2-5-1 サウジアラビア産天然ガスの国内動向・発電・OPEC

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While facing increasing domestic gas needs at some industries like electricity sector, Saudi Arabia with world’s leading gas reserves has produced natural gas equivalent to its gas consumption, which means no imports of the hydrocarbon. This country has been different from the other GCC countries like Kuwait, UAE and Oman in the Persian Gulf, which have imported natural gas. This kingdom has kept self-sufficiency in natural gas market while playing roles as leaders of OPEC. How have they given influences on the country? This research aims to analyze backgrounds of past trends of natural gas in Saudi Arabia with relation to trends of power generation and its roles within OPEC, based on facts that many of gas reserves of the kingdom had been associated gas.