Qatar to award LNG expansion contracts by end of 2018 and have Trains on stream by 2023
Qatar Petroleum said all the contracts for the expansion project at the Ras Laffan complex would be awarded by the end of 2018 while the new 100 million tonnes per annum production target would be met by the end of 2023.
Qatar Petroleum CEO Al-Kaabi outlines LNG strategy and status of major gas projects
Qatar Petroleum President and Chief Executive Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said he was looking ahead to a no-nonsense future for the combined companies of Qatargas and RasGas after the one-year completion of a corporate union.
Qatari LNG exports are now formally under Qatargas banner for annual savings of $550M
Qatari liquefied natural gas exports are now formally under the Qatargas banner of a single company as part of a merger between Qatargas and Rasgas announced by parent Qatar Petroleum at the end of 2016.
Qatar and Bangladesh sign 15-year LNG supply agreement for floating terminal in Bay of Bengal
Qatar has signed a 15-year liquefied natural gas supply agreement with Bangladesh to supply the Asian nation with 2.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG at its planned floating storage and regasification unit in the Bay of Bengal.
Indian minister Pradhan says Australian Gorgon LNG contract renegotiated for lower prices
Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said his country had renegotiated the pricing of liquefied natural gas volumes imported from the Gorgon project on Barrow Island in Western Australia.
Bangladesh's LNG demand to rise to 8 mtpa by early 2020s
PetroBangla signed its first LNG import deal (2.5 mtpa, 15 years) with Qatar's RasGas in July, but this deal “is a far cry from its LNG ambitions,” according to Wood Mackenzie.
Qatari producer RasGas delivers its 2,000th cargo to largest South Korean importer Kogas
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. (RasGas), the Qatari producer currently finalizing its merger with Qatargas, has successfully loaded and delivered its 2,000th cargo to Korea Gas Corp., one of the world’s largest importers.
RasGas oversees delivery of 500th cargo to Italian Adriatic terminal before merger completed
Qatari liquefied natural gas production company RasGas, which is in the process of being taken over by Qatargas, has recorded one of its last separate corporate events, the shipping of the 500th cargo to the Italian offshore terminal, Adriatic LNG.
RasGas advocates suitability of LNG to lead India’s push for clean and reliable energy
Qatari liquefied natural gas producer RasGas Co. has proposed that India concentrates on building up its LNG supplies and infrastructure as the leading edge of a clean energy policy.
LNG producer Qatar merges Qatargas and RasGas production companies under one banner
Qatar, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas producer, said it would merge its two production companies Qatargas and RasGas Co Ltd, and consolidate all activities under the Qatargas banner.
