According to the Saudi media reports, the IEA predicts the Middle East will be natural gas consumption from 2011 cubic meters of increased to 2017 years of 468 billion cubic meters. According to Qatar national bank research machine
According to the Saudi media reports, the IEA predicts the Middle East will be natural gas consumption from 2011 cubic meters of increased to 2017 years of 468 billion cubic meters.

According to Qatar national bank research institute report, the Middle East has 42 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves for mining. In the GCC state tried, Qatar reserves is the largest, for 25 trillion cubic meters, next only to Russia and Iran. Saudi Arabia for 7.5 trillion cubic meters, the united Arab emirates 7 trillion, Kuwait 3 trillion.

According to the international of liquefied natural gas (LNG) import group data, although the world economic malaise, but last year of LNG trade volume still grew 10%. If the Middle East countries full development of natural gas, will be able to greatly reduce its economy to rely on oil exports.