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Natural gas demand will increase 46% in 2050, GECF says in new report

Global demand will increase as natural gas and renewables lead the energy transition, the group said

Global natural gas demand will rise by 46% from 3,840 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2020 to 5,625 bcm in 2050, the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) said in a report released Monday. The report, titled Global Gas Outlook 2050, also found that the Asia Pacific region, Middle East, and Africa would responsible for the […]

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New GECF Secretary General Mohamed Hamel takes office

Hamel will hold the office for two years beginning January 1, 2022

Mohamed Hamel assumed office as the fourth Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). Hamel, an Algerian, began his term at the 23rd GECF Ministerial Meeting and will hold the office for two years beginning January 1, 2022. The GECF is an 18-country energy organisation made up of the world’s leading natural gas […]

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LNG binding producers-consumers together in abruptly changing energy landscape

It is estimated that 90% of emissions along the LNG supply chain can be mitigated with current technologies

The unique flexibility of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to deliver natural gas to all corners of the world is saving the day for both producers and consumers in the face of shortages of other energy sources, Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) said at the 10th edition of the LNG Producer-Consumer Conference. […]

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Gas to drive realistic energy transition

HE Yury Sentyurin, Secretary General of the GECF, comments on the role of gas in the energy transition

With such significant events as the G20 Environment, Climate and Energy Ministerial Meeting, the first ever UN High-level Dialogue on Energy and the two-years-long awaited UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, United Kingdom next month, 2021 has been dubbed as a year that will ‘make it or break it’ on climate action. Coming on the back of […]