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Morocco

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Brazil

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Netherlands

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Brunei

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Bulgaria

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Burkina Faso

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Oman

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Canada

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Pakistan

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Palestine

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Chile

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Panama

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China

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Paraguay

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Croatia

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Philippines

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Cuba

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Poland

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Cyprus

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Portugal

Djibouti

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Romania

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Russia

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Ecuador

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Senegal

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C3

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Serbia

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Singapore

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Somalia

Ethiopia

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South Africa

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France

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Spain

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Sri Lanka

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Georgia

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Sudan

Germany

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Sweden

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Ghana

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Switzerland

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Greece

B4

Syria

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Hungary

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Tajikistan

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India

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Tanzania

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Indonesia

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Thailand

Iran

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Tunisia

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Iraq

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Turkey

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Italy

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Uganda

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Ivory Coast

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Ukraine

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Japan

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United Kingdom

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Jordan

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United States

Kazakhstan

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Kenya

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Al Jasra Al Bidda Mohd Bin Jasim Mushaireb Barahat Al Jufairi Old Al Ghanim Al Souq Wadi Al Sail Arumaila, Armeilla Al Bidda Abdul Aziz Al Doha Al Jadeeda Old Al Ghanim Sharg Zone/ Al Hitmi/Al Rufaa Sharg Zone/Slata Doha Port Wadi Al Sail Al Rumeila, Armeilla Bin Mahmoud Bin Mahmoud Rawdat Al Khail Al Mansoura/ Bin Derhem Najma Umm Ghuwailina

28 Sharg Zone/ Al Khulaifat 29 Ras Bu Abboud 30 Duhail 31 Umm Lekhba 32 Madinat Khalifa (N) 33 Al Markhiya 34 Madinat Khalifa (S) 35 Kulaib 36 Al Messila 37 New Al Hitmi/ Bin Omran Hamad Medical City 38 Al Sadd 39 Al Nasr/Al Sadd Al Mirqab Al Jadeed 40 New Slata 41 Nuaija 42 Al Hilal 43 Al Maamoura, Nuaija 44 Nuaija 45 Old Airport 46 Mesaimeer/ Al Thumama 47 Al Thumama 48 Doha Int'l Airport 49 Hamad Int'l Airport/ Banana Island

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Air Force I/C

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Barwa City

Lulu Hypermarket

C4

Azerbaijan

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Hospital

Mosque

Shopping Mall

Bookstore

Religious Complex

Cultural Landmarks

Sports Stadium

Petrol Station

Government Office

School, College, Club

Veterinary Clinic

Housing Complex

Club

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Auto Dealer

Restaurant

Non-stop Expressway

Health Centre

Road Interchange

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Australia

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Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Update PWC's quarterly 'Qatar Economy Watch' stated 'The most important economic development in many years was the surprise announcement by Qatar Petroleum in November that new appraisals had extended estimates of both the geographic scope and volume of North Field.'

Global and Local Overview The 69th annual edition of the bp Statistical Review of World Energy (bp Stats Review) was issued in June 2020 and highlights global energy trends prior to the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Key findings from this year’s edition shows that growth in primary energy consumption was 1.3% in 2019, less than half the rate of growth the previous year (2.8%), while carbon emissions from energy use grew by 0.5%. Renewables accounted for more than 40% of the global growth in primary energy last year, more than any other fuel.

Natural gas consumption increased by 2%, below that of 2018; its share of primary energy hit a record high of 24.2%. Natural gas production rose by 3.4%, due to a record increase in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Oil consumption grew by 0.9 mn barrels per day (bpd), and demand for liquid fuels, including biofuels, was 100 mn bpd.

Coal was at its lowest level in 16 years (27%), but was still the single largest source of energy for power generation, at over 36%.

Oil prices fell in late July after The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other producers including Russia reached an agreement to ease record supply curbs from Augus. However, the drop was cushioned by global economic activities picking up. OPEC and its allies, referred to as OPEC+, have agreed to scale back oil production cuts from August. They will reduce their cuts to 7.7 mn barrels per day (bpd) through until December, from the record 9.7 mn bpd supply cuts that have been in place since May – this was done to bolster oil prices that have suffered since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to PwC, the long-term outlook for Qatar’s second gas boom is the same despite the eventual economic impact of COVID-19, for both the energy market and the country’s non-hydrocarbons economy – in fact, the current crisis may work to Qatar’s advantage as competitors, such as the US, delay or cancel major LNG investments.

The field, previously thought to be offshore only, is now found to extend at least 10 miles onshore.

The reserves have increased to 1,760 tn cubic feet of gas and 70 bn barrels of condensates, a doubling of gas reserves and more than a tripling in oil. Due to these larger reserves, QP has increased its plans for the North Field Expansion project by 50% to six new LNG trains. These will add 49 mn tonnes per annum (tpa) of capacity, about a 64% increase on the current capacity of 77 mn tpa. This is the fourth time the project has been upsized since lifting the 12 year moratorium on new projects in 2017.

Oil producers are still having to contend with the shift in consumer habits and greener fuel solutions though. As such, partners were chosen earlier this year to build Kahramaa's Siraj-1 solar power plant project, Qatar's first solar plant and the first to produce electricity using photovoltaic technology with a capacity of 800MW.

News From Qatar: Oil Qatar Petroleum (QP) received the 'New Venturer of the Year Award' in July as part of the Wood Mackenzie Exploration Awards 2020, in recognition of its outstanding and growing international exploration presence around the globe. QP is the first national oil company to win this award, beating such energy giants as ExxonMobil (winner in 2018), Total (winner in 2019), ENI, BP, PTT Exploration and Production, and Petronas.

QP entered into a farm-in agreement with Total in May to acquire a 45% participating interest in blocks CI-705 and CI-706 in the Ivorian-Tano basin, offshore the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. The two blocks cover approximately 3,200 sq km, with hydrocarbon prospects in water depths ranging from 1,000 m to 2,000 m, 35 km from the shore and about 100 km from the nearby Foxtrot, Espoir and Baobab fields.

