{"id":4213,"date":"2019-09-23T17:28:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euromenaenergy.com\/?p=4213"},"modified":"2019-09-23T17:28:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:28:55","slug":"talks-on-track-for-qatar-germany-lng-project-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/?p=4213","title":{"rendered":"Talks on track for Qatar-Germany LNG project: envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Preparations are ongoing for the arrival of a large trade delegation led by the Prime Minister of the Federal State of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, who is scheduled to visit Qatar by November-end, German ambassador Hans-Udo Muzel has said.<\/div>\n
Muzel said Lower Saxony hosts several ports where a proposed LNG distribution terminal would be located.
\nHe said discussions with Qatar Petroleum (QP) are underway and that \u201cthere are ports in Germany that are tendering for the project.\u201d
\n\u201cLower Saxony is where the ports are located and the home of Volkswagen. It is a very commercially active business state with ports on the North Sea coast, as well as the food chamber of Germany with a lot of agriculture-related and food processing industries. In this context, we are looking forward to have continued talks on the LNG terminal and other projects,\u201d Muzel told reporters on the sidelines of a recent meeting.
\nIn an earlier statement to\u00a0Gulf Times<\/em>, Muzel said Germany is looking to source some of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) needs from Qatar as part of the Western European country\u2019s energy supply diversification plans.
\n\u201cGermany is also actively looking at diversifying its energy supply and considering options to set up an LNG terminal. In this context, German companies are, of course, talking to Qatar Petroleum concerning the supply of LNG to Germany in the near future,\u201d the ambassador said.
\nQuoting HE the Minister of State for Energy Affairs and QP president and CEO Saad Sherida al-Kaabi\u2019s interview with business daily Handelsblatt in Berlin last year, Reuters reported that QP was in talks with German energy firms Uniper and RWE for the establishment of a local LNG terminal.
\nReuters also reported an RWE spokesperson saying that discussions with QP were not about a shareholding in a potential German LNG terminal but potential gas deliveries to Germany.
\nMuzel also said the German embassy in Doha is also gearing up for the visit of Deputy Minister of Economics and Energy Thomas Bareiss on November 1 for the \u2018Qatar IT Conference and Exhibition (2019)\u2019.
\nSimilarly, preparations are being made for the next official meeting of the Joint Task Force on Trade and Investment on the sidelines of the Doha Forum 2019 slated for December 14-15, the ambassador said.
\n\u201cQatar and Germany are keen to keep stronger political and economic relations,\u201d Muzel said.
\nAsked about the status of the \u20ac10bn pledged by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during the \u2018Qatar-Germany Business and Investment Forum\u2019 held in September 2018 in Berlin, Muzel said some of the funds would be utilised to spur further growth in the SME sector and in promoting young entrepreneurs through private sector expertise to steer the direction of the investments.
\n\u201cThere are key investments in many different sectors, and Qatar\u2019s investments are very much welcome because they contribute a lot, and we have a great experience with Qatari investors,\u201d Muzel added.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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