The issues of the legal regulation of the fuel and energy complex were discussed at Gubkin University
On 12-13 October 2022, the conference of young scientists “Legal regulation of the fuel and energy complex in modern conditions” was held at Gubkin University. The event was organized by the Student Scientific Society of Gubkin University and the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University.
The conference was aimed at contributing to the development of legal science in the Russian fuel and energy industry to ensure stable operation in the coming years and to achieve technological sovereignty in the long term. The event was opened by Professor Sergey Rozhnov, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Gubkin University, and Mr. Sergey Belov, Dean of the Faculty of Law at St. Petersburg State University.
The plenary session of the conference was opened by Mr. Valery Bessel, Executive Vice President of the NewTech Services Group of Companies, Professor of the Department of Thermodynamics and Thermal Engines at Gubkin University, with a presentation on carbon neutrality in Russia.
The conference included two sections – “International legal regulation of the activities of the fuel and energy complex” moderated by Mr. Mikhail Smirnov, Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional and International Law at Gubkin University, and “Public legal regulation of the activities of the fuel and energy complex” moderated by Mr. Sergey Konev, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Information, Energy Law and Criminal Law Disciplines at Gubkin University.
During the conference, the participants discussed such topics as the change in the subject of subsoil users in 2022, the changes in legal regulation and business support measures in the field of subsoil use in 2022, the transformation of state regulation of the electric power industry in agglomerations like St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, the crime prevention as a means of increasing the efficiency of control (supervisory) activities in the fuel and energy complex, the necessary skills of a corporate lawyer working in the fuel and energy sector in modern conditions, etc.
