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RasGas achieves major safety milestone
RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) further strengthened its position as one of the world’s leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) providers recently, when the company achieved yet another best practice milestone by completing its largest and most complex routine LNG Train shutdown on schedule and without any lost time incident.

First cargo of Pearl GTL products ship from Qatar
Qatar Petroleum and Shell today announced that the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar, has sold its first commercial shipment of GTL Gasoil.

Qatar: Total Farms into Exploration Block BC with a 25% Interest
Total announced that it has signed an agreement with CNOOC Middle East (Qatar) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC International Limited, to acquire a 25% interest in Qatar’s Block BC (pre-Khuff) exploration license. CNOOC Middle East (Qatar) Limited will continue to be the operator with a 75% interest.

Keppel wins twin jackup rig order from Gulf Drilling at US$393 million
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured contracts to build two high-specification KFELS B Class Bigfoot jackup rigs from returning customer Gulf Drilling International Ltd. (q.s.c.) (GDI) of Qatar, worth about US$393 million.

HISTORIC MILESTONE: QATARGAS ACHIEVES 100 PER CENT CAPACITY, PRODUCING 42 MILLION TONNES PER ANNUM
Qatargas achieves historic milestone - all four of its mega liquefaction Trains are now at 100% production capacity.

First gas flows from offshore into the Pearl GTL plant in Qatar
Qatar Petroleum and Shell today announced the first flow of dedicated offshore gas into the Pearl GTL plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar.

Maersk Oil and TNO join forces for innovative oil production technology
Today, Maersk Oil announced that it has established a long term collaboration agreement with TNO to jointly develop new technologies for increased oil recovery (IOR). Focus will be on long horizontal wells and increasing oil recovery through integrated operations and production optimisation. The joint research project will be located at the Qatar Science and Technology Park in Doha where both Maersk Oil and TNO have research centers.

Qatargas and Shell send first Qatargas 4 cargo to India
Qatargas and Shell today announced that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Qatargas 4 Project (70% Qatar Petroleum, and 30% Shell) has loaded. The cargo is en route to Hazira receiving terminal in India.

GE to Minimize Gas Flaring at World’s Largest LNG Complex in Qatar
In the first large-scale application of its type, GE Oil & Gas advanced compressor technology is minimizing liquefied natural gas (LNG) boil-off gas flaring at LNG berths at the Ras Laffan Port, Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, by making productive use of the gas that boils off during loading of the LNG carriers.

Repsol receives first Q-MAX shipment from Qatar under multi-year contract
Repsol today received the first shipment of LNG from Qatargas, under a multiyear agreement which secures supply for the Canaport LNG terminal. The arrival of the Q-Max LNG tanker, the biggest in the world, highlights Canaport LNG Facility’s design and technological excellence as the only terminal in the Northeast of North America able to receive such vessels.