European Commission Starts Investigation on Qatari LNG’s Legality

摘要

The European Commission announced Thursday on 21st local time that it has opened an investigation on LNGsupplied by Qatar Petroleum (QP) to assess whether the LNG breaches EU antitrust rules.The commission, which considers the Qatari state-run company’s binding LNG SPA contracts with Europeancompanies have inhibited free natural gas trade in the European area, intends to carry out the investigation as a toppriority.