Rapid industrialisation, population growth, urbanisation, and increasing water desalination are the driving forces for power and water demand in the GCC.

The GCC governments are expected to continue to cope well with rising demand, and energy price reform will help temper demand rises.

The oil and gas sector will continue to remain an important and significant part of each of the GCC country’s agenda as it is central to the supply of energy in the coming decades. Among the GCC countries, KSA’s potential of further expanding oil and gas pipeline infrastructure is expected to be highest in 2019.