Strategic Investment

The first conference, entitled Economic Mechanisms Sustaining Robust Development of Natural Gas Investment and Infrastructure , was held in Berlin on June 1, 2007. Its objectives were to set out the issues for the subsequent project, and to oppose European and North American perspectives. There was a very broad overview of the relevant topics, ranging from pipeline infrastructure investments, strategic use of storage, geopolitical issues (with a focus on Eastern Europe) to the numerical modeling of international natural gas supplies. 

Location is a strategic issue, and the decision where to locate cannot be taken lightly. It is the first decision in the implementation of a project. Upon the decision to proceed, an investment is made which is irreversible. That investment in bricks and mortar cannot physically be transferred to another location if the decision turns out to be wrong. In time, the assets may be realized but probably at much lower values than paid. 

Most processes operate in the context of an existing site in which a number of processes are linked to the same utility system. The utility systems of most sites have evolved over a period of many years without fundamental questions being addressed as to the design and operation of the utility system. The picture is complicated by individual production processes on a site belonging to different business areas, each assessing investment proposals independently from one another and each planning for the future in terms of their own business. Yet, the efficiency of the site infrastructure and the required investment is of strategic importance and must be considered across the site as a whole, even if this crosses the boundaries of different business areas. 

Synthetic fuels may attract local government subsidies or sell at a premium because they offset imports and improve the country s balance of payments. Furthermore, strategic considerations related to energy security may play an important role in promoting investment in synthetic fuels production. 

Global models target to support strategic invest decisions and consequently follow also the requirements of value planning to have actual costs and turnover as decision basis as it is done in classical investment calculation including taxes... 

Strategic long-range investment planning LP, mixed and design of supply chains integer... 

Protected by patents 2. Customisation for different m arket segment is accomplished by using different product formulations. 1. Investment money is need to setup a company 2. Profit sharing with strategic partners. 

On October 9, 2003, the Government of Canada announced a C 215 million investment that will capitalise on the use of hydrogen and fuel cells. The investment is directed by three strategic priorities ... 

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