The Development Of Qatar’s Gas Industry Since1970s

Natural gas is a kind of new green energy, and its percentage in energy consumption structure isgrowing day by day. Natural gas plays an increasingly important role in countries all over the world, andnatural gas industry has entered a rapid development stage. Natural gas energy has become the mostsensitive nerve in affecting the world political and economic development, and it has become the mostimportant power in deciding the political and economical pattern of the world. The one, who masters theadvanced technology of energy, takes the initiative in gaining victory. With the development ofglobalization and integration of economy, the internationalization of the energy demand appears. Afterentering the21st century, with the liquefied natural gas carriers around the world, its industry is trulybecoming a global industry and natural gas has become a worldwide commodity. In the long run, a trulyglobal gas market will eventually form, due to the rapid development of liquefied natural gas (LNG).This article expounds the storage conditions and the development history of natural gas in Qatar andthe word. Qatar is a leader in the field of natural gas, who is one of the most abundant natural gas reservesin the world, and the production of liquefied natural gas in Qatar ranks first in the world. This thesisanalyzes the development of gas industry and the government’s policy and strategy of gas energy of Qatar.In addition to the advantages of rich natural gas resources and the technical ability, Qatar also leads itspeer in innovating business models of the industry. With the development of the natural gas energy, theinternational situation changes, Qatar began to abandon the traditional pattern of long-term contracts so asto give more flexibility to buyers and sellers. In addition Qatar efficient decision-making also won therecognition of trading partners.The development of Qatar’s gas industry provides a perspective for the international energygeopolitics and the change of the international natural gas energy security, which make us see theprofound influence of rapid development of natural gas energy revolution to the world pattern. If countriesaround the world want to ensure its energy security, it is necessary for them to keep up with the change ofthe world pattern and to adapt to the world reshaping by energy.