Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
,Chairman,Dolphin Energy
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler’s representative in the Western region in the UAE, is the Chairman of Dolphin Energy, which manages the first cross-border natural gas network in the GCC. Named after the project, the Dolphin pipeline transports gas from the North Field in Qatar, which gets processed and refined at the Ras Laffan plant, into the UAE.
Last year in September, Dolphin reached a production milestone of 5 trillion standard cubic feet (scf) since operations began in 2007. The regular supply of gas to the UAE has been critical to meeting rising energy demand in the country.
As demand continued to surge, Dolphin unveiled plans for expansion it said would begin in the first quarter of this year, but such plans have not materialised as of yet. Dolphin Energy is 51% owned by Abu Dhabi via Mubadala Development, with Total and Occidental owning over 20% each.
