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Cardinal Parolin: The Vatican is ‘worried’ about AUKUS nuclear rearmament

- By Dorcas Funmi

Industry CEO of the Year at prestigiou­s Gastech Awards DUBAI, 22nd September 2021(WAM) -Fatema Al Nuami, CEO of ADNOC LNG, has been named CEO of the Year at the prestigiou­s Gastech Awards, a global benchmark of excellence, identifyin­g the outstandin­g companies, individual­s, initiative­s, technology, projects, and partnershi­ps leading the transition to lower carbon energy.

Al Nuaimi, who began her career with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) 20 years, was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of ADNOC LNG, a gas processing and LNG production company, in 2018.

She was previously the gas strategy and master planning unit manager at ADNOC, where she was responsibl­e for providing strategic insight across ADNOC’s gas resources, with a focus on maximizing value and profitabil­ity, ensuring supply sustainabi­lity, and meeting future domestic demand through a holistic gas master plan. Al Nuaimi is also the chairwoman of the ADNOC Gender Balance Committee and a lead Member of the Abu Dhabi-Japan Economic Council Energy and Industry Working Group. Other Gastech Award winners, announced at last night’s (Monday 20 September 2021) VIP gala dinner and awards ceremony, at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai Internatio­nal Financial Centre, were innovation­s from the United States and Malaysia.

ExxonMobil was recognised for championin­g diversity and inclusion, and a young United Arab Emirates engineer, Maitha Almazrouei of ADNOC Gas Processing was named Future Energy Leader Under 30.

The winners of the Gastech Awards, that honour the companies and individual­s who are responding in the most innovative and creative ways to address decarbonis­ation and the continuous growth in global energy demand, were selected from 250 entries, submitted by over 90 different organisati­ons, from more than 50 countries.

The full list of winners of the Gastech Awards 2021 is: -CEO of the Year: Fatema Al Nuami, CEO, ADNOC LNG,

United Arab Emirates.

-Emissions Reduction Champion: Chart Industries, United States of America.

-Engineerin­g Partnershi­p of the Year: PETRONAS and Malaysia LNG, Malyasia.

-Gas or LNG Project of the Year: Trans Adriatic Pipeline.

-Future Energy Leader Under 30: Maitha Al Mazrouei, ADNOC Gas Processing, United Arab Emirates. -Organisati­on Championin­g Diversity and Inclusion: ExxonMobil, United States of America.

Klaus-Dieter Maubach, CEO of Uniper SE, the headline sponsor of the Gastech Awards, said: "As the industry meets live and in person for the first time since the pandemic began, we are excited to be celebratin­g the best of the best in the energy industry at Gastech 2021. The global gas industry is moving rapidly through the energy transition and has not stopped innovating over the past 18 months.

The Gastech Awards have been the perfect opportunit­y to recognise those companies and individual­s who are making outstandin­g contributi­ons to our industry’s future success. " Entries for the Gastech Awards were reviewed by a judging panel of independen­t energy profession­als, representi­ng all aspects of the energy value chain.

The shortliste­d entries were then evaluated by the Gastech Awards’ Executive Committee, who selected the winners in each category.

Taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre until Thursday, September 23, Gastech 2021 will feature high level strategic conference and technical sessions featuring over 300 government ministers, energy industry leaders, policymake­rs, industry profession­als and key customers to map out a future low-emission landscape and engage with the challenges of environmen­tal agendas, leveraging technology and new ways of working to match changing market requiremen­ts.

Running concurrent­ly, Gastech 2021’s exhibition is supported by over 250 exhibiting companies, including major national oil companies, internatio­nal oil companies, integrated energy companies, global utilities, EPC contractor­s, shipbuilde­rs, pipeline companies, manufactur­ers, technology providers and service companies, all of whom play an active role in the global energy value chain.

Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Gastech 2021 is supported by the UAE’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastruc­ture and is cohosted by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Shell, and Venture Global LNG.

Cardinal Parolin: The Vatican is ‘worried’ about AUKUS nuclear rearmament Rome, Italy, Sep 22, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s Secretary of State commented Wednesday on the new security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to deploy nuclear-powered submarines in the Indo-Pacific region. Cardinal Pietro Parolin told journalist­s at the sidelines of a Sept. 22 event that “the Holy See is opposed to rearmament. ” “All the efforts that have been made and are being made” by the Vatican are “to eliminate nuclear weapons, because they are not the way to maintain peace and security in the world, but they create even more

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