Rasgas LNG Terminal 3
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Rasgas LNG Terminal 3 is an LNG terminal in Al Khawr, Qatar.
Location
Project Details
Trains 1 & 2 are included in Rasgas LNG Terminal 1, and trains 3, 4, & 5 are included in Rasgas LNG Terminal 2.[1]
Train 6
- Operator: Qatargas Operating Company[2]
- Owner: Qatar Petroleum (now QatarEnergy; 70.00%), ExxonMobil (30.00%)[3]
- Location: Ras Laffan Industrial City, Al Khawr, Qatar[3]
- Coordinates: 25.89027, 51.5491 (exact)
- Type: Export[3]
- Capacity: 7.8 mtpa[3]
- Status: Operating[3]
- Start Year: 2009[3]
Train 7
- Operator: Qatargas Operating Company[2]
- Owner: Qatar Petroleum (now QatarEnergy; 70.00%), ExxonMobil (30.00%)[3]
- Location: Ras Laffan Industrial City, Al Khawr, Qatar[3]
- Coordinates: 25.89027, 51.5491 (exact)
- Type: Export[3]
- Capacity: 7.8 mtpa[3]
- Status: Operating[3]
- Start Year: 2010[3]
Background
Rasgas LNG Terminal 3 is an LNG terminal in Al Khawr, Qatar.[4]
In July 2005, Ras Laffan LNG 3 was established to run trains 6 and 7. The trains are the plants plant's liquefaction and purification facilities.[5]
Nakilat (Qatar Gas Transport Company)’s 2008-built vessel, Al Khuwair, is set until 2033 to deliver cargoes from RasGas 3. It delivered the coloaded cargo to Fluxys Zeebrugge LNG Terminal in Belgium and then to South Hook LNG Terminal in Wales, UK.[6]
Qatargas and Rasgas initially operated Qatar's LNG production. State-owned Qatar Petroleum (now QatarEnergy) owns a majority stake in both companies. Qatar Petroleum (now QatarEnergy) owns 70 percent of RasGas. ExxonMobil owns the remainder.[7] At the end of 2016 Qatar announced to merge its state-owned natural gas firms, Qatargas and RasGas in order to cut costs.[6]
Media outlets reported in 2017 that the global over supply of natural gas had buyers in a good position to negotiate price. India’s state-run Petronet renegotiated price cuts with RasGas. Similarly, Poland’s PGNiG also negotiated price cuts with Qatargas.[8]
Qatar LNG
Iran and Qatar own the South Pars/North Field, the world's largest natural gas field. This field plays a central role in Qatar and Iran's foreign and domestic policy.[9]
Qatari discovery in 1971 of its side of the South Pars/North Field coincided with the country's year of independence. The gas field has been instrumental in state building, sovereignty, and the primary contributor to the GDP. Natural gas also indirectly drives many foreign policy initiatives for Qatar. This includes foreign aid and education initiatives.[9]
In 1996, Qatar planned to export its natural gas to nearby GCC countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates). Qatar's natural gas export to GCC faced transit rights and pricing problems and border disputes. Qatar's exports now reach the UK, China, India and Japan.[9]
Qatar's energy policy is closely aligned to its investment policy through the national sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority. The investment fund reinvests oil and gas revenue in Europe and North America.[9]
The US shale gas boom since 2008 and lagging European markets stagnation have left Qatar dependent on the increasingly competitive Asian gas market for LNG customers.[10]
As of 2017, Qatar was the world's top LNG exporter. The country exports about 80 million tons a year. [11] Australia, the United States, and Qatar together accounted for almost 60% of global LNG exports in 2022.[12]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Reuters Staff, TABLE-Qatar's LNG production plants, Reuters, August 28, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (May 24, 2022). "Annual Report 2022 Edition" (PDF). GIIGNL. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 RasGas 3 : Trains 6-7, Mechademy, accessed April 9, 2021
- ↑ Rasgas LNG Terminal 3, A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017
- ↑ About Us, RasGas, accessed August 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Karen Thomas, "Qatargas and RasGas complete first coloading of LNG," LNG World Shipping, August 21, 2017.
- ↑ Reuters Staff, "FACTBOX-Oil majors' investments in countries involved in Qatar row," Reuters, July 5, 2017.
- ↑ "The five stages of LNG grief," Hellenic Shipping News, September 29, 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Susan Kurdli, "The energy factor in the GCC crisis," Al Jazeera, July 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Qatargas/RasGas LNG merger driven by need to cut costs," S&P Global Platts , December, 2017.
- ↑ Diane Munro, [http://www.agsiw.org/qatar-moves-ensure-lng-dominance/ "Qatar Moves to Ensure LNG Dominance ,"] Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, April 17, 2017.
- ↑ International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (2023). "GIIGNL Annual Report 2023" (PDF). GIIGNL. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
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