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Natural gas has the potential to expand significantly over the coming decades among G20 nations and also propel South East Asia’s growth trajectory, said Eng Mohamed Hamel, Secretary General, Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

Natural gas has a crucial role in satisfying growing energy needs, whilst contributing to air quality improvement and climate change mitigation; its share in the global energy mix is expected to increase from 23% to 27% by 2050, Eng Hamel said in his keynote at a G20 Webinar Event on ‘Escalating the Role of Gas in Energy Transition’.

“The growing global needs for natural gas can only be met if investments are made in a timely manner. 

To this end, the GECF calls for policy support, stability and predictability,” he asserted.

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