Also in May, QP entered into three farm-in agreements to acquire about 30% of Total's participating interest in blocks 15, 33 and 34 in the Campeche basin, offshore Mexico. The three offshore blocks are situated in the Campeche basin and 30 to 90 km of the giant Cantarell and KMZ oil fields. The area covered by the blocks is approximately 2,300 sq km, with water depths ranging from about 10 m to 1,100 m. ©

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As part of its ongoing strategy to strengthen its global competitive position in the downstream sector, QP will integrate Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat) into QP. During integration, Muntajat will continue to deliver its commitments and contractual obligations to its global customers without interruption.

News From Qatar: Gas Qatar kept its position as the world's largest LNG exporter in 2019, according to the 2020 World LNG Report, with huge investment in expanding production and shipping capabilities.

In June, QP announced the signing of the biggest LNG shipbuilding agreement in history, for more than 100 ships valued at over QAR70 bn, as part of its LNG growth plans. Agreements are with South Korean companies Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co and Samsung Heavy Industries Co. By expanding LNG shipping capabilities, alongside the well-established production and liquefaction facilities, the country is building an efficient and resilient LNG supply chain.

These agreements, along with that signed in April with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited, sees QP securing approximately 60% of the global LNG shipbuilding capacity through to 2027, vital for their LNG carrier fleet requirements during the next seven to eight years.

Qatargas delivered the first cargo of LNG on the Q-Flex vessel 'Al Gharrafa' to the ENN Zhoushan LNG receiving terminal in China. This is the first cargo discharge operation by Qatargas to Zhoushan LNG terminal involving a Q-Flex LNG carrier.

Qatargas is successfully using LNG boil-off gas to power its chartered conventional LNG vessels during unloading operations at Japanese LNG terminals.

The LNG vessel ‘Al Jasra’ had successfully conducted the first such operation while discharging at the Niigata LNG Terminal in October 2019. LNG tankers carry natural gas in liquid form at –163°C, close to the vaporisation temperature.

This natural evaporation is known as boil-off and has to be removed from the tanks to maintain the cargo tank pressure. Using this boil-off natural gas instead of conventional fuel oil allows Qatargas to reduce harmful emissions during the discharge operation.

Qatargas received the Crystal Award for supporting Qatarisation in the ‘Training & Development’ category. For the last 12 years, companies showing excellent work in advancing the goals of Qatarization have been honoured under the Energy Sector Annual Qatarisation Awards.

Qatargas develops nationals through effective and efficient development plans for graduates, national employees on establishment, and nationals in talent pools. The candidates are monitored and followed-up on their individual development and provided counselling, as well as supported with best practice learning interventions to close any competence gaps and prepare them for future roles as part of the company’s succession planning.

News From Qatar: Petrochemical QP has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Yara’s 25% stake in Qatar Fertiliser Company (Qafco), marking the end of a successful, long-standing partnership. The transaction sees the parties agreeing on a purchase price of USD1 bn for Yara’s share in Qafco, conditional upon customary regulatory and closing conditions.

Qafco is now one of the world’s largest single-site urea producers, since its set up as a joint venture company in 1969. m

Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro has completed the first phase of their offshore site investigation for Qatargas' North Field Production Sustainability’s Compression Phase. The North Field is the largest nonassociated gas field in the world, 80 km off the north coast of Qatar. Fieldwork began in March and phase two's geotechnical scope will run until August this year by teams from Fugro’s vessels 'Proteus' and 'Adventurer'.

The final deliverables involving a bathymetric and geophysical survey and a geotechnical appraisal of the soils will be used to optimise jacket platform pile foundation design, and pipeline and cable-route engineering.

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The Gas Industry Explained

By Sarah Palmer Qatar is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of natural gas – we explain the different types of gas the country produces.

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Qatar is one of the world's major producers of natural gas, a worldwide liquefied natural gas (LNG) giant, with the State sitting on huge reserves.

Domestic companies such as Qatar Petroleum (QP) are all involved in the natural gas industry, alongside a number of foreign investors (see Company Activities in this section).

According to BP's Statistical Review of World Energy 2020 report, Qatar has the third largest natural gas reserves, behind Russia and Iran, with 24.7 tn cubic meters (tcm). The report states that global proved gas reserves are sufficient to meet 50.9 years of global production at 2019 levels.

QP started the development drilling campaign for the offshore North Field East (NFE) project in April, previously known as the North Field Expansion Project. This phase of the NFE project will increase the Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 million tons per annum (Mtpa) to 110 Mtpa; the second phase, the North Field South Project (NFS), will increase production to 126 Mtpa.

Some residents and visitors to Qatar may find the unique vocabulary used in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry – or, as it is more commonly known, 'OGP' – hard to grasp. Here are some easy to digest facts about the main areas of the gas sector:

GTL: Gas‑to‑liquids When natural gas is extracted from offshore reservoirs and brought up to the production station (platform), it is subjected to a process that separates the oil particles (condensates -- light hydrocarbons including butane and propane) and water, which form a small percentage of the gas stream. The balance – pure, natural gas – is then fed via subsea pipelines to Ras Laffan Industral City (RLC).

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This natural gas can then be processed into liquefied natural gas (LNG), as it is easy to transport, or routed to an alternative processing plant to be converted into other materials: diesel, lubricants, waxes and naphtha (a flammable oil containing various hydrocarbons). These are used to manufacture such things as talcum powder and liquid detergent.

Qatar's ORYX GTL project in Ras Laffan employs the Fischer-Tropsch technology, which uses reactors and special catalysts in the conversion of synthesis gas into high‑quality products via a three–stage process: • Reforming of natural gas: methane reactors with oxygen over a catalyst to form a synthesis gas (syngas), a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

• Conversion of syngas using the FischerTropsch technology: the most important step of the process, where a broad range of hydrocarbon streams are generated. Gas goes through special reactors and generates liquid hydrocarbons (condensate and syncrude).

• Product upgrade: using isocracking technology, the syncrude is converted into diesel, naphtha and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

LNG: Liquefied Natural Gas Production companies search for evidence of oil and gas reservoirs, often found deep inside the earth, using sophisticated technology and drill wells in locations where it is likely to be found.

