DUBAI  - State-run Qatargas said on Wednesday it had signed a sale and purchase agreement with Austrian oil and gas group OMV to deliver up to 1.1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually for five years.

From January 2019, the gas will be provided by Qatar Liquefied Gas Co, a venture between Qatar Petroleum and Shell. It will be delivered to the Gate LNG Terminal in the Netherlands on board Qatargas' chartered LNG vessels.

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