Mubasher: Faizel Moosa, South African Ambassador to Qatar, has said that his country is planning to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar by 2020.
South Africa will start official talks with the GCC nation in a bid to finalise a long-term deal to import LNG from Qatar, the world's top exporter of LNG noted.
"We have already expressed our desire to Qatar's energy minister for such a deal. We are expected to hold further talks with officials from ministry of energy in Qatar soon,” the top diplomat told Qatar Tribune newspaper.
The African country aims at importing a lot of gas in an effort to increase the share of LNG in its energy mix to 25% instead of 3%.
"Qatar has a proven track record of having one of the most reliable LNG suppliers in the world. So we are banking heavily on Qatar to achieve this goal," Moosa added.
