LNG

Anti-trust investigations by the European Commission into LNG agreements between Qatar and European energy companies has led Qatar Petroleum to say it gave the “highest importance” to compliance around the world and would cooperate with Brussels.

The European Commission, the executive arm of the 28-nation European Union, has opened an anti-trust investigation into liquefied natural gas agreements between Qatar Petroleum and European energy companies and utilities, at the likely instigation of Germany whose natural gas mostly comes from Russia by pipeline.