Longterm, Ukraine wants direct deliveries of Qatar LNG to a Black Sea port
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Longterm, Ukraine wants direct deliveries of Qatar LNG to a Black Sea port, about a 3-week voyage. Turkey does not allow LNG shipments through the Bosphorus, citing safety concerns. But Turkey is digging Kanal İstanbul, a 45-km waterway that is to be one third deeper and twice as wide as the Suez Canal, the main route for Qatari gas to the Mediterranean. In 2023, this new canal is to open the Black Sea to Persian Gulf gas. Last March, President Poroshenko visited Doha with six ministers. Two months ago, Stepan Kobiv, minister of economic development and trade, followed up with a visit to Doha, taking advantage of the new daily Qatar Airways flight from Boryspil.