RasGas sets Train 7 in motion

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Aleya Begum

 24 February 2010 10:35 GMT

Qatar's RasGas said today it has started output from Train 7 at its Ras Laffan 3 liquefied natural gas production facility.



The 7.8 million tonnes per year of LNG from the new train, will take RasGas' total capacity to 36.3 million tonnes per year, the company said.

The project is a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (70%) and ExxonMobil (30%).

“Ras Laffan 3 Train 7 is the fourth 7.8 million tonnes per year LNG plant brought online by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil within the past 12 months,” said Ras Gas in a statement.

“It matches the capacity of Ras Laffan 3 Train 6, one of the largest operating LNG production facilities in the…

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