Abu Dhabi's gulf intelligence energy forum

Energy demand will grow rapidly under the leadership of the emerging economies especially China and India. Addressing the Gulf Intelligence Energy Forum which opened in Abu Dhabi on Monday, HE Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah, the President of the Administrative Control And Transparency Authority in Qatar also recalled a forecast by the International Energy Agency that energy demand in Asia will almost double by 2035 while consumption in the OECD will remain almost constant. Non-OECD countries lead the growth in energy consumption, the forecast added. A global redesign of the world economy and particularly of the energy industry is at work, he noted, adding that more natural gas will be needed to meet expanding power generation and industrial activity.