Gas Safety Awards Ceremony Held... Euntap Medal Awarded to Jeong Gi-seon, Head of Marine Energy Headquarters

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] On the 16th, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the '28th Korea Gas Safety Awards' ceremony at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul.

The Korea Gas Safety Awards ceremony, held annually since 1994, is the largest event in the gas industry sector, serving as an occasion to encourage individuals who have contributed to industrial development and to pledge the spread of a safety culture.

At this year's event, a total of 43 government awards were given to individuals and organizations who contributed to gas safety management.

The Silver Tower Industrial Medal was awarded to Jeong Gi-seon, Head of the Marine Energy Safety Management Headquarters. Head Jeong contributed to establishing a rapid, field-centered safety management system by developing the advanced safety management model, the Smart RMS system, and linking it with the national disaster information system for the first time in the industry.

The Industrial Medal was awarded to Jang Jaegyeong, Director of the Korea Gas Safety Corporation, who established a five-year roadmap for training hydrogen specialists and developed related educational programs, and to Lee Changwon, Executive Director of Byeoksan Engineering Co., Ltd., who participated in Korea's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cold energy utilization project and natural gas pipeline design and construction, contributing to supply stabilization.

Kang Kyungseong, Director of the Energy Industry Office at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, stated, "To leap forward as a hydrogen-leading country and a hydrogen powerhouse, reasonable safety regulations must be supported," adding, "To this end, we plan to establish safety standards and management systems for the entire hydrogen lifecycle and implement them thoroughly."

As a side event on the day, an international seminar was held to review the latest technologies and global standard trends in the liquefied hydrogen field and to explore ways to apply them to the domestic hydrogen ecosystem.

Thomas Jordan, Head of the Hydrogen Group at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany; Gi Danghwi, International Hydrogen Safety Expert at Air Liquide in France; and Tim Miller, CEO of Taylor Wharton in the United States, attended and gave keynote presentations.

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