Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 50

14-Dec-2009

QATAR

Gas Exporters Forum Elects Secretary-General, Eyes Oil Price Parity

Members of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) meeting in Doha on 9 December elected Russias Leonid Bokhanovsky as the groups first ever Secretary-General. Mr Bokhanovsky, an Arabic speaker and executive at Russian oil firm Stroytransgaz, takes the helm of the nascent organization at a critical time for the gas market, with depressed prices hitting producer...