World’s largest LNG producer inaugurates new Ras Laffan facilities

Qatar on Monday inaugurated the Ras Laffan 2 refinery, doubling the country’s condensate refining capacity to 292,000 barrels per day.

The project will refine 146,000 barrels per day of condensate from the North Field, the largest non-associated natural gas reserve in the world, Qatargas said in an earlier statement.

The facility will process condensate to produce five products support the energy and industry sectors by providing energy sources and raw feedstock material, namely naphtha, kerojet (A-1), diesel and liquefied petroleum gas in the form of propane and butane.

In addition, the facility includes a waste water recycling facility which treats industrial water from Laffan Refinery 1 and Laffan Refinery 2. The recycled water is then re-used as boiler feed water and cooling water, thereby reducing water consumption and eliminating the discharge of treated industrial water.

Qatargas, the country’s largest LNG producer with an annual production of 43 mtpa, operates the refinery on behalf of Laffan Refinery 2’s shareholders, Qatar Petroleum (84 percent), Total (10 percent), Cosmo (2 percent), Idemitsu (2 percent), Mitsui (1 percent) and Marubeni (1 percent).