The future of Middle East economies lies in natural gas, Majid Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum, told an audience of energy ministers and industry leaders gathered in Abu Dhabi for the World Energy Congress on Monday. Mr. Jafar, who leads the Middle East's first and largest private upstream company and serves as Board Managing Director of Dana Gas, made his comments in a special session entitled “The role of gas in the transition to a lower carbon economy in the MENA region” on day one of the four-day World Energy ...