RasGas getting Train 5 on track

Rasgas, the joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil, has started commissioning Ttrain 5 of its liquefied natural gas facility, Qatar's energy minister said on Monday.

"The commissioning of the project has started, we will inaugurate this later in March," Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah told reporters on the sidelines of a gas conference in Doha.

The plant has a capacity of 4.7 million tonnes a year. The output is expected to be sold to Europe and Asia.

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