MGA Presented Regional Perspective on Natural Gas as Future Fuel at the World Future Fuel Summit hosted by India

MGA Presented Regional Perspective on Natural Gas as Future Fuel at the World Future Fuel Summit hosted by India

  1. Rosman Hamzah, Secretary General of MGA, spoke at the virtual World Future Fuel Summit 2021 organised by the Energy And Environment Foundation (EE Foundation) of India, on 16 February 2021.  The Summit was supported by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India.Rosman was among seven key speakers in Plenary Session 5 on “Natural Gas Fueling the Future” moderated by Dr A.K Balyan, the former MD & CEO of Petronet LNG Limited. Other speakers in Session 5 includes  the following;
    • Dr James Watson, Secretary General of Eurogas, Belgium
    • Kimball Chen, Chairman of The Global LPG Partnership, USA
    • Patrick Dugas, Vice President LNG Trading, Total Gas & Power Ltd, Switzerland.
    • Dr. Anand Gupta, Additional Director General (Development), Directorate General of Hydrocarbon, India
    • Deepesh Nanda, CEO, GE Gas Power, South Asia, India
    • Anish De, National Head – Energy, Natural Resources & Chemicals, KPMG India

Rosman started the presentation with an introduction to MGA and its role as IGU’s Regional Coordinator for South & South East Asia.  He then presented the main highlights of the presentation; i.e., role of natural gas in energy transition, both globally and in Southeast Asia.

At the end of the presentation, Rosman comprehensively concluded the following key takeaways:

  1. COVID-19 pandemic impacted global demand for natural gas in 2020. But abundance of natural gas sources globally and extensive delivery network (both pipelines & LNG) will enable demand recovery in 2021.
  2. Case studies globally have proven that fuel switching to natural gas can clean city air; drastically reducing emission of SOx and particulate matter that are harmful to health and cause pollution.  An IGU reportreleased in 2020 presented how technology and innovation with natural gas can further reduced emission of CO2 by 30% by 2040.
  3. Regional collaboration can chart the direction for energy transition. Countries in Southeast Asia are collaborating through ASEAN to set the pathway for energy transition. With energy security, access and affordability high in its agenda, ASEAN is set to depend on fossil fuel, especially natural gas, in its energy transition going into 2040.
  4. Associations must play a proactive role in engaging policymakers to determine pathways for the energy transition, both nationally and regionally.