Qatar signs 27-year gas supply deal with China’s CNPC

 Qatar signs 27-year gas supply deal with China’s CNPC

Qatar’s energy chief has called the deal a ‘milestone’

Doha – Qatar has agreed to supply the China National Petroleum Corporation with natural gas for 27 years, the Gulf country’s energy minister said on Tuesday.

Qatar will supply “four million tons annually”, said Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi, QatarEnergy’s CEO, seven months after a deal with the same terms was struck with China’s Sinopec.