Germany shamed for striking gas deal with Qatar in bid to escape Putin’s energy grip

Bloomberg columnist Javier Blas tweeted: “After all, Berlin decided it does need LNG imports going on as long as into the early 2040s. Security of energy supply trumps everything else.”

Speaking on the deal, German economy minister Robert Habeck said: “Fifteen years is great. I wouldn’t have anything against 20-year or even longer contracts.” However, it is important to note that QatarEnergy’s deal was struck with US group ConocoPhillips, a private firm that is not connected to the German Government.

Mr Habeck said: “The contracts themselves are the business of the companies . . . [they] have to realise that Germany will [in future] be purchasing less [gas] if we want to adhere to our climate goals.”

But Germany is not the only country interested in Qatari gas. Back in May, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani at Downing Street.

The Emir signing a £10billion commitment to investing in Britain’s trade, defence and energy. Qatar has the world’s third most abundant natural gas reserves and has said that the UK is a “very important country for us”.

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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1703172/germany-gas-qatar-putin-energy-lng-world-cup