With the participation of Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sufian Allaw in the Qatari capital Doha began meetings of the Ninth Arab Energy Conference .

Allaw said in his speech during the opening conference that Syria underlines the need to pay-Arab cooperation in the energy field, pointing out that Syria has contributed to this area to achieve a number of important Arab projects as Eight electricity linkage project of the Arab gas line through it, which is to transport gas from Egypt to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

 
Allaw added that currently is underway to part of the line that connects between the gas network to Syrian, Turkish, will contribute in linking the Arab Gas Pipeline, the Turkish gas network and gas network the European becomes available to transport gas to Europe through the Turkish gas network, as well as the transfer of gas from the neighboring countries of Turkey and especially Iran and Azerbaijan and the countries bordering the Caspian Sea to the Arab countries.

 
Allaw expressed Syria ‘s aspiration to complete the gas network of Arab connecting gas pipelines from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other countries of this line of central and said that Syria produces natural gas is reached over a billion cubic feet per day is expected to reach a billion and a quarter of a day during the year next.

 
Allaw added that renewable energy and improve the efficiency of energy is from the headlines for Syria where he was to start in the field of investment of solar energy through water heating and circulate it to all the houses and create technical solutions to achieve this in new suburbs have also been initiated for factory farms to benefit from solar energy the State and the private sector.

 
He pointed to the advantages of improving energy efficiency where there is continuing studies to amend the tariff of energy to play a key role to guide consumers in how to Syria to follow policies and ways of rationalization and use of alternative sources with high efficiency.

 
Allaw said that Syria will launch next September during a training center for the global gas industry in cooperation with a specialized company and place it at the disposal of the Arab countries to take advantage of it.

 
the Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Noted of the importance of such a conference, saying that conference is the most important one held for more than 30 years in the field of energy, which allows to meet the experts, officials and cabinet ministers of former and this advantage, do an exchange of views, ideas and experiences is in the interest of joint Arab cooperation and ambitions It is hoped that Arab countries are in the area of economic cooperation and the energy sector in particular.

 
Abdullah bin Hamad Attiyah, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry, the country President of the Conference stressed in his opening remarks that the Arab countries to play a significant role in meeting global energy demand pointing out that this role will grow in importance over the coming years in view of the content our huge reserves proven oil and gas natural and hard work to develop these sources in addition to its acquisition of the sources of new and renewable energy, the most important solar energy.

 
Attiyah pointed to the role of the State of Qatar to supply world markets with crude oil and petroleum products, especially natural gas through pipelines or form of liquefied He pointed out that Qatar is the largest producer and exporter of LNG in the world with production of about 77 million tonnes at the end of this year, exported to all over the world .

 
Attiyah said that the conference will address topics of interest to the countries producing and exporting oil, gas and panel discussions which will address recent developments in international oil markets and their repercussions on Arab countries and sources of energy in these countries, consumption and the possibilities of rationalization.

 
He added that the conference will also address the topics of investment, prospects and risks in the petroleum projects as well as Arab and the relation of energy to the environment and sustainable development and may afford the modern technology of oil and gas industry as well as Arab Search the prospects for Arab cooperation in the field of energy.

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