GECF extraordinary meeting convenes in Tehran

The extraordinary ministerial meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) was held in Tehran on November 21.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh chaired the meeting, Shana news agency reported.

Meanwhile, the 17th ordinary ministerial meeting of the member states will be chaired by the Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu.

Currently, the member countries of the forum are Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. Iraq, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman and Peru have the status of observer members. 

Together, the GECF’s 12 member countries account for 67% of the world’s gas reserves, for 64% of global LNG exports and for 42% of cross-border pipeline trade.