HE the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi has reaffirmed Qatar’s commitment to co-operate with member states “to promote natural gas as a primary vehicle to achieve access to cleaner energy.”
He was addressing the opening session of the 27th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Doha yesterday.
HE al-Kaabi, who headed Qatar’s delegation to the meeting, said: “We must be clear in our opposition to trade barriers and discriminatory measures that disadvantage energy products, especially natural gas.”
The minister also affirmed that “despite geopolitical tensions and faltering climate policies, the outlook for natural gas – and particularly LNG – is positive. It is driven by economic growth in Asia, a growing desire for cleaner and more economic sources of energy, and booming power demand from data centres and artificial intelligence.”
The ministerial meeting tackled a number of issues of importance to the mission of the Forum particularly with regards to the role of natural gas in the ongoing energy transition.
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum is a gathering of the world’s leading gas exporting countries. It aims to build a mechanism for a more meaningful dialogue between gas producers and consumers to ensure stability and security of supply and demand in global natural gas markets.
Meanwhile, HE al-Kaabi met Karim Badawy, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Doha yesterday.
Discussions during the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Ministerial Meeting, covered energy relations and co-operation between Qatar and Egypt and means to enhance them, as well as issues related to the forum.
He was addressing the opening session of the 27th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Doha yesterday.
HE al-Kaabi, who headed Qatar’s delegation to the meeting, said: “We must be clear in our opposition to trade barriers and discriminatory measures that disadvantage energy products, especially natural gas.”
The minister also affirmed that “despite geopolitical tensions and faltering climate policies, the outlook for natural gas – and particularly LNG – is positive. It is driven by economic growth in Asia, a growing desire for cleaner and more economic sources of energy, and booming power demand from data centres and artificial intelligence.”
The ministerial meeting tackled a number of issues of importance to the mission of the Forum particularly with regards to the role of natural gas in the ongoing energy transition.
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum is a gathering of the world’s leading gas exporting countries. It aims to build a mechanism for a more meaningful dialogue between gas producers and consumers to ensure stability and security of supply and demand in global natural gas markets.
Meanwhile, HE al-Kaabi met Karim Badawy, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Doha yesterday.
Discussions during the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Ministerial Meeting, covered energy relations and co-operation between Qatar and Egypt and means to enhance them, as well as issues related to the forum.