Ras Laffan Port loads four LNG carriers simultaneously

The world’s largest LNG export facility at Ras Laffan has crossed another milestone by simultaneously loading four tankers on March 22, 2009.

“Only Ras Laffan Port has the capability to load four LNG tankers at the same time,” a spokesman for Ras Laffan Industrial City said yesterday. With four operational LNG berths, Ras Laffan Port is already the world’s top liquefied natural gas exporting facility. The tankers that were loaded were 135,000 cu m ‘Al Khor’ (Berth LNG1), 136,000 cu m ‘Disha’ (Berth LNG2), 145,700 cu m ‘AlJassasiya’ (Berth LNG3) and 216,000 cu m ‘Al Hamla’ (Berth LNG4).
Additionally, two new berths - LNG5 and LNG6 - are under construction and will be operational by 2011.

Chiyoda Awarded a Long Term EPCM Services Contract for LNG and Gas Processing Plants in Qatar

Chiyoda Corporation, Japan’s leading engineering and construction firm, announces that a contract has been concluded between RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) and Chiyoda Almana Engineering L.L.C (CAEL) for Long Term
Engineering, Procurement, Construction management (EPCm) Services for small to medium sized projects.

1. Client RasGas Company Limited. (Shareholders: Qatar Petroleum 70%, ExxonMobil 30%)
2. Contract Period: Four (4) years starting March 2009. (RasGas also has the option to extend for a further year)
3. Objective: CAEL will provide EPCm services as a long-term partner for small to medium sized projects for a total of seven LNG plants and two large-sized gas processing plants and other facilities owned by RasGas. This includes two mega-sized LNG plants (each capacity: 7.8 MMTPA) and a large-sized gas processing plant which are now under construction by Chiyoda and Technip (France) Joint Venture in Ras Laffan, Qatar.
4. Total contract value: Approx. US$ 300Million (Estimated by RasGas)
5. Chiyoda, who has constructed a considerable number of LNG and gas processing plants in Qatar, has jointly established Chiyoda Almana Engineering L.L.C along with a local company (Al-Mana Group), mainly to support post-construction plant operation for Qatari clients.

Chiyoda believe that its continuous and reliable service to RasGas and the establishment of the above support systems for clients were much-admired by RasGas.

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