Ceasefire Sparks Tentative Revival of Work on Qatar LNG Project
Japan’s engineering giant Chiyoda Corporation is weighing resuming work on a massive expansion at Qatar’s LNG export site at Ras Laffan after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Chiyoda is one of the contractors working on the North Field East (NFE) LNG project expansion, one of Qatar’s huge projects to boost its export capacity over the coming years. However, the war in the Middle East and Iranian missile strikes at Ras Laffan last month halted production and exports, as well as expansion works. The ceasefire has…