What’s in store? Industry leaders gather to discuss energy scenarios in 2023 and beyond

What’s in store? Industry leaders gather to discuss energy scenarios in 2023 and beyond

Doha: Top decision makers and internationally renowned experts came together to share their unique insights and perspectives on ‘energy scenarios’ in 2023 and beyond at the latest Al-Attiyah Foundation CEO Roundtable.

The high-profile event, titled ‘Anticipated Energy Scenarios in a Net-zero World’, was held on the 8th of February in Doha and moderated by the acclaimed broadcaster, Axel Threlfall. The discussion featured guest speakers: Mr Alan Gelder, VP Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets at Wood Mackenzie, Dr Li-Chen Sim, Assistant Professor, Khalifa University Abu Dhabi, Mr Geoff Sinclair, the Managing Director and majority shareholder of Camco and Dr James Henderson, Director, Natural Gas Programme, at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

Among other issues, the guests debated the affects recent climate change action in the European Union and United States will have on the energy mix and the global pursuit to limit the rise in temperatures by 1.5C by mid-century.

In March 2022, the EU said it would end its reliance on Russian supplies of oil and gas, well before 2030. To do this, it drafted the REPowerEU, an ambitious 210 billion EUR plan to “speed-charge” the Green Deal, as European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said at the launch of the