Emir of Qatar wants to conclude LNG supply contract during state visit

Berlin When Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al-Thani, meets Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin for the first time on Friday, he will bring with him what the federal government is eagerly awaiting: a contract for long-term gas supplies to Germany that is intended to make the country less dependent on Russian energy.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is to be delivered to Germany faster than previously known: “We want our US liquid gas plant Golden Pass in Texas, in which Qatar Energy holds 70 percent, to be ready by 2024 so that we can deliver to Germany,” Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, told Handelsblatt.

Additional gas volumes would then come a little later: “The expansion of production in our North Dome gas field will not be completed until 2026, maybe even 2025.”