Shell Highlights Kuwait's Natural Gas Potential

In his keynote speech, Mr. Brinded noted that the Middle East and North Africa region faces a gas puzzle that needs to be solved. The region has over 40 per cent of the world’s proven gas reserves, with scope for new discoveries, and is set to play a pivotal role in the global LNG market. At the same time, domestic demand is growing, fuelled by economic growth, low gas prices and a gradual switch from oil to gas for power generation. 

As a result, some Middle East countries face natural gas shortages.” During the conference, Mr. Brinded offered ideas to boost the region’s ability to exploit its domestic gas potential, by encouraging the use of technologies to unlock the large volumes of difficult-to-access gas, investing in regional LNG infrastructure and adopting new pricing policies that help promote energy efficiency and conservation.

Kuwait Shell Chairman Mr. Ahmed Mouti commented: “Natural gas will remain the cleanest fossil fuel and has many other advantages over competing sources of electricity. Kuwait is growing steadily and needs non-associated gas resources to meet its increasing energy requirements. Kuwait is keen to secure these requirements responsibly, by increasing local non-associated gas production or importing natural gas in the form of LNG.”