LNG

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., the Chinese major known as Sinopec, has agreed to take a stake in the North Field East (NFE) liquefied natural gas project in Qatar, one of two huge expansion joint ventures now under way in the Arabian Gulf state.

Qatar Petroleum and German utility Uniper are in firm talks on the supply of LNG by Qatargas to the proposed import terminal at the North Sea port of Wilhemshaven in the state of Lower Saxony.