Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company (Rasgas) managing director Alex Dodds told Reuters that CNOOC, parent of Hong Kong and New York-listed CNOOC Ltd. , was the only Chinese company they were in discussions with.
"Talks are still at an early stage," Dodds said on the sidelines of the LNG Supplies for Asian Markets 2005 conference.
Qatar plans to export 77 million tonnes of LNG by 2012.
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