Qatar was the first country to join the World Bank s Global Gas Flaring Reduction project, aimed at reducing CO2 emissions by exercising tight control on gas flaring, which is a major contributor to the country s emissions.
The World Bank Global Gas Flaring Reduction Initiative (GGFR) highlights that in 2006 oil and gas installations flared and vented 150 billion cubic metres of natural gas.
Byline: Mamta03 The World Bank, in collaboration with the French Agency for Development, the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Initiative and the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, is organizing the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Carbon Forum, scheduled to convene from 6-7 May 2009, in Cairo, Egypt.
Byline: manish03 The Middle East and North Africa region burns some 45 billion cubic meters of gas annually, making it the second largest flaring region in the world The World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction partnership (GGFR) today officially welcomed Qatar as the first of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to join the global effort to reduce the flaring of gas associated to oil production.
Byline: Mamta03 In an effort to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of natural gas worldwide, the World Bank-led Global Gas Flaring Reduction partnership (GGFR) and major international partners are convening for a forum in Amsterdam to jointly look for the most effective ways of unlocking the value of wasted gas associated with oil production.
The joint statement stressed the urgent need to promote Africa electrification and agreed to launch as soon as possible the process for the elaboration of an Electricity Master-Plan for Africa; they also agreed to further define the Capacity Building Programme in support to the African Power Pools and AFUR 1 which will be financed under the Energy Facility 2 ; They also agreed in increasing transparency, promote energy interconnections in Africa and between Africa and the EU; elaborate a Road Map for the launching and implementation of a Renewable Energy Cooperation programme; support the elaboration of Country Implementation Plans and participation in the Global Gas Flaring Reduction partnership 3 by oil and gas producing countries.
