VOL. XLIV

No. 12

19-March-2001

Importing Gas From Qatar A GCC Perspective

by Nader Sultan

The following is the text of a speech given by Nader Sultan, Deputy Chairman and CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) at the 4th Doha Conference on Natural Gas, 12-14 March.

I believe the subject of gas is a very important one. Recently, the Chief Executive of Gas and Power at BP, Mr. Richard Flury stated: Coal was the fuel of the 19th century and fired the industrial revolution. Crude oil fuelled the...