VOL. XXXVII

NO. 2

11-OCTOBER-1993

QATAR

Qatargas Signs Deal For Chartering LNG Carriers

The Qatar Liquefied Gas Company (Qatargas) - the joint venture firmcomprising the Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC), Mobil, Total,Marubeni and Mitsui - signed on 4 October a package deal with Japanese firms forthe transportation of 4mn tons/year of LNG from Ras Laffan in Qatar to ChubuElectric Power Company in Nagoya beginning in 1997. According to a Qatargaspress release, contracts were signed with a...