The Future of Liquified Natural Gas in a Decarbonising World

This book analyses the role of liquified natural gas in a decarbonising world, and presents the most significant energy transition options and implications for the liquified natural gas industry.

Auteur

Omran Al-Kuwari is an international executive with over twenty years of experience in various industries including clean energy, hydrocarbons, education and R&D, in both the private and public sector. After joining Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) supplier Qatargas in 1999, Omran led several key large-scale projects for its different global joint ventures, other Qatar Petroleum affiliates in Doha, Japan and the United Kingdom. He specifically held managerial and leadership roles in marketing, negotiations and operational management for key Japanese, European and North American stakeholders. From 2006 to 2009, he was the founding General Manager and Director of South Hook Gas Company in London, Qatar Petroleum's first international LNG trading venture and the UK's largest LNG importer (supplying more than 15% of the UK gas demand). Omran also led a series of critical projects including lead pricing negotiator in LNG contracts with major Asian customers during that period. Omran was also the co-founder of GreenGulf Inc and served as its CEO from 2009 to 2014, the first privately owned Clean Technology and Renewable Energy company in the Gulf region. Omran joined the Qatar Foundation (QF) in September 2015 as the Executive Director of the CEO Office and Vice Chairperson Office, and as a senior member of the executive team, he actively managed daily operations and strategic matters at the foundation as well as relationships with key partners including major universities in Education City such as Georgetown University, Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon University, all members of Education City. Since late 2018, he is CEO of Qatar Foundation International, where he manages QF's international activities including the development of key initiatives based primarily in the US, UK, Germany. At COP26 in Nov 2021, Qatar Foundation announced a groundbreaking climate-tech venture-building and investment project that will combine accelerator activities, partly in collaboration with Rolls-Royce, and venture capital funding, in a new global hub (UK and Qatar). In 2011, he was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and "Middle East CleanTech CEO of the Year'' in 2012's New Economy. He is also a frequent speaker and lecturer on entrepreneurship, energy economics and renewable energy including with TED, the World Bank, Harvard University, University College London and Georgetown University. He has also been featured as an energy expert in TV5, Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg TV and Project Syndicate over the years.