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Major LNG buyers in Asia are seeking lower prices for Qatar’s new long-term supply than the Gulf exporter is offering, complicating negotiations over offtake volumes from the massive Qatari expansion projects, sources familiar with the talks have told Bloomberg. Qatar has a huge expansion program underway to boost its export …

With Iraq’s hydrocarbons making waves and LNG and KRG oil hitting the headlines, the potential for a bright future in the energy sector is becoming increasingly evident. Iraq’s hydrocarbon future looks promising if Prime Minister Al Sudani’s government can implement a more functional and feasible investment strategy in the coming …

Pakistan will renegotiate its long-term LNG supply deal with Qatar as it looks to lower its costs for the growing energy demand going forward, Pakistani Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik said on Friday. “The Qatar agreement is costly, and we will negotiate better terms next year,” Pakistani newspaper The News quoted …

Syria will receive two electricity-generating ships from Turkey and Qatar to boost energy supplies hit by damage to infrastructure during President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, state news agency SANA quoted an official as saying on Tuesday. Khaled Abu Dai, director general of the General Establishment for Electricity Transmission and Distribution, told …

Qatar-Turkey Natural Gas Pipeline has huge importance for regional stability and energy challenges, Anadolu Agency reports. Global energy expert Imraan Minty said the pipeline could theoretically align with Europe’s energy diversification goals. He however cautioned that it is crucial to avoid making the project overly reliant on European demand. Europe …

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) immediately became the world’s key emergency energy supply when Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Unlike oil or gas transported through pipelines, LNG does not require vast expense and years of building a complex infrastructure before it is ready to transport. On the contrary, it …

Qatar will be doubling its LNG production in a few years to almost 160mn tonnes per year (tpy) in a “responsible way” with carbon capture and sequestration, HE the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi said Saturrday. The country’s LNG production will go up from the …

As Iran visits Gulf states to scrounge up support in the face of what many believe is an impending strike by Israel, Reuters reports that Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar are lobbying Washington to thwart Israel. On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the media that the country was …

Qatar remains the top liquefied natural gas exporter in the Gas Exporting Countries Forum and figures among the top three LNG exporters globally in July, latest report by GECF has shown. According to the Doha-headquartered GECF, the US, Qatar and Australia were the top three LNG exporters globally last month. …

Qatar continues to drive the Middle East’s international LNG trade flow, Asia in particular, according to the International Gas Union. In its latest report, IGU noted that the LNG trade flow between the Middle East and Asia accounted for 43.29mn tonnes in 2023, driven by Qatar LNG supplies to China, …