Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 12

21-Mar-2011

QATAR

Qatar To Supply Extra LNG to Japan

Any price increase that may follow Japans nuclear disaster would not affect Gulf LNG importers Kuwait and Dubai.

Qatar is in talks with Japan to supply LNG in both the short and long term to help replace its lost nuclear power capacity following the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March. Any resulting price rise in LNG, however, would not impact the Gulfs LNG importers Kuwait and Dubai, whose...