Amir inaugurates LNG2026

Doha, Qatar: Under the patronage, and in the presence, of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the 21st International Conference and Exhibition o...

Doha, Qatar: Under the patronage, and in the presence, of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the 21st International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG2026) was inaugurated yesterday at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha.

LNG2026, the world’s premier LNG event, which will continue until February 5, provides Qatar with an important platform to showcase its achievements and forward-looking vision for the pivotal role of LNG in supporting the global economy.

Delivering the opening speech, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of QatarEnergy, H E Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi highlighted the expansion projects. “Qatar energy will become in the near future the biggest exporter of LNG, chemical products, and helium gas,” he said.

Minister Al-Kaabi highlighted QatarEnergy’s main achievements as part of its strategic expansion programme in the petrochemicals sector, which will increase its polymer production capacity, both within Qatar and internationally, by about 235 percent compared to current levels, thus enhancing its ability to provide high-value products. This is in addition to increasing Qatar’s production of condensates and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by about 60 percent and helium by 115 percent.

QatarEnergy is working to support global food security by establishing a new world-class urea fertilizer production complex, which will increase its current production capacity by more than 110 percent, becoming the world’s largest urea exporter. With this, QatarEnergy will become, within the next few years, the world’s largest exporter of LNG, chemical fertilizers, and helium, he added.