Pakistan to Start LNG Import Talks With Qatar

A Pakistani delegation headed by federal minister of petroleum and natural resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will hold talks with Qatari counterpart for import of LNG, reports Pakistani daily The News. The talks are likely to be held in Doha on December 8.  

Abbasi confirmed to The News that he was going to Qatar to hold talks for LNG import at affordable prices, keeping in view the international prices of LNG.

Pakistan wants first flow of LNG by November 2014, the newspaper reports.

Late last month The News had reported that Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) gave conditional approval to a $2 billion service tolling contract to Engro Vopak Terminal Limited (EVTL) for the import of LNG for 15 years.

EVTL terminal will first import 200 mmcfd LNG and then 400 mmcfd. More terminals would also be installed for more LNG import, as the government wants to import 2 bcfd LNG in two years’ time, the newspaper adds.

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