When the gas comes ashore from the gas fields (in Qatar this is the huge North Field), it is cleaned of impurities, such as hydrogen sulphide, carbon dioxide and water. Condensates are removed, then processed and sold separately.

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The purified gas then enters a refrigeration unit that reduces its temperature and shrinks its volume by a factor of 600; in other words, 600 cubic feet of natural gas becomes one cubic foot of LNG, enough to generate about 100 kilowatts per hour of electricity. An average load of 4.7 mn cubic feet of LNG is usually carried by each tanker – enough to generate 482 mn kw/h of electricity or to power approximately 34,000 homes for a year.

Facilities used to convert natural gas to liquid are called trains – this is because of the sequential arrangement of the equipment required to process the gas.

Huge tanks store the LNG until it is loaded through a pipeline into tanks aboard LNG ships. Tanks and pipes are completely and efficiently insulated to keep the liquefied gas cold.

LNG must be maintained at below –82°C to remain a liquid. However, the insulated tanks and pipes are not enough to keep the temperature of LNG sufficiently low. Autorefrigeration is therefore used to help keep the liquefied gas at a constant temperature by maintaining it at its boiling point.

LNG is stored as a boiling cryogen, a substance used to produce very low temperatures, with a boiling point at around –84°C. Stored LNG is similar to boiling water, albeit much colder! The temperature of boiling water (100°C) does not change, even with increased heat, as it is cooled by evaporation (steam generation). In much the same way, LNG will stay at near constant temperature if kept at constant pressure. As long as the steam (LNG vapour boil-off) is allowed to leave the tank, the temperature remains constant.

When an LNG ship reaches the customer’s port, the liquefied gas is offloaded into insulated storage tanks and then processed through a regasification terminal that puts heat back into, and vaporises, the liquid. The gas is then transported as conventional pipeline gas.

LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas LPG is refined from oil and natural gas the same way petrol is refined from crude oil. While LPGs may not be the primary activity of most energy companies, they are produced nonetheless because they are a byproduct of the refining process for other fuels.

When natural gas is drawn from the ground, about 90% of it is methane. The rest is in the form of various LPGs, which is separated from the methane before the methane is fed into pipelines for use in our homes. The amount of LPG that comes from natural gas varies, but it is usually from 1 to 3%, and mainly comprises propane or butane. It can be used to run vehicles such as lorries and buses, and for domestic cooking and heating. It is one of the most common alternative fuels used in the world today.

Propane and butane can be stored in liquid form with only moderate pressurisation; isobutane, which has the same simple chemical formula as butane but a different chemical structure, is also used. Usually, butane and isobutane are mixed with propane in various proportions, depending on the intended use of the fuel.

Propane is useful as a portable fuel (for example, when camping) because its boiling point is –42°C, meaning that even at very low temperatures, it will vaporise as soon as it is released from its pressurised container. This results in a clean‑burning fuel that doesn't require much equipment to vaporise it and mix it with air.

Butane's boiling point is approximately 0.5°C, so will not vaporise in very cold temperatures. It therefore has more limited uses and is mixed with propane instead of being used by itself.

CNG: Compressed Natural Gas CNG is a fossil fuel substitute for petrol, diesel or LPG. It is more environmentally friendly as it causes less pollution, and gas‑fuelled vehicles are silent, perfect for densely populated urban areas. The Environmental Protection Agency in the US believes vehicles using CNG reduce carbon monoxide emissions by 90–97%, and CO2 emissions by 25%.

CNG is often confused with LNG and LPG: CNG is stored as a gas at high pressure; LNG is stored as an uncompressed liquid, while LPG is compressed.

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CNG is lighter than air, so will not form a puddle like petrol or diesel. Any leaks will simply evaporate. Nor does CNG not have any noticeable smell; a distinctively noxious odorant (think of rotten eggs) is deliberately added as an alert to a leakage. m

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OGP 101

By Sarah Palmer At some point in Qatar you will strike up conversation with someone working in the oil and gas sector. So that you know your upstream from your midstream and downstream, here is our handy guide to popular terminology.

Associated gas: natural gas found as part of, or in conjunction with, other oil constituents.

Barrels: a unit of measure for petroleum products, one barrel is 159 litres.

Barrels per calendar day (b/cd): the total number of barrels processed in a refinery within a year, divided by 365 days.

Barrels per stream day (b/sd): the number of barrels that a refining facility can process within 24 hours, operating at full capacity under optimal conditions.

Blow-down: when condensate and gas is produced simultaneously from the outset of production.

Blow-out: when well pressure exceeds the ability of the wellhead valves to control it. Oil and gas 'blow wild' at the surface.

Composite barrel: a consumption weighted average of retail prices (including taxes) of the main groups of refined petroleum products.

Condensates: hydrocarbons which are in the gaseous state under reservoir conditions and which become liquid when temperature or pressure is reduced. A mixture of pentanes and higher hydrocarbons.

Cracking: a process in which large hydrocarbon molecules are broken down into smaller and more useful ones.

Crude oil: a naturally occurring, unrefined petroleum product composed of hydrocarbon deposits. Crude oil can be refined to produce usable products such as gasoline, diesel and various forms of petrochemicals.

Derrick: the tower‑like structure housing most of the drilling controls. It is used around oil wells and other drilled holes, and is a complex set of machines specifically designed for optimum efficiency, safety and low cost.

Distillates: a liquid product condensed from vapor during distillation. Includes products similar to heating oils and diesel fuels.

Downstream: the refining of petroleum crude oil and the processing and purifying of raw natural gas, as well as the marketing and distribution of products derived from crude oil and natural gas.

Dry hole: a well found to be incapable of producing either oil or gas in sufficient quantities to justify completion as an oil or gas well.

Feedstock: a basic material used to produce goods, finished products, energy, or intermediate materials which are feedstock for future finished products in the fuel, plastic, industrial chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Field: an area of land used to extract petroleum or gas. Qatar's proven reserves in the North Field, which it shares with Iran, have increased to 1,760 tn cubic feet (50 tn cubic metres).

Fracking: slang for hydraulic fracturing, creating fractures in rocks and rock formations by injecting fluid into cracks to force them further open.

