German utility RWE said it had received its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatargas late last month under a seven-and-a-half year deal signed in 2016.
The 95,000 tonne shipment was made on the Q-Flex LNG tanker Al Karaana and delivered to the GATE terminal in Rotterdam, RWE said yesterday.
Financial details were not disclosed and the gap between the arrival of the cargo and publication of the news was as a result of RWE’s internal procedures, a spokeswoman said.
“This contract with Qatargas is a key element in our supply portfolio and underpins our growth strategy in LNG,” Andree Stracke, chief commercial officer Origination & Gas Supply at RWEST, said.
Under the contract signed last July, Qatargas will deliver up to 1.1mn tonnes of LNG per annum to RWEST, which has a long-term contract to use GATE.
Inmarsat orders new satellite as Qatar Airways plans in-flight connectivity
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Britain’s Inmarsat said yesterday it had ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space to increase capacity on its broadband network as Qatar Airways signed up to use the service to provide in-flight connectivity.
Inmarsat said the new satellite, which would cost about $130mn over three years from 2017 to its launch in 2019, would serve the Middle East, Europe and the Indian subcontinent.
The company said the Qatar Airways deal, which will initially be available to passenger on board more than 130 Airbus A350s and Boeing 777s, would take the number of aircraft using its Global Xpress service to more than 1,000.
As well as the Middle Eastern carrier, Inmarsat has mandates from Deutsche Lufthansa Group, International Airlines Group, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle for the high-speed global network.