After the US's Excelerate Energy, Middle East's QatarEnergy has started supplying LNG to Bangladesh under its second long-term sales and purchase agreement (SPA).
The first LNG cargo from QatarEnergy under its second SPA reached the Moheshkhali floating storage and re-gasification unit, operated by the US-based company, and successfully delivered the LNG in the week ending February 20-27, a senior Petrobangla official said.
The Qatari cargo carried around 138,000 cubic meters of LNG, he said.
Bangladesh signed, on June 1, 2023, a long-term LNG supply deal with QatarEnergy for up to 1.5 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) for a 15-year period starting in 2026.
The SPA, inked in Doha, has two components: for 2026, the first year of the deal, QatarEnergy will supply 12 LNG cargoes to Bangladesh, with the option of adding another 12 cargoes under specific conditions, said the Petrobangla official.
From 2027 until 2040, QatarEnergy will supply a confirmed 24 LNG cargoes, equivalent to around 1.5 Mtpa of LNG, he added.
