{"id":251318,"date":"2023-04-05T11:19:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251318"},"modified":"2023-04-05T11:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:19:11","slug":"cop28-boss-is-presiding-over-a-massive-gas-production-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251318","title":{"rendered":"COP28 Boss is Presiding Over a Massive Gas Production Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Source\u00a0BBC<\/a>, Fair Use, Low Resolution Image to Identify the Subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perhaps COP28 boss and national oil chief Sultan Al Jaber<\/a> sees the climate conference as a marketing opportunity for his nation\u2019s fossil fuel products?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Revealed: UAE plans huge oil and gas expansion as it hosts UN climate summit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damian Carrington<\/a> Environment editor @dpcarrington<\/a>Tue 4 Apr 2023 19.00 AEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exclusive: UAE\u2019s fossil fuel boss will be the president of Cop28, making a mockery of the summit, say campaigners<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Arab Emirates<\/a>, which is hosting this year\u2019s UN climate summit, has the third biggest net zero-busting plans for oil and gas expansion in the world, the Guardian can reveal. Its plans are surpassed only by Saudi Arabia and Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CEO of the UAE\u2019s national oil company, Adnoc, has been controversially appointed president of the UN\u2019s Cop28 summit in December, which is seen as crucial with time running out<\/a> to end the climate crisis. But Sultan Al Jaber is overseeing expansion to produce oil and gas equivalent to 7.5bn barrels of oil, according to new data, 90% of which would have to remain in the ground to meet the net zero scenario set out by the International Energy Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adnoc is the world\u2019s 11th biggest oil and gas producer and delivered more than a billion barrels of oil equivalent (BBOE) in 2021. However, the company has big short-term expansion plans, the new analysis shows, with plans to add 7.6 BBOE to its production portfolio in the coming years \u2013 the fifth largest increase in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/apr\/04\/revealed-uae-plans-huge-oil-and-gas-expansion-as-it-hosts-un-climate-summit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Could the upcoming COP28 conference possibly get any funnier? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will delegates be handed a petroleum product price list and a phone number on arrival, so they can place their orders before joining the party?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it will be a spectacular party. The UAE might be a union of strict Islamic emirates, but the emirates also respect and abide by Islamic traditions of hospitality. Alcohol is only forbidden for Muslims, except in really strict emirates like\u00a0Sharjah<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If their COP28 guests want alcohol and a bit of fun, the Abu Dhabi and Dubai emirates at least will do their best to accommodate them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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