DOHA (AFP) – Qatar has agreed to supply Italian firm Eni with natural gas for 27 years, the Gulf emirate’s state-owned energy company announced yesterday, the latest in a series of major deals.
Doha will supply one million tonnes of gas a year under the deal, QatarEnergy said, following an agreement with Eni for a share of Qatar’s huge North Field gas expansion project.
In the wake of the war in Ukraine last year, European nations have rushed to replace lost deliveries of natural gas from Russia.
“Today, we are taking another important step in strengthening our partnership with Eni that will foster our mutual cooperation for many years to come,” Qatari Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi said.
“Together, we will continue to demonstrate commitment to the European markets in general, and to the Italian market in particular,” he added.
In June last year Eni agreed a deal with QatarEnergy for a 3.1 per cent share in Qatar’s North Field East project, the first phase of the Gulf emirate’s expansion into the largest gas field on the planet.
Deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Italy’s Tuscany region are expected to begin in 2026.
