In a first-of-its-kind event, a student researcher at the Doha-based Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) enjoyed a unique opportunity to share the preliminary results of his findings with the experts of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).
This, GECF noted, marks a doorstep for future collaborations between the academia and the real world of energy market in Qatar.
PhD researcher Abel Meza Talavera’s study ‘Energy Transitions and the Potential Implications on the LNG Markets and Qatar’ is being co-sponsored by Qatar’s former Minister of Energy and Industry HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada and HBKU’s Sustainability Division founding professor and head Dr Muammer Koc.
It examines the future prospects of LNG (liquefied natural gas) against a spate of challenges and how the LNG market and Qatar, the world’s largest LNG exporter, can harness the opportunities.
Welcoming the audience, GECF Secretary General Yury Sentyurin said: “The GECF is committed to involving more students and young people in the Forum’s activities, to make them aware of the credentials of natural gas and its importance to Member Countries such as Qatar.”
The GECF carries out a wide variety of scientifically-guided research work, which informs the vast majority of important decisions taken by its 19 member countries, who happen to be some of the world’s leading producers and exporters of this low-emission fossil fuel.
“We consider this event the start of a very positive practice, one that we are keen to continue in future as it would be beneficial for our member countries and our experts,” Sentyurin added.
Al-Sada, who is a member of the Board of Directors of Qatar Foundation (QF) and chairman of the Joint Advisory Board of Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) – a QF partner university – expressed his pleasure at the opportunity being presented to Talavera by the GECF experts who provided rich feedback on various aspects of the study.
Dr al-Sada also shared his views on the current developments in the energy world with the audience.
Dr Koc, who founded the Sustainability Division at HBKU, which operates under the QF in Doha’s Education City, echoed the Secretary General’s comments on increasing collaboration between the University and the GECF as mutually beneficial for realising the main spirit of the Qatar National Vision, which envisions a knowledge-based society by 2030.
The Doha-headquartered GECF currently has 19 member countries from four continents, which together represent 71% of proven natural gas reserves, 44% of its marketed production, 53% of pipeline and 57% of LNG exports across the world.
PhD researcher Abel Meza Talavera’s study ‘Energy Transitions and the Potential Implications on the LNG Markets and Qatar’ is being co-sponsored by Qatar’s former Minister of Energy and Industry HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada and HBKU’s Sustainability Division founding professor and head Dr Muammer Koc.
It examines the future prospects of LNG (liquefied natural gas) against a spate of challenges and how the LNG market and Qatar, the world’s largest LNG exporter, can harness the opportunities.
Welcoming the audience, GECF Secretary General Yury Sentyurin said: “The GECF is committed to involving more students and young people in the Forum’s activities, to make them aware of the credentials of natural gas and its importance to Member Countries such as Qatar.”
The GECF carries out a wide variety of scientifically-guided research work, which informs the vast majority of important decisions taken by its 19 member countries, who happen to be some of the world’s leading producers and exporters of this low-emission fossil fuel.
“We consider this event the start of a very positive practice, one that we are keen to continue in future as it would be beneficial for our member countries and our experts,” Sentyurin added.
Al-Sada, who is a member of the Board of Directors of Qatar Foundation (QF) and chairman of the Joint Advisory Board of Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) – a QF partner university – expressed his pleasure at the opportunity being presented to Talavera by the GECF experts who provided rich feedback on various aspects of the study.
Dr al-Sada also shared his views on the current developments in the energy world with the audience.
Dr Koc, who founded the Sustainability Division at HBKU, which operates under the QF in Doha’s Education City, echoed the Secretary General’s comments on increasing collaboration between the University and the GECF as mutually beneficial for realising the main spirit of the Qatar National Vision, which envisions a knowledge-based society by 2030.
The Doha-headquartered GECF currently has 19 member countries from four continents, which together represent 71% of proven natural gas reserves, 44% of its marketed production, 53% of pipeline and 57% of LNG exports across the world.
