Qatar set to be energy superpower

Qatar is set to become an energy superpower second only to Saudi Arabia in the Gulf, but it says future growth must go hand-in-hand with measures to protect the vast North gas field, the mainstay of its burgeoning economy.
A string of mega-projects to produce clean, liquid fuels from Qatar’s gas reserves – the world’ third largest – and increased crude oil output will put the Gulf state in the big league of energy exporters by the end of the decade.
Qatar’s Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry HE Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah told the Reuters Global Energy Summit yesterday that the country’s combined liquid gas and oil output was on track to be over 6mn bpd by 2010.

Gulf Times