News from Qatar

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Construction of the large scale Pearl GTL plant in Ras Laffan Industrial City is on schedule with start up expected in late 2009.
The first three GTL reactors arrived in the port of Ras Laffan in January and have been installed. Installation of offshore platforms is underway.
The Pearl plant will produce 140k bpd of liquid transport fuel and 120 bpd of Napthta and Ethane.
Shell GTL has been proven on a commercial scale at the 14,700 bpd plant in Bintulu, Malaysia which produces GTL liquid fuel for Asian and European markets. Shell GTL works in Diesel engines either on its own or blended with conventional Diesel. It is most often used as a blend. A special blend of Shell GTL and Shell V Power Diesel has powered the Audi Sport team to victory at Le Mans three years in a row.

The Qatargas 4 project is also expected to start up in late 2009. The plant will have a capacity of 7.8 mtpa of LNG. Eight LNG carriers have been ordered.
Qatargas 4 LNG will mostly be shipped to contracted buyers in the United States and China. In January PetroChina signed a sales and purchase agreement to buy 3 mtpa from Qatargas 4.