Gas Exporting Countries Forum
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is an intergovernmental organization currently comprising 19 Member Countries of the world's leading natural gas producers: Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela are members and Angola, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Mozambique, Malaysia, Norway, Peru and the United Arab Emirates are observers. GECF members together control over 71% of the world's natural proven gas reserves, 44% of its marketed production, 53% of the pipeline, and 57% of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports across the globe. It is headquartered in Doha, Qatar.
Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) | |
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Members (blue) and observers (orange) of the Gas-Exporting Countries Forum. | |
| Headquarters | Doha, Qatar |
| Official language | English |
| Type | Trade forum |
| Members | 11 states
8 observers
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| Leaders | |
• Secretary General | Mohammad Hamel |
| Establishment | Tehran, Iran |
• Forum | May 20, 2001 |
• Statute | December 23, 2008 |
| Area | |
• Total | 26,965,287.87 km2 (10,411,355.85 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 599,861,442 |
• Density | 22.2/km2 (57.5/sq mi) |
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