Qatargas is aiming to increase long-term sales to Asia by more than 80%.
The production giant wants to boost volumes from the current 11 million tonnes per annum to 20 million tpa, assistant marketing director Andrew Seck told reporters in Singapore this week.
He said short-term deals to Japan have jumped by 5 million tpa to a total of 9 million tpa in the wake of the March earthquake that hobbled the country’s nuclear power industry.
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