The Qatari government has unveiled plans to ramp up domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) production from the current 77 Mt/year to 100 Mt/year by 2024 once the new gas project in the southern sector of the North Dome field is commissioned. In April 2017, Qatar Petroleum announced plans to develop a new gas project with a capacity of around 2 bcf/d (nearly 21 bcm/year) in the North Field and unveiled new plans for debottlenecking its LNG production facilities in Ras Laffan in June 2017. In March 2018, the state-run oil and gas company Qatar Petroleum (QP) selected Chiyoda Corporation (Japan) to carry out front-end engineering and design (FEED) of the onshore facilities of the North Field (North Dome) expansion project, which is expected to bring in 23 Mt/year of additional capacity.
Qatar is currently the largest LNG producer worldwide, thanks to 14 liquefaction trains with a cumulated capacity of 77 Mt/year. The Qatargas complex includes three 3.2 Mt/year trains (Qatargas I, 1996-1998) and four 7.8 Mt/year trains grouped in Qatargas II (2009), Qatargas III (2010) and Qatