Qatargas Hosts International Gas Union Meetings

The yearly Council Meetings of International Gas Union (IGU) have concluded in Doha with nearly 200 IGU members from across the globe discussing significant issues related to the union which promotes technical and economic progress of the natural gas industry.

The meetings were held in Qatargas Hosts International Gas Union Meetings during 19-21 October. Qatargas is represented in the IGU via its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) committee, one of the 13 industry committees within the union.

The meetings, hosted by Qatargas, have facilitated dicussions on ongoing IGU business, networking on various activities and exchange of knowledge and expertise among the industry experts. Speaking at a farewell dinner for the IGU delegates at the Museum of Islamic Art, Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chief Executive Officer, Qatargas, said: “These meetings came at a significant time for the state of Qatar as the country’s energy sector, under the leadership and guidance of His Excellency Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry, is accomplishing a significant milestone of having the world’s largest LNG production capacity with 77 million tonnes per annum.”

He added: “We share the IGU’s objectives vis-à-vis the enhancement of the global gas industry. We will continue to participate in the ongoing IGU activities aimed at furthering the utilization of natural gas. Qatargas is on the path of becoming the premier LNG Company and along with this, we also want to continue on the path of establishing natural gas as the premier fuel.

To complement all these efforts, we are interested in hosting one of the future editions of the World Gas Conference.” Following the IGU meetings, the delegates paid a visit to Qatargas facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City and the port there. The LNG committee includes two representatives from Qatargas Marketing Department, Alaa Abujbara as the LNG Committee Chairman, and Abdulla Ahmad Al-Hussaini as the LNG Committee Secretary.

Alaa Abujbara is also a member of the IGU Executive Committee. Another IGU committee is the Task Force 1 Committee [Building Strategic Human Capital] is represented within Qatargas by Abdulaziz M. Al Mannai and Jupiter Ramirez. Founded in 1931, IGU is a non-profit organization registered in Vevey, Switzerland with the present Secretariat located in Oslo, Norway. The members of IGU are associations & entities of the natural gas industries in over 70 countries.

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Source: Qatargas, October 25, 2010