Critical Energy Infrastructure after the Arab Springm [Read-Only]
1. Critical Energy Infrastructure after the Arab Spring
NATO Advanced Studies Antalya October 2015
Dr Cyril Widdershoven
Middle East Specialist and Security Advisor
BD Manager MENA Oil & Gas
Cwiddershoven@hotmail.com/ Mob: +31-6-53819265
3. TNO
TNO is a Dutch company with over
80 years experience in technology
development and technical
consultancy
TNO Facts
• Independent
• Technology development, consulting and contract R&D
• Approximately 4000 employees
• Revenue: ⅔ from industry, ⅓ from Dutch government
Markets
• Energy, Defence Safety & Security, Transport & Mobility,
Information Society, Medical and Built Environment
3
Partners
4. Defence: main R&D contractor Dutch navy
Space: design of satellites, telescopes, mars pathfinder
High-tech Industries: main R&D contractor ASML lithography
Automotive: leading car crash testing Europe
Oil & Gas: Partner of leading oil & gas companies
5. Setting The Scene: 2010-2015
• Overview MENA region
• Critical Infrastructure MENA
• Arab Spring effects 2010-2013
• Syria, Egypt, Libya, Algeria
• Spreading of extremism and effects of terrorism
• Critical Energy Infrastructure Incidents and Effects
• Possible out of the box solutions