KARACHI: The first ship with a load of 150,000 cubic meters of super chilled fuel has arrived at Port Qasim after the Pak-Qatar liquefied natural gas (LNG) agreement.
The Q-Flex LNG ship from Qatar is the largest of the 20 LNG ships to have docked at the Elengy LNG terminal and one of the largest ships to have arrived at Port Qasim. The ship is the first LNG ship to have arrived under the 15-year Pak-Qatar agreement. The process of re-gasification has also started.
Qatar is the largest producer and supplier of LNG in the world with around 31 percent market share. Qatar also operates a large fleet of over 60 LNG ships. Elengy LNG terminal in Karachi is the latest out of over 17 LNG terminals Qatargas supplies to all over the world. Syed Mohammad Ali, CEO Elengy LNG Terminal at Port Qasim, stated that staring this March, the terminal will handle 3 million cubic meters of LNG per annum.
