Preliminary Agreement Signed for the Supply of 1.5 Million Tons/Year of LNG and 1 Million Tons/Year of LPG to Pakistan

摘要

On his return from a visit to Doha, the Pakistani Minister of Federal Investments, Mr. Waqar Ahmad Khan, announced that Qatar would start supplying Pakistan with 1.5 million tons/year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and 1 million tons/year of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in November. Quoted by the Pakistani Press Agency (PPA), Mr. Ahmad Khan added that decisions on the logistics for transporting the products would be finalized within a month [Editor's note: which is to say in August]. A technical working party has been set up to discuss the terms of a possible agreement. It consists of representatives of Qatar Petroleum (QP), Qatargas Operating Company Ltd., Royal Dutch Shell and Tasweeq. Pakistan was initially seeking to import 3.2 million tons/year of Qatari LNG in order to bridge a growing gas supply shortfall, which is expected to rise to 500 million cu ft/day in 2010 and 2.1 billion cu ft/day in 2015, according to Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC).