Hemmed in by weak demand and scarce storage, the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas may soon face a stark choice: curb output or ignite a battle for market share that has the potential — just as in the oil market — to turn gas prices negative. Qatar began …
Read More »Market Uncertainty Helps Qatar to Secure Top Spot in Global LNG Market
Despite – or perhaps because of – the global overhang in liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies, a weak demand profile, and ongoing uncertainty in the hydrocarbons market overall, Qatar believes that the long experience and supportive infrastructure that it has accrued in the sector since first becoming an LNG exporter …
Read More »South Pars Phase 14 Refinery Online by June 2021
Operator of the South Pars Phase 14 development project said plans were devised to bring the project’s onshore refinery to full production tilt by June 2021.
Read More »Qatar Maintains Position as World’s Largest LNG Exporter in 2019
Qatar managed to maintain its position as the largest liquefied natural gas exporter in the world (at 77.8mn tonnes) in 2019, International Gas Union (IGU) said in its “2020 World LNG Report”. Global LNG trade increased further in 2019, reaching 354.73mn tonnes, an increase of 40.93mn tonnes since the end …
Read More »Qatar Searches for Investment Opportunities in Tech, Health
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund will remain “very active” through the coronavirus pandemic as the oil-rich Gulf investor searches for deals in the health and technology industries, the country’s finance minister told the Financial Times newspaper. Ali Shareef Al Emadi said the $320bn Qatar Investment Authority’s (QIA’s) “main focus” would be …
Read More »China State Shipbuilding Bags $2.8 Billion Contract to Build Ships for Qatar Petroleum
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has just signed a major deal worth an estimated 20 billion yuan or around $2.8 billion with a Middle Eastern oil producer. The world’s largest shipbuilding conglomerate announced on Wednesday that it has inked the agreement with Qatar’s national oil company. The major deal is …
Read More »Qatar’s $20.6bn Stimulus to Absorb Current Shocks
Qatar’s economic policy is built on a robust system, and a stimulus scheme of $20.6bn (QR75bn) over the coming three years is expected to “absorb the shock of what is happening worldwide,” said HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, former Minister of Energy and Industry. He was speaking at an …
Read More »Qatar Petroleum Starts Drilling in North Field East
Qatar Petroleum has announced the start of the development drilling campaign for the North Field East Project, or NFE (previously known as the North Field Expansion Project). The first of 80 NFE development wells was spudded by the jack-up rig “GulfDrill Lovanda”, which is managed and operated by GulfDrill, a …
Read More »Iran, Qatar Agree on Energy, Investment Cooperation
Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and Qatar’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari agreed on cooperation in energy and investment spheres between the two countries during a video conference. As the next meeting of Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Committee, which was scheduled to be held in Iran’s …
Read More »Iran, Qatar Agree to Boost Energy Cooperation
Iran and Qatar have agreed to increase mutual energy cooperation despite a current pandemic that has severely affected economies in the Middle East region.
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