Project Dolphin (page 3 of 3)

This project includes the development of a coral conservation strategy to ensure the vital role corals play in sustaining bio-diversity is ensured for the benefit of future generations and meeting the Dolphin vision of sustainable and environmentally responsible development of energy resources.

What value do you place on being a corporate member of the WWF-UAE?
The World Wide Fund for Nature has generated immense respect internationally from industry and the general public -- because of its demonstrated commitment to wildlife and environmental protection, in a world where these are increasingly under threat.

Our membership and sponsorship of the UAE branch is a clear demonstration of our own commitment to your ideals -- as a company and as a team of professional people engaged in environmentally responsible industrial development.

Do you have a view of sustainable energy options in general and in particular for the UAE and other Gulf countries?
The concept of "sustainable energy" is vital today, when many natural resources - such as crude oil - will continue to decline throughout the century.

We can therefore expect the world energy industry to make extensive efforts to move away from oil - with its continuing pollution side-effects - and switch where possible to gas. Whether as LPG, LNG or compressed natural gas (as supplied by Dolphin Energy) gas is cleaner-burning that any oil product and leaves little or no residue.

There are very substantial quantities of natural gas available in Qatar and the Gulf, as well as in Egypt, Russia and other countries. A commitment to sustainable energy in the gas industry worldwide therefore offers real returns, if that commitment is expressed at all levels: production, processing and transportation.

Improved efficiencies, reduced emissions and careful conservation - as being shown, for example, in modern power and desalination plants such as that of UWEC in Fujairah - will play a vital role in sustainable energy policies in the years ahead.

It obviously makes sense for those of us in the energy industry to do all we can to extend the life of our oil and gas fields - every indication that I have seen in discussion with ministers and senior colleagues in the GCC shows their complete awareness of this need, and their collective commitment to sustainable energy.