1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov August 2, 2018Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF): Cartel Lite?Background on the GECF From 2013 and 2017, global natural gas production and consumption grew about 9%. However, as part of the overall fuel mix, which rose 5%, the contribution of natural gas has decline
2、d 1 percentage point to 23% during the same time period, because renewable energy grew more. The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) was founded in 2001 for the purpose of maximizing the value of natural gas; developing short-, medium-, and long-term analysis and forecasting; facilitating cooperati
3、on on issues of common interest among members; promoting natural gas as a fuel; and positioning the GECF as an internationally recognized organization. Members of the GECFAlgeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, and V
4、enezuela (seven GECF members, italicized above, are also members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC)hold about 62% of the worlds natural gas reserves, control about 38% of production, and supply 43% of exports. (See Table 1 for a country breakdown of exports.) Russia is ov
