Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil Announce Start-Up Of New LNG Unit In Qatar

Published: 08-Sep-2009

Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) announced the completion and start-up of Qatargas 2 Train 5, an liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility. This follows the start-up of the Qatargas 2 Train 4 in the second quarter of 2009. Each is designed to produce 7.8 million tons per year.

"The start-up of Qatargas 2 Train 5 represents another technological milestone in our effort to increase global supplies of clean-burning natural gas,” said Neil Duffin, president of ExxonMobil Development Company. "Technological advances pioneered by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil have enabled us to achieve new economies of scale for LNG development using natural gas from Qatar’s North Field. We congratulate the many people whose efforts during the last several years made possible the start-up of the world's largest LNG trains.”

Qatargas 2 links natural gas production, liquefaction, shipping and regasification infrastructure together into a single fully integrated LNG development and supply initiative. In addition to Trains 4 and 5, the Qatargas 2 joint venture encompasses a fleet of Q-Max and Q-Flex carriers and the newly commissioned South Hook terminal in Milford Haven, Wales.

“When combined, these technology breakthroughs are enabling more efficient production and transportation of natural gas and will allow us to provide more natural gas to markets throughout the world," said Duffin.

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