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Events / Activities | 2007 Events / Activities | 2006 Events / Activities The Executive Committee of the International Gas Union (IGU) at its meeting held in Montreux, Switzerland recently was briefed by the International Energy Agency (IEA), that global energy demand will grow by more than half over the next 25 years with China and India leading the consumers’ list. Total investment in new energy projects by 2030 will be USD 3.9 trillion i.e. about USD 150 billion per year. Noted was for every 4 to 5 days, at least one giga watt of energy is added on in China. Also by 2030, total global LNG requirement is conservatively set to go beyond 500 bcm per year to equal pipeline gas. On the contrary, the Meeting was told of the unstable energy management system world-wide that could cause 2.7 billion deaths due to air-pollution by 2030. And as global warming phenomenon is unequivocally caused by increase of CO2, the anthropogenic effects will cause temperature to increase between 2 to 6 celsius while the sea level will rise to about 60 centimeters. The delegation from the Malaysian Gas Association (MGA) was led by its President, YBhg Datuk Abdul Rahim Hj Hashim, VP Research and Technology, who is also the vice-president of the IGU. Also attending were En Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin, VP Gas, in his capacity both as a Member of the IGU Executive Committee as well as the National Organising Committee Chairman for the 25th World Gas Conference, Kuala Lumpur (2012); En Ho Sook Wah, vice-chairman of the Coordination Committee of the IGU; Dr Farid Mohd Amin, the chairman of IGU’s Programme Committee on Developing Gas Markets; and Dr Hamzah Abdul Hamid, Member of the IGU’s International Gas Research Committee. The IGU Executive Committee members were entertained to a technical tour of the famous Swiss Alps to the highest altitude of 2,400 meters, which has freezing temperature, to visit one of Transitgas’ operation terminals. The Transitgas transport system consists of a 292 kilometer high-pressure natural gas pipeline of 48 inches and 36 inches in diameter which also passes through 14 tunnels, built ranging from 95 meters to 760 meters long and 9 meters to 12 meters wide, with gradient between 41% to 85%. The Swiss pipeline transports natural gas from France, Holland, Germany, Norway and Russia into Switzerland and then to also distribute the gas to Italy in its south. |