Fractures can also exist naturally in formations, and both natural and man‑made fractures can be widened by fracking. As a result, more oil and gas can be extracted from a given area of land.

Gasoline: a mixture of relatively volatile hydrocarbons, with or without small quantities of additives, that have been blended to form a fuel suitable for use in internal combustion engines; includes gasoline used in aviation.

Gross production: the total flow of natural gas from oil and gas reservoirs of associated‑dissolved and non‑associated gas. ©

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Kerosene: medium hydrocarbon distillates in the 150° to 280°C distillation range and used as a heating fuel as well as for certain types of internal combustion engines and includes jet fuel for aircraft turbine engines.

Midstream: involves the transportation (by pipeline, rail, barge, oil tanker or truck), storage, and wholesale marketing of crude or refined petroleum products.

Natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbon compounds and small quantities of various non‑hydrocarbons existing in the gaseous phase or in solution with oil in natural underground reservoirs.

Natural gas liquids (NGLs): reservoir gases liquefied at the surface in lease separators (which separate the well stream volume into parts defined by temperature and pressure conditions), field facilities or gas processing plants. NGLs consist of field condensates and natural gas plant products such as ethane, pentane, propane, butane and natural gasoline.

Non‑associated gas: produced from gas fields which do not produce any crude oil.

OPEC: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent, intergovernmental organisation, created at the Baghdad Conference in September 1960 by five Founder Members: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Qatar joined in 1961 and ended membership in January 2019.

P&A (plugged and abandoned): a depleted well or dry hole that has been filled with cement and with all surface equipment removed.

Reservoir: an underground formation where oil and gas has accumulated. It consists of a porous rock to hold the oil or gas, and a cap rock that prevents its escape.

Residual fuel oil: a low-value petroleum product, a heavy oil grade by-product that remains after distillate fuel oils and lighter hyddrocarbons are used as a fuel in furnaces for power plants and industrial boilers, and also for ships, where it is known as bunker fuel.

Rig: a derrick with engine‑house and other equipment necessary for drilling oil and gas wells.

Roughnecks: drill crew members who work on the derrick floor, screwing together the sections of drillpipe when running or pulling a drillstring.

Shrinkage: volume shrinkage due to purification and/or extraction of natural gas liquids, gas used as input to gas‑to‑liquid plants, lease separators and any other losses caused by spillage, evaporation, etc.

Upstream: also known as the exploration and production (E&P) sector. It includes searching for potential underground or underwater crude oil and natural gas fields, drilling of exploratory wells, and subsequently drilling and operating the wells that recover and bring the crude oil and/or raw natural gas to the surface.

Well (exploratory and development): a hole drilled for the purpose of finding or producing crude oil or natural gas, or providing services related to the production of crude oil and natural gas. m

Petroleum products: products obtained from processing crude oil, unfinished oils, NGLs and other hydrocarbon compounds. These include aviation gasoline, motor gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, jet fuel, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gas, lubricants, paraffin wax, petroleum coke and asphalt.

Proven reserves: reserves which on the available evidence are virtually certain to be technically and economically viable (usually having a better than 90% chance of being produced). Qatar has the third largest natural gas proven reserves.

Recoverable reserves: the proportion of the oil and gas in a reservoir that can be removed using currently available techniques.

Refinery capacity (operable): the maximum amount of input to crude oil distillation units that can be processed in an average 24 hour period.

Re‑injection: the total volume of natural gas produced from oil and gas completions, processed through gas processing plants and field facilities, and used for gas lift, gas injection and cycling operations.

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The first well - Dukhan No. 1 - - was drilled by Qatar Petroleum Company in October 1938 to a total depth of 5,685 feet at the location which Baker selected. It was completed for 5,000 barrels per day on 8th January 1940.

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Company Activities

JUNE 2020

Marhaba compiles these pages either from updates received directly from companies or from the media.

While we endeavour to present an accurate picture of the most recent news, it is not always possible to have information verified. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility for any omissions or inaccuracies.

Qatar Petroleum Qatar Petroleum (QP) is an integrated national oil corporation responsible for the sustainable development of Qatar’s oil and gas resources.

Its corporate vision is ‘to become one of the best national oil companies in the world, with roots in Qatar, and a strong international presence.’

QP’s activities encompass the entire spectrum of the oil and gas value chain locally, regionally, and internationally, and include the exploration, refining, production, marketing and sales of oil and gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas liquids (NGL), gas-to-liquids (GTL) products, refined products, petrochemicals, fertilisers, steel and aluminium.

QP’s operations are conducted at various onshore locations, including Doha, Dukhan, Mesaieed Industrial City and Ras Laffan Industrial City, as well as at offshore areas, including Halul Island, offshore production stations, drilling platforms, and the North Field.

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Human capital The Human Capital Directorate has the responsibility of catering to QP’s human capital requirements in an ever-changing competitive environment. It provides quality support services to QP’s operations in the areas of human resources and strategic Qatarisation, as well as learning and development.

QP is spearheading the energy and industry sector’s Strategic Qatarisation Plan to maximise the employment of Qatari nationals.

Health, safety and environment QP is committed to the health and safety of its employees, contractors, visitors and the local communities, and to the protection and conservation of the natural environment.

Oil and gas fields and operation areas Onshore oil QP produces crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, associated gas, and nonassociated gas from its onshore fields in Dukhan.

Located 84 km west of Doha, Dukhan accommodates oil and gas facilities, housing, medical, recreational and educational institutions, and related services. The first shipment of oil from Dukhan was transported on 31 December 1949 through the Mesaieed port terminal.

Offshore oil QP produces high-quality crude oil and associated gas from the offshore Idd El Shargi,

Maydan Mahzam, Bul Hanine, and Al Rayyan fields, which began production in 1964, 1965, 1972, and 1996, respectively.

Exploration, appraisal and development operations During the last 25 years, QP has signed Exploration and Production Sharing Agreements (EPSA) and Development and Production Sharing Agreements (DPSA) with a number of major international oil and gas companies, including Elf Aquitaine/Total, Anadarko Qatar, Maersk Oil Qatar, Occidental Petroleum Qatar, Qatar Petroleum Development, Talisman Energy Qatar, GDF Suez, China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) and Qatar Shell.

