Qatari officials at the QP stand at the 25th World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur
Qatar Petroleum (QP) along with its joint venture companies, RasGas and Qatargas, are prominently participating in the 25th World Gas Conference (WGC), which formally opened at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre yesterday.
Held under the theme “Gas- sustaining future global growth,” the 25th WGC brings together the world’s leading oil and gas companies, the top management of these firms and hundreds of industry professionals for an in-depth discussion of the current state and future directions of the global gas industry. The triennial event is organised by the International Gas Union (IGU), a non-profit organisation whose members from a total of 77 countries, including Qatar, account for more than 95% of the global gas market.
Qatar has a strong presence at the 25th WPC in line with its profile as the holder of the world’s third largest gas reserves and top producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The Qatar delegation is led by Hamad Rashid al-Mohannadi, QP Vice-Chairman and RasGas managing director and Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa al-Thani, Qatargas chief executive officer.
Al-Mohannadi will be delivering a keynote address entitled “The next phase for global LNG” tomorrow while Sheikh Khalid will be chairing another keynote session of the 25th WGC on the same day.
After inaugurating the key event, Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamed Najib Tun Abdul Razak visited the QP stand, where he was presented with a gift by Sheikh Khalid.
Among the senior Qatari officials attending the event are Mohamed Jassim M. Ahmed al-Baker, director, Mesaieed Industrial City, Ahmad Saif Ahmad al-Sulaiti, operations manager, Dukhan Fields and Eid Mubarak M. al-Muhannadi, operations manager (Gas Operations).
Many members of the delegation will take part in the panel sessions, committee sessions, expert forums and interactive poster sessions.
Nicholas Harry Blessley, QP manager (Strategic Planning) will deliver a presentation on “The future of gas formation - the NOC view” in one of the committee sessions scheduled today.
The QP stand prominently features the corporation’s activities as well as the operations of Qatargas and RasGas, which are the event’s principal sponsor and diamond sponsor, respectively.