Tagged With Qatar
21 October 2024
Companies operating offshore assets in the region are unlikely to halt development plans for now, even as hostilities intensify
7 March 2024
The Middle East’s powerful clutch of national oil companies are turning their attentions outwards, with new acquisitions taking them into previously uncharted territory
14 February 2024
Huge QatarEnergy deal lays down marker in India’s gas shift, but CEO stresses price still biggest driver as Petronet LNG looks at further buying opportunities
9 November 2023
Construction of the world’s largest-ever LNG export project is underway, but it has a long way to go to secure deals for 48mt/yr of new capacity
10 May 2023
The two heavyweight exporters are miles apart in their approach to the market, but the interplay between them will define the future of LNG pricing
2 March 2023
The second part of this deep-dive analysis looks at liquefaction and regasification developments in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific
30 November 2022
First expansion supply deals illustrate commitment to maintaining its grip of LNG volumes along the value chain
28 October 2022
The state-owned LNG heavyweight is adamant that it is a purely commercial enterprise, but the evidence is conflicting
22 June 2022
QatarEnergy has doled out another 12.5pc of NFE equity
15 June 2022
French firm’s Qatari LNG expansion stake is set to be the first in a queue
19 April 2022
The market upswing is driving investment in untapped reserves and field redevelopments previously considered commercially unviable
29 March 2022
Western countries want Mideast Gulf producers to boost output, but the options are limited
15 March 2022
Prime minister sees a role for the basin in greater UK energy independence, as lobby group puts its head above the parapet on windfall tax calls
22 February 2022
Doha is reaping financial and diplomatic rewards from a tight and tense gas market, while doubling down on investment
17 January 2022
Doha is full throttle on its LNG growth targets as it seeks to retake its number one spot
10 January 2022
There is both plenty of opportunity and plenty of risk for the LNG sector as it looks to meet China’s expanding need for gas
29 September 2021
State-owned Qatar Petroleum has signed another long-term LNG supply deal, this time with Chinese NOC Cnooc
20 July 2021
While the focus is on domestic gas, the Qatari firm is hedging locally and internationally
23 June 2021
QP CEO says offers to buy top 60mn t/yr, but an increase in spot market volumes should still not be ruled out
27 May 2021
There are many reasons to be cheerful across the Mena oil and gas patch
3 April 2021
Investment in LNG liquefaction capacity got off to a flying start in 2021 with the North Field East expansion project. How much more can we expect?
8 February 2021
The Gulf state takes FID on four more trains but is already looking at going beyond its 126mn t/yr goal
28 January 2021
Greater GCC harmony might offer an opportunity to untangle some of the Middle East’s notoriously illogical gas dynamics, but LNG looks more promising than pipelines
21 January 2021
Unilateral production cuts and reconciliation with Qatar may look like a full retreat from longstanding policy positions. But they may yet prove smart tactical moves
10 December 2020
World leader advances its strategy to commercialise existing and planned export upgrades
5 November 2020
Projects pushed back or cancelled elsewhere could offer opportunities for the region’s gas producers
24 September 2020
Auctioning minority stakes in NOCs’ assets may fill short-term budget holes, but they are no guarantee of long-term change
8 September 2020
The major brake on the Gulf’s state’s ambitions may not be resource, but rather customer appetite
19 August 2020
The received wisdom that gas would be the region’s main growth fuel for generation is being challenged
21 July 2020
The current oil market slump validates the increasing focus of the Gulf’s main upstream producers on petrochemicals
8 July 2020
From boosting oil production to throttling it back and with challenging oil and gas dynamics in both the short and longer-term, the region’s producers have their hands full
20 May 2020
Through a combination of adroit use of its vast gas reserves and careful diplomacy, Qatar has learned how to survive life under blockade, a new book says
6 December 2019
A recent North Field find will feed yet more LNG capacity while efforts to secure future markets are intensifying
21 November 2019
There are strong indications that Saudi Arabia and the UAE intend to normalise relations with Qatar
1 October 2019
Beset by intra-GCC tension, Gulf states are dithering in the face of the Iran crisis
30 September 2019
Further North Field expansion tenders are out, as Qatar sends strong signals to potential partners that it can go alone
9 August 2019
Individual GCC states have settled on convoluted ways of distributing natural gas due to a lack of cooperation
20 June 2019
Two years after the economic and political boycott on Qatar, the Gulf state is pressing on with LNG expansion plans
29 April 2019
Nearly two years after Saudi Arabia and the UAE imposed an economic and political boycott on Qatar, the Gulf state is pressing on with LNG expansion plans
2 April 2019
Qatar Petroleum's new mega-trains project is gaining momentum
2 April 2019
The GCC will struggle in 2019 to resolve the many issues that divide it and threaten its survival
8 February 2019
With a new cabinet in place, offshore operators will feel more comfortable and a new bid round can proceed
31 January 2019
Intra-GCC tensions will continue under the cloud of Saudi-Iran hostility
18 December 2018
Saudis want the world in 2019 to refocus on economic investment, after unwelcome and distracting publicity
5 December 2018
The Gulf state’s departure will not damage Opec’s operations, but will cement intra-Gulf divisions
23 July 2018
The sultanate’s neutrality in the increasingly tense stand-off between Saudi Arabia and Iran complicates relations with its Arab Gulf neighbours
4 June 2018
Vast amounts of export capacity are coming on stream, so it's just as well that demand looks set to keep growing
31 May 2018
Qatar is pushing aside all other considerations to concentrate on the LNG-production race
25 May 2018
The country is expanding its liquefied natural gas export capacity
