Turkey expects to sign a deal to import 2.5 billion to 3 billion cubic metres per annum of LNG from Qatar if it can settle on the price.

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz  said this weekend that a preliminary agreement would be signed between Turkish pipeline operator Bota and Qatargas.

“We would like to make two agreements with Qatar: one short-term and one long-term,” he said  in a news conference.

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