Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 13

28-Mar-2011

Europe Must Compete With Asia To Secure LNG, Qatargas Chief Warns

Japans recent nuclear disaster puts pressure on Europe to pay more to secure gas both now and in the future, the head of the worlds biggest LNG producer and seller told the Gastech conference, held in Amsterdam on 21-24 March. However, buyers in Japan and Europe are less keen than Qatar about having the LNG price linked to oil, Nick Wilson reports.

European gas users must...