Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Qatar Liquid Natural Gas to India

It was reported today from Qatar by Hindu.com that Qatar has said it will consider offering a major chunk of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on a priority basis to India after its expanded capacity of 77 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) becomes operational by 2010.

It was reported today from Qatar by Hindu.com that India will be getting the second tranche of 2.5 MMT per year of LNG by 2009 from Qatar.
It was reported today from Qatar by Hindu.com that India has already got 5 MMT per year during 2004 taking the total supply to 7.5 MMT under the 25-year agreement signed with the state-owned oil company RasGas.

It was reported today from Qatar by Hindu.com that India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora, who returned from a two-day visit to Qatar, said here on Tuesday that the assurance was given by the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah during his two-day stay in Doha.

It was reported today from Qatar by Hindu.com that the Emir of Qatar also extended an invitation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Qatar to strengthen the bond of friendship and cooperation between the two nations.

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