These agreements have boosted Qatar’s oil and gas reserves through new discoveries and the development of existing fields. Some of the fields which were discovered and/or developed through these agreements are Idd El Shargi Dome (North and South), Al Shaheen Field and Al Khaleej Field, as well as Al Karkara and A Structures.

North Field The North Field, an area of 6,000 sq km with total recoverable gas of 900 tn standard cubic feet, is considered the largest single non-associated gas reservoir in the world. The utilisation of this field’s massive reserves has become a primary national goal to continue the development and prosperity of the country.

Halul Island Halul Island is a storage and exportation centre for Qatar’s marine crude oil.

The island, which has an area of 1.5 sq km, lies approximately 96 km to the northeast of Doha. It has 11 large crude oil storage tanks with a total capacity of 5 mn barrels. The island also has pumping facilities, power generators, desalination plants, a heliport and a harbour suitable for supply boats that support operations. It is also fully equipped with community facilities for almost 1,000 QP staff and contractors.

Refined products QP Refinery The QP Refinery started as a small topping plant in 1958 and has grown over the years into a giant refinery organisation. It has successfully made the State of Qatar selfsufficient and export-oriented in refined oil and petroleum products, with its designed capacity of 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) of refined products for domestic use as well as for export.

Laffan Refinery Laffan Refinery is a joint venture with international majors and is one of the largest condensate refineries in the world. It started production in late 2009 and is operated ©

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by Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas). The 146,000 bpd refinery processes field condensate from Qatargas and Al Khaleej Gas to produce naphtha, jet fuel, gas oil and LPG. A second condensate refinery, called the Laffan Refinery 2 (LR2), started operations in December 2016 and added another 146,000 bpd of processing capacity, thus doubling Qatar’s refining capacity. LR2 produces low sulfur Euro-V specifications products such as naphtha, Jet A-1, ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD), propane and butane for local and international markets.

Natural gas liquids (NGL) There are four NGL plants in Mesaieed Industrial City producing propane, butane and condensate, which are mainly intended for export.

Ongoing projects Barzan Gas Project The Barzan Gas Project will develop approximately 1.9 bn cfpd of North Field wellhead gas, and produce 1.4 bn cfpd of sales gas for the domestic market (power generation) in addition to associated condensate ethane, LPG and sulphur.

Bul Hanine Redevelopment QP is investing in the redevelopment of the existing Bul Hanine offshore oil field, which is located about 120 km to the east of the Qatari coastline. The project is one of the largest to be managed and executed by QP. It is designed to prolong the field’s life by countering its production decline and doubling its current oil production rate.

New Petrochemical Complex QP has announced the selection of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC as its partner in a new Petrochemicals Complex, which will be developed and constructed in Ras Laffan Industrial City. The new complex will have an ethane cracker with a nameplate capacity of 1.9 mn tons of ethylene per annum, making it the largest ethane cracker in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world.

It will also include two high-density polyethylene derivative units, which will raise Qatar’s current polyethylene production capacity by 82% by the fourth quarter of 2025.

North Field Expansion Project This is a project to develop additional gas from the North Field and to build four new LNG trains to raise Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 mn tons per annum to 110 MTPA. In addition to LNG, the new project will also produce about 4,000 tons per day of ethane, 260,000 bpd of condensate, 11,000 tons per day of LPG, and approximately 20 tons per day of pure helium.

QP Industrial Cities QP’s Industrial Cities Directorate has the overall QATAR OIL, GAS AND PETROCHEMICAL E-GUIDE ©

mandated responsibility for Ras Laffan Industrial City, Mesaieed Industrial City and the Dukhan Concession Area. It is responsible for developing and providing land, infrastructure, facilities and services required by the industries operating in those areas, which altogether play a pivotal role in enhancing diversification, industrialisation, and the extraction of the highest economic value from Qatar’s oil and gas resources.

Guided by Qatar National Vision 2030 and in compliance with corporate, state, and international governance, QP Industrial Cities is committed to: • Contributing to the sustainable social and economic development of Qatar.

• Achieving the highest level of health, safety, security, environmental protection and socioeconomic sustainability.

• Protecting the interests of the State, Qatar Petroleum and business partners.

• Operating highly reliable facilities and providing responsive services to business partners.

• Developing, optimising and sustaining worldclass infrastructure and facilities.

• Developing local talent and acting as a leader in corporate citizenship.

• Directing the development, regulations and operations of Mesaieed Port and Ras Laffan Port.

• Acting as the Municipal Authority in the responsible areas as granted by the laws of the State of Qatar.

Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) is situated 80 km from Doha along the northeast coast of Qatar, and is one of the fastest-growing industrial cities in the world. It is the main base for the exploitation and development of Qatar’s vast resources from the North Field, which is the world’s largest single non-associated gas reservoir. Since its establishment in 1996, RLIC has evolved into a world-class industrial city, facilitating the needs of the most technologically sophisticated natural gas-based industries.

Major industries operating in RLIC RLIC provides state-of-the-art infrastructure, facilities and services to major ventures of the oil and gas industry and supporting projects, which are all set to achieve the planned production capacity of 25 bn cubic feet of gas per day. These include: • Qatargas, the largest producer of LNG in the world.

• Pearl GTL and Oryx GTL, major producers of GTL. • Al Khaleej Gas – lean natural gas for the Qatar market.

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• Dolphin Energy Limited – lean natural gas for export by pipeline to the GCC. • Laffan Refinery 1 & 2 – refined petroleum products.

• Ras Laffan Olefins Company – ethylene for petrochemical products.

• Ras Laffan Helium – the world’s largest producer of helium.

• Qatar Power, Ras Girtas Power and Ras Laffan Power – power for Qatar and for export to the GCC market.

• Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard – shipbuilding, repair and maintenance services.

Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC) Located 40 km south of Doha, Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC) is the hub for petrochemicals, chemical fertilisers, oil refining and metallurgical industries in Qatar. MIC also hosts numerous small and medium-sized industries as well as a well-planned, self-contained, sustainable, modern township with fully-serviced infrastructure providing a high quality of life for its residents.

