After the US’s Excelerate Energy, Middle East’s QatarEnergy has started supplying LNG to Bangladesh under its second long-term sales and purchase agreement (SPA).
the ?rst LNG cargo from QatarEnergy under its second SPA reached the Moheshkhali ?oating storage and regasi?cation unit, operated by the US-based company, and successfully delivered the LNG in the week ending February 20-27, a senior Petrobangla of?cial said.
the Qatari cargo carried around 138,000 cubic meters of LNG, he said. Bangladesh signed, on June 1, 2023, a long-term LNG supply deal with QatarEnergy for up to 1.5 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) for a 15-year period starting in 2026.
the SPA, inked in Doha, has two components: for 2026, the ?rst year of the deal, QatarEnergy will supply 12 LNG cargoes to Bangladesh, with the option of adding another 12 cargoes under speci?c conditions, said the Petrobangla of?cial.