HE al-Sada speaking at the opening of the Fourth Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Producer-Consumer Conference, which was held in Japan.

QNA/Doha

HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada participated in the opening of the Fourth Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Producer-Consumer Conference, which was held in Japan and attended by a number of senior officials from governments and LNG producing and consuming companies in the world.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Energy and Industry said that HE the Minister of Energy and Industry met on the sidelines of the conference with a number of officials in the Japanese government institutions as well as in companies operating in the field of energy in Japan.
HE al-Sada also met with officials from Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp and from several companies including Marubeni Corp, Chubu Corp, Itochu Corp, Kogas and Mitsubishi, as well as from international players in this sector.
In a speech at the opening of the conference that focused on the importance of natural gas for producing and consuming countries, HE al-Sada said that the volatile situation in global energy markets along with low oil and gas prices currently prevailing in the market do not encourage producers to invest in the development of resources that the world needs in the future, a matter which augurs future crises in supply and demand.
He added that the State of Qatar harnessed huge investments to provide clean energy for consumers in all parts of the world, contributed to reducing harmful emissions to the environment and developed environmental projects to reduce emissions such as those from gas recovery project which was opened in April with a cost of more than a billion dollars.
HE al-Sada touched on the bilateral relations between Qatar and Japan in the field of energy supply and LNG in particular, stressing that despite the volatility in global energy markets, the State of Qatar will remain a stable and reliable supplier of energy to Japan that can be relied upon in all circumstances.
He expressed Qatar’s readiness to contribute to activate and intensify constructive dialogue between producers and consumers of energy and work with them in order to stabilise global energy markets for the benefit of all.