Engineer Tariq Al -Mulla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, stressed the important role played by the eastern Mediterranean region in securing an important aspect of the growing global energy needs and the importance of expediting the development and development of gas fields and discoveries in the region and providing all forms of support necessary for that, especially since there is an organizational framework that works on this in cooperation And coordination between member states, which is the Organization of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum.
Al -Mulla pointed out during the talks with US Energy Minister Jennifer Granoum on the sidelines of the climate summit in Sharm El -Sheikh, the importance of what was announced of the initiatives and the agreements -related agreements and new and renewable energies and the adoption of balance in achieving the energy transformation for a transition period so that the new and renewed energies can fulfill With all the needs of peoples from energy.
The two ministers reviewed the position of development and increasing gas production in the eastern Mediterranean region and the progress of the eastern Mediterranean gas forum and its importance in adopting fair rights for all in the region to benefit from the natural resources in it, as well as a number of topics of joint cooperation in the oil and gas industry that have become part of the solution, and global challenges were discussed.
The current and the need for solidarity and cooperation and the holding of global and regional gatherings whose efforts are integrated to achieve the general interest of the planet from preserving the environment and meeting the needs of development and absorbing the increasing demand in light of the population increase.
Granholem congratulated Egypt on the successful organization of the conference and its good selection of the wonderful city of Sharm El -Sheikh to host the activities of the summit and that it is something that calls for pride, and it valued the role that Egypt plays in the Middle East and Africa region and its adoption for fair and balanced calls in various issues and concrete progress that it achieved in the natural gas industry and the possibilities that It has to increase gas production and then increase the surplus of export, as it proposed the possibility that the Eastern Mediterranean gas forum adopt the inclusion of hydrogen production under its umbrella, and it is confident of the forum’s ability to succeed in this, and Jennifer drew attention to the fruitful cooperation between the two ministries and the opportunities for increasing it, especially in the field of liquefied gas And that America is implementing new projects to build floating gas tanks and have supply contracts until 2026.
Al -Mulla pointed out the possibility of holding workshops for a team from both sides and sending specialists from the oil sector in the liquefied gas industry to view and study the new technologies of the US Department of Energy regarding floating tanks for liquefied gas, as well as the position of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources projects to reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency.
The meeting was attended by the two ministers, Dr.
Andrew Light, Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, and Brad Krabri, Assistant Minister at the Office of fossil energy and carbon..
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