RasGas

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Rasgas office, Al Dana Tower, Doha

RasGas Company Limited is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) producing company in Qatar. It is the second-biggest LNG producer in the world after Qatargas.[1] RasGas operates seven LNG trains located in Ras Laffan Industrial City.

Operations

The company's seven LNG trains have a total capacity of 36.3 million tonnes of LNG per year.[2] Trains 1 and 2 are owned by Ras Laffan, and they have a combined capacity of 6.6 million tonnes of LNG per year. Ras Laffan (II) owns Trains 3, 4 and 5 with a capacity of 4.7 million tonnes of LNG per annum each.[3] Trains 6 and 7 are owned by Ras Laffan (3). The Train 6 came online in October 2009, and was inaugurated on 27 October 2009.[4] Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, attended the ceremony.[5] The Train 7 started production in February 2010.[2][6][7] Both train produces 7.8 million tonnes of LNG per year and they among the largest LNG trains in the world.[7][8]

RasGas operated helium plant produces 9.2 tonnes per day of liquid helium, which is approximately 10% of the world's total helium production.[9]

Company

The LNG plant operating company RasGas was established in 2001.[10] The managing director of the company is Hamad Rashid al Mohannadi[11]

References

  1. ↑ Helder Marinho (2009-10-07). "QatarGas, Exxon LNG Venture to Reach 100% This Month". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "RasGas sets Train 7 in motion". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  3. ↑ "RasGas getting Train 5 on track". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  4. ↑ "Celebration time for RasGas". Gulf Times. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 
  5. ↑ "Qatar inaugurates new LNG production line". Mena Report (Al Bawaba). 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 
  6. ↑ Robert Tuttle (2010-02-24). "Qatar's RasGas Starts Producing LNG From Train 7". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Simon Webb; Regan Doherty (2010-02-24). "Qatar's RasGas starts LNG output from new facility". Reuters. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  8. ↑ Perumal, Santhosh V. (2009-02-19). "RasGas gets boost from two 'mega' projects". Gulf Times. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  9. ↑ "RasGas Helium Plant Achieves Production Capacity". Downstream Today. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  10. ↑ "RasGas names its dates". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  11. ↑ Bruce Nichols (2009-02-11). "RasGas CEO sees later start for new LNG trains". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 

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