As the world’s largest LNG exporter, Qatar is starting up a delayed production facility that will export the gas to Britain, a spokeswoman for state-run Qatargas declared of late.
The new gas plant will take Qatar’s annual production capacity of LNG to around 38 million tonnes, from around 31 million tonnes and had been due to start last winter.
State-run Qatar Petroleum owns a 70% stake in the project, while Exxon Mobil holds the remaining 30%. The gas plant, also known as a train, had been delayed as the number of simultaneous energy projects under construction in the Gulf Arab state led to labour and equipment shortages.
“We are in the process of commissioning train 4. Things are progressing well and we expect first LNG before the end of the year,” said the spokeswoman.
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