Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co is close to buying a strategic stake in the second phase of QatarEnergy's massive $17.5 billion North Field project as it seeks to secure stable liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply, said report, citing sources.
Jera, Japan’s largest power generation company and a global energy leader, has taken a major step to strengthen Japan’s energy security by signing a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with QatarEnergy, alongside a new emergency supply cooperation framework involving Japan’s government.
QatarEnergy has signed a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Malaysia's Petronas LNG (PLL), a subsidiary of Petronas, the first long-term LNG supply agreement between the two companies.
Saad Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, said Qatar continue to believe in gas as the energy of the future and that increasing demand will continue to be driven by global economic growth and other factors like artificial intelligence and data centres.
QatarEnergy has awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the onshore LNG plant of the North Field West (NFW) project, a key component of the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion.
QatarEnergy celebrated the graduation of a new group of Qatari nationals who have completed their academic studies and vocational programmes and have joined QatarEnergy and other energy sector companies.
QatarEnergy has secured an offshore exploration licence in Libya after the country’s first bid round since 2007. The National Oil Corporation awarded Block O1 to a consortium of QatarEnergy (40 per cent stake) and Italy’s Eni (60 per cent stake and operator), marking QatarEnergy’s first upstream entry into Libya.
QatarEnergy signed two helium long-term sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) from Ras Laffan. A deal with Buzwair Industrial Gases spans up to 15 years for 20 million cubic feet annually, while a separate agreement with Uniper Commodities covers up to 15 years for 70 million cubic feet per year.
QatarEnergy has signed two new production sharing contracts (PSC) for offshore Blocks 9 and 10 in Suriname. The blocks were awarded to a QatarEnergy consortium during the POST SHO2 bid round held in June 2025.
KBR announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded a contract for detailed engineering services for the Bul Hanine oil and gas field in Qatar. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide detailed design and engineering services for QatarEnergy’s Bul Hanine EPIC project, situated approximately 120 km east of Doha.