Major industries operating in MIC A wide range of products is produced in MIC. These include natural gas liquids, petrochemicals, plastic resins, refined petroleum products, aluminium and steel, which are supplied to local, regional and international markets. The major industries operating in MIC include the following: • QP’s Mesaieed Operations manages the onshore processing, distribution and export of products derived from non-associated gas.

• QP Refinery processes crude oil and condensate into a variety of finished products including naphtha, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and fuel oil.

• Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) is one of the leading producers of ethylene and lowdensity polyethylene (LDPE) in the Middle East region.

• Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO) is a leading, world-class fertiliser producer and is the world’s largest single-site producer of ammonia and urea.

• Qatar Chemical Company (QChem) is a worldclass integrated petrochemical plant producing high and medium-density polyethylene and other products.

• Qatar Steel is a regional leader in the steel industry.

• Qatar Aluminium Company (Qatalum) is a fully integrated aluminium plant that produces highquality primary aluminium products.

• Qatar Vinyl Company (QVC) produces high-quality vinyl products.

• Qatar Fuel Additives Company (QAFAC) produces methanol and methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).

Dukhan Concession Area Dukhan is located 80 km west of Doha and produces about 180,000 bpd of oil. It covers an area approximately 80 km by 8 km with oil production facilities, associated and nonassociated gas facilities and NGL production. In addition to industrial plants, infrastructure and assets, Dukhan is home to 12,000 residents living in a community encompassing schools, medical facilities, extensive leisure facilities and all the amenities expected of a bustling community. The main products conditioned for export from the Dukhan fields are crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids (NGL), and stripped associated gas (SAG). These products are delivered to various internal and external customers.

• Crude oil is exported through the terminal operations department at Mesaieed and also supplied to the QP Refinery.

• Condensates are sent to the QP Refinery in Mesaieed.

• Arab D NGL is supplied to NGL4 at Mesaieed.

• NGL is delivered to NGL1 and NGL2 in Mesaieed.

• SAG is supplied to QNCC, QAPCO and QAFCO via QP’s Gas Distribution System. qp.com.qa

Qatargas Qatargas is a unique global energy operator in terms of size, service and reliability. The company operates 14 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) trains with a total annual production capacity of 77 mn tonnes. This makes Qatargas the largest LNG producer in the world.

Since the first production in 1996, Qatargas has successfully delivered cargos to 31 countries and is committed to meeting the world’s demand for safe, reliable and clean energy.

Established in 1984, Qatargas develops, produces, and markets hydrocarbons from the world’s largest non-associated natural gas field. In addition to producing LNG, Qatargas is also a leading exporter of natural gas, helium, condensate and associated products. Apart from the LNG facilities, Qatargas also operates the Jetty Boil-Off Gas facility, Al Khaleej Gas, Ras Laffan Helium, the two Laffan Refineries (among the largest condensate refineries in the world), and the Ras Laffan Terminal on behalf of all participants.

Today, Qatargas continues to set the benchmark in the LNG industry as it safely and reliably ©

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supplies energy to customers all over the world. qatargas.com

Qatar Fertiliser Company QAFCO’s inception in 1969 as a joint venture company to produce chemical fertilisers was the first and a significant step in Qatar’s industrial diversification programme to utilise its abundant natural gas resources. QAFCO is now owned by Industries Qatar (IQ) (75%) and Yara Nederland BV (25%). The majority of IQ shares are owned by Qatar Petroleum (QP), making QP the ultimate parent of the company.

QAFCO inaugurated its first plant in 1973. Today the QAFCO complex comprises six ammonia and six urea completely integrated trains, a melamine plant and two urea formaldehyde plants. QAFCO is now the world’s largest single-site producer of ammonia and urea, with an annual production capacity of 3.8 mn metric tonnes (MT) of ammonia and 5.6 mn MT of urea, enabling Qatar to be the largest exporter of urea in the world.

Currently, QAFCO exports ammonia and urea via Muntajat Company to more than 45 nations across the globe, with its primary consumers being in South East Asia, North America, Australasia and Southern Africa.

UFC85 Plant As well as boosting its fertiliser production QAFCO also has two urea formaldehyde plants producing 60,000 mtpa of UFC85, the anti caking agent vital to urea production. The urea formaldehyde plant is owned by Gulf Formaldehyde Company, a joint venture between QAFCO (70%), Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (20%), and United Development Company (10%).

Qatar Melamine Plant The largest melamine plant in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world, with a production capacity of 60,000 mtpa.

The melamine project is owned by QAFCO (60%) and QP (40%). qafco.com

Qatar Petrochemical Company Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) QPJSC was established in 1974. It is a joint venture between Industries Qatar (80%) and Total Petrochemicals France (20%). QAPCO is a pioneer in petrochemical production and one of the largest manufacturers of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) in the region.

QAPCO is involved in joint ventures that include Qatar Vinyl Company (QVC) QPJSC, Qatofin QATAR OIL, GAS AND PETROCHEMICAL E-GUIDE ©

Company Limited QPJSC, and Qatar Plastic Products Company (QPPC), making QAPCO a regional petrochemical powerhouse.

QAPCO main facilities consist of an ethylene plant (cracker) with a production capacity of up to 830,000 MTPA, three LDPE plants with a total combined production capacity of over 795,000 MTPA, and a sulfur plant with a production capacity of up to 70,000 MTPA. As by-products, the ethylene plant produces liquid petroleum gases (LPG) with an annual capacity of up to 55,000 MTA and hydrogenated pyrolysis gasoline with a capacity of up to 45,000 MTA. Joint Ventures Qatofin Company Limited QPJSC Qatofin was established in 2005 and is a joint venture between QAPCO (63%), Total Petrochemicals France (36%) and QP (1%). Qatofin produces linear lowdensity polyethylene (LLDPE), mainly for export, and has a production capacity of more than 570 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa).

Qatar Vinyl Company (QVC) Established in 1997 as a limited Qatari shareholding company, with QAPCO fully operating QVC plants from 2017.

Shareholders are Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company (55%), QAPCO (31%) and QP (12.9%).

