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Signed by Qatar Petroleum and the Alliance "Chiyoda and Technip", featuring two Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda Corporation) and Technip France (Technip France SA), contract engineering, procurement main construction and land - based facilities for the expansion of the production of liquefied natural gas from the Gaza Strip east of the North Field, the largest gas project Liquefied natural gas in the world, as it will raise the State of Qatars production capacity of liquefied natural gas from 77 million tons to 110 million tons annually.
The project will also produce large quantities of condensate, liquefied petroleum gas, ethane, sulfur, and helium. It is expected that production will start before the end of 2025, and total production will reach about 1.4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.
The contract covers the construction of four giant LNG production lines, each with a capacity of eight million tons per year, in addition to gas processing facilities, natural gas liquids recovery, and helium extraction and refining facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City.
The Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs and CEO of Qatar Petroleum, Saad bin Sherida Al-Kaabi, said in a speech during the signing ceremony, today, Monday, that the total cost of the expansion project amounts to about 105 billion riyals (28.8 billion dollars), which makes it one of the largest investments in the energy industry during The past few years.
He pointed out that the carbon dioxide collection and injection system is one of the most important environmental elements of the project, as it forms part of the companys integrated facilities to collect and inject carbon dioxide gas in Ras Laffan, which, upon full operation, will become the largest of its kind in the LNG industry. It is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world.
The project includes the provision of a large part of its electrical energy needs from the national electricity grid in Qatar.
Qatar Petroleum is seeking to secure these needs from the Al-Kharsaa solar power plant project, which is currently under construction, with a capacity of 800 megawatts, in addition to another 800 megawatts from the solar power plant that Qatar Petroleum will establish as part of its portfolio of solar energy projects that aims to reach more than 4,000 megawatts before 2030.
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The project includes a system to recover the gas evaporated during shipment, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nearly one million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually, and the project will save 10.7 million cubic meters of water annually through recycling and reusing 75% of industrial wastewater , And reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 40%.
The project to expand LNG production from the eastern sector of the North Field is the first stage of the planned expansion to reach the production of 110 million tons per year, and the next stage will be from the southern sector of the North Field, which will raise the production capacity of LNG in the State of Qatar from 110 million tons. To 126 million tons annually.
Production from the southern sector project is expected to start in 2027. The project will include building two additional giant production lines, each with a capacity of 8 million tons per year, in addition to the marine and onshore facilities associated with them.
The Southern Sector North Field Project was initiated following the successful onshore evaluation activities of Qatar Petroleum in the North Field, and aims to develop and produce gas from the southern sector of the North Field. As these evaluation activities continue, Qatar Petroleum is conducting an additional increase in LNG production capacity by more than 126 million tons per year. |
