chief of Financial Intelligence and Adina ARDELEANU, Founding Member and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Financial Intelligence.