Qatar resumes condensate exports to UAE after boycott lifted

The UAE's Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) imported 80,000 tons of condensate from Qatar. (Supplied)

• Data shows ENOC cargo unloaded at Jebel Ali
• Follows Gulf normalization of ties with Doha

LONDON: Qatar has resumed exports of condensate to the UAE after a three-year boycott was lifted.
A tanker offloaded at Dubai’s Jebel Ali port this week, Refinitiv Eikon data showed.
The Abu Dhabi III tanker, chartered by the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), loaded 80,000 tons of condensate, which is a hydrocarbon liquid similar to crude oil, at Qatar’s Ras Laffan port on March 4, the data showed.
It discharged its cargo on March 7 at Jebel Ali, where ENOC operates an oil refinery, the data showed.
ENOC did not immediately reply to request for comment.
Qatar’s three-year dispute with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries, including the UAE, ended with an agreement earlier this year, leading to restoring diplomatic and trading ties.
Before the boycott, Qatar regularly exported condensate to the UAE.
The UAE was forced to tap alternative sources for the oil, importing its first US cargo in mid-2017.