China is to become the biggest customer for Qatar's natural gas if a new export agreement is concluded.
Qatar is in talks to sell an extra 10m tonnes of liquefied natural gas to China a year and 4m tonnes to India to meet Asia's thirst for energy to offset slowdowns in the US and Europe.
Abdullah al-Attiyah, the energy minister, said the Gulf state already sold 5m tonnes of LNG to China. If the new agreement is signed, China would overtake Japan, which buys about 8m tonnes a year, and become Qatar's main gas customer.
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