International Energy Forum (IEF)
The IEF aims to foster greater mutual understanding and awareness of common energy interests among its 70 member countries.
Covering all six continents and accounting for around 90% of global supply and demand for oil and gas, the IEF is unique in that it comprises not only consuming and producing countries of the IEA and OPEC, but also Transit States and major players outside of their memberships, including Argentina, China, India, Mexico, Oman, Russia and South Africa. Sitting alongside other important developed and developing economies on the 31 strong IEF Executive Board, these key nations are active supporters of the global energy dialogue through the IEF.
Recognising their interdependence in the field of energy, the member countries of the IEF co-operate under the neutral framework of the Forum to foster greater mutual understanding and awareness of common energy interests in order to ensure global energy security. The Forum’s biennial Ministerial Meetings are widely considered to be the world’s largest gathering of Energy Ministers. The magnitude and diversity of this engagement is a testament to the position of the IEF as a neutral facilitator and honest broker of solutions in the common interest. The IEF and the global energy dialogue are promoted by a permanent Secretariat of international staff based in the Diplomatic Quarter of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
International Energy Forum (IEF)
Diplomatic Quarter, P.O. Box 94736, Riyadh 11614, Saudi Arabia
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