Ras Laffan Olefins Company (RLOC) RLOC is a joint venture between Q-Chem ll (53.31%), Qatofin (45.69%) and QP (1%). It owns a cracker that supplies Mesaieed LLDPE unit with ethylene feedstock and is managed and operated by Q-Chem ll.

Qatar Plastics Products Company See entry below. qapco.com

Qatar Plastic Products Company Qatar Plastic & Wooden Products Company (QPPC) was established in 1998 and commercial production commenced in 2000. Around 90% of production is sold to the domestic market while the remainder is marketed in other Gulf countries and Europe.

The production facility is located at Mesaieed Industrial City. The company is owned by two shareholders: Qatar Petrochemical Co (QAPCO), Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Co (QIMC).

QPPC produces plastic film for industrial packaging using the blow extrusion process, with products manufactured from different kinds of polymer to satisfy customer requirements. Printing is done using Flexographic printing lines in up to six colours for excellent quality. Every delivery has a product analysis certificate detailing the composition, dimension and mechanical properties.

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The company produces form, fill and seal film, shrinkable film and hood, construction foil (polythene sheet and sleeve), greenhouse and agricultural film, general purpose film, heavy duty trash bags, and wood-plastic composite (WPC).

Qatar Wooden Products Co commenced commercial production in 2013. The fully automatic wooden pallet production line and heat treatment facility is able to produce 1.6 mn wooden pallets a year, QWPC was launched to produce high-quality wooden pallets, mainly to meet the needs of QAPCO, QATOFIN and other petrochemical companies. qppc.net

Qatar Fuel Additives Company Qatar Fuel Additives Company Limited (QAFAC) was established as a Qatari joint stock company to build, own and operate facilities at Mesaieed Industrial City for the production of methanol and methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).

Since the 1960s methanol has been produced from petroleum, naphtha and natural gas, and is a clear, colourless, flammable liquid with a characteristic odour. It is a clean energy source and a raw material for many everyday items.

Within the petrochemical industry, it is used as a raw material for manufacturing solvents, formaldehyde, methyl halide, methyl amine, acetic acid, ethyl alcohol, acetic anhydride, dimethyl ether (DME) and MTBE. The QAFAC methanol plant can produce 2,950 metric tons a day of US Federal Grade AA methanol from the natural gas provided by QP, through steam reforming, methanol synthesis and distillation. The majority is exported to the Far East, Europe, India and the GCC region.

MTBE is a chemical compound from the chemical reaction of methanol and isobutylene. Produced in large quantities, it is usually used as a fuel additive in motor gasoline, one of a group of chemicals known as ‘oxygenates’ because they raise the oxygen content of gasoline. At room temperature, MTBE is a volatile, flammable and colourless liquid that dissolves easily in water.

The QAFAC MTBE plant produces around 1,830 metric tons a day by processing methanol from the on-site methanol plant and field butane from QP. The product is used by the QP refinery at Mesaieed as a gasoline blender as an octane enhancer and oxygenator to replace lead in the gasoline marketed in Qatar. The main international markets for MTBE are the Far East, Europe, South America and the GCC. qafac.com.qa

Qatar Chemical Company Ltd Qatar Chemical Company Ltd (Q-Chem) is owned by Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company QSC (MPHC) (49%), Chevron Phillips Chemical International Qatar Holdings LLC (49%), and QP (2%). MPHC is majority owned by QP. The Q-Chem facility produces high‑ and medium‑density polyethylene (HDPE and MDPE), 1-hexene and other products, using technology provided by Chevron Phillips Chemical.

Located in Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC), the Q‑Chem complex has a production capacity of 453,000 tonnes per annum (MTA) of polyethylene and a 1‑hexene unit with a production capacity 47,000 MTA. The complex also consists of a sulphur recovery and solidification plant, a water treatment plant, seawater cooling system, dock facilities and administrative buildings.

Adjacent to the Q‑Chem plant, the joint venture Q-Chem II facility produces 350,000 MTA of HDPE, and has introduced the first full range Normal Alpha Olefins (NAO) unit with a production capacity of 345,000 MTA. The plant has raised the Q-Chem HDPE production capacity to 803,000 MTA, to meet the increasing demand of customers in Asia, Europe and Africa. Similarly the NAO plant produces a full range of alpha olefins. Both plants utilise Chevron Phillips Chemical’s proprietary loop‑slurry process for high-density polyethylene.

Ras Laffan Olefins Company Ltd (RLOC) is owned

by Q-Chem II (53.31%), Qatofin Company Limited QSC (Qatofin) (45.69%) and QP (1%). The 1.3 mn mtpa ethylene cracker is operated by Q‑Chem II. Ethylene is sent from Ras Laffan to Q-Chem II and Qatofin derivatives units in Mesaieed via a 135 km pipeline, whereupon 700,000 mtpa of ethylene is allocated to Q-Chem II and 600,000 mtpa is transported to Qatofin. qchem.com.qa

Ras Laffan Power Company Ltd Ras Laffan Power Company Limited QPSC (RLPC), established in 2001, is the provider of electricity and water for the people and industrial projects of Qatar.

RLPC is a joint venture company owned by Qatar Electricity & Water Co (QEWC) (80%), QP (10%) and GIC (10%). RLPC has a 25-year Power and Water Purchase Agreement with Kahramaa and a 25-year Fuel and Seawater Supply Agreement with QP. RLPC contributes 18% of the country’s power supply and 23% of the country’s water supply. ©

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RLPC is operated by Raslaffan Operating Company WLL. Being the owner of the first independent power and water plant in the State of Qatar, RLPC plays a major role in meeting both the domestic and industrial demand for electricity and water in the coming years. rlpc.net

ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips is the world’s largest independent exploration and production (E&P) company based on proved reserves and production of liquids and natural gas. ConocoPhillips explores, produces, transports and markets crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas and bitumen worldwide, with operations and activities in 20 countries.

In Qatar, ConocoPhillips operates its Global Water Sustainability Center at the Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) which focuses on innovative solutions to treat produced water from the oil and gas industry as well as desalination, recycling, awareness and conservation.

ConocoPhillips contributes to social, economic and environmental improvements in all the communities in which it operates. ConocoPhillips’ signature CSR campaign in Qatar is the Kulluna Health and Safety campaign, in partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). conocophillips.com

ExxonMobil Qatar ExxonMobil, one of the largest publicly traded international energy companies, uses technology and innovation to help meet the world’s growing energy needs. ExxonMobil holds an industry-leading inventory of resources, is one of the largest refiners and marketers of petroleum products, and its chemical company is one of the largest in the world.

ExxonMobil has partnered with QP to develop the North Field, the world’s largest non-associated natural gas field. Through the Qatargas joint venture, the company has participated in 12 of the 14 LNG trains, 27 of the world’s largest LNG ships, three receiving terminals in Europe and the US, and Qatar’s largest condensate refinery.

ExxonMobil is the only foreign participant in two domestic gas projects – Al Khaleej Gas and QATAR OIL, GAS AND PETROCHEMICAL E-GUIDE ©

Barzan Gas. ExxonMobil also provides technical and management expertise to directly support QP through secondments of ExxonMobil employees.

ExxonMobil Research Qatar (EMRQ) opened at QSTP in 2009 to conduct research in areas of common interest to Qatar and ExxonMobil.

Scientists and researchers at EMRQ continue to advance projects in environmental management, water reuse, LNG safety and coastal geology.

By using global knowledge to develop local resources, EMRQ is able to create an invaluable link between the local and international research communities. exxonmobil.qa

North Oil North Oil Company (NOC) is an operating company created through a joint venture agreement to operate and further develop the Al Shaheen oil field for the next 25 years.

NOC is a Qatari company, 70% owned by QP and 30% by Total.

Al Shaheen oil field is located in Qatari waters 80 km north of Ras Laffan with facilities consisting of 33 platforms and more than 300 wells, currently producing around 300,000 barrels of oil per day.

Al Shaheen is Qatar’s largest offshore oil field and one of the largest offshore oil fields in the world. noc.qa

ORYX GTL ORYX GTL Ltd was established in 2003 to develop, construct, and operate Qatar’s first gas-toliquids (GTL) plant, converting natural gas into high quality GTL products including diesel, naphtha, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). GTL fuels are gaining greater acceptance as a sustainable longterm alternative to conventional fuels due to its superior characteristics.

ORYX GTL is a 51:49 joint venture between QP and Sasol Middle East and India (SMEA), combining QP’s natural gas wealth with Sasol’s technological know-how to manufacture more than 32,400 barrels a day of high specification GTL diesel, naphtha and LPG. Naphtha produced at ORYX GTL is exported from Ras Laffan and marketed by Qatar International Petroleum Marketing Company (Tasweeq) to customers in the Middle East and Far East. oryxgtl.com.qa

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Qatar Shell

Total

Shell is the largest international investor in Qatar. QP and Shell have jointly delivered two of the largest energy projects in the world in Ras Laffan Industrial City.

Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) is the world’s largest GTL plant, cementing Qatar’s position as the GTL capital of the world. Costing USD19 bn, this is the largest single investment in the Shell Group’s global portfolio. Meanwhile the Qatargas 4 LNG project (QP 70%, Shell 30%) combines Shell’s global leadership in LNG with Qatar’s position as the world’s largest LNG supplier.

The Qatar Shell Research & Technology Centre at QSTP is a world-class research and development facility and learning centre, with investment of up to USD100 mn on programmes in support of energy and the environment. Qatar Shell also supports Qatar National Vision 2030 through investments in national talent and capability development, via the professional development of Qatari employees and an extensive CSR programme. shell.qa

French energy major TOTAL has been in Qatar since 1936, active in all areas of the oil and gas sector.

Total is the shareholder and sole operator of Al Khalij offshore oilfield. In 2016, Total won the bid for Al Shaheen offshore oilfield, resulting in North Oil Company, established as a partnership between Total and QP. Total is also a founding partner of Qatargas, a founding member and leading partner of Dolphin Energy, and a partner of Muntajat. Total also owns prominent shares in QAPCO and Qatofin, and has a stake in the two Laffan Condensate Refineries operated by Qatargas in Ras Laffan.

Total Marketing Qatar has a prominent market share for lubricants in Qatar for automotive, construction, industrial and marine customers.

The Total Research Center Qatar at QSTP has leading edge and innovative research projects related to sustainable development, marine biodiversity, biofuels, and solar energy. total.com

WOQOD

Sasol Sasol is an international integrated chemicals and energy company.

Through talented people, Sasol use selected technologies to safely and sustainably source, produce and market chemical and energy products competitively to create superior value for customers, shareholders and other stakeholders.

The company develops and commercialises technologies, and build and operate world-scale facilities to produce a range of high-value product streams, including liquid fuels, chemicals and lowcarbon electricity. Sasol employs 31, 270 people working in 32 countries.

In Qatar, Sasol is a 49% shareholder with QP in ORYX GTL, the world’s first commercial-scale GTL plant. ORYX GTL uses Sasol proprietary gas-toliquids (GTL) technology to convert natural gas into liquid fuel and chemical products. sasol.com

Qatar Fuel Company (WOQOD) QPSC was formed as a joint stock company in 2002 to provide downstream, refined fuel storage, distribution and marketing services in Qatar. WOQOD is listed on Qatar Exchange following its IPO in 2003.

WOQOD distributes fuel products within Qatar for all transportation – diesel and gasoline for vehicles, marine fuel for seagoing vessels, and aviation fuel for airlines – with fuel distribution depots in Mesaimeer and Ras Laffan. WOQOD has a fleet of road tankers and an extensive network of petrol stations, as well as vessels for supplying marine fuel. Qatar was the first GCC country to convert to fully unleaded gasoline and WOQOD’s diesel has the lowest sulfur content in the region.

WOQOD also fulfils Qatar's energy needs through ecofriendly fuel products like liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and compressed natural gas. LPG is supplied to domestic customers via Shafaf cylinders, while industrial and commercial users can have LPG tankers installed.

WOQOD has diversified into retail marketing with Sidra convenience stores, a one-stop shop solution at their fuel stations. m woqod.com.qa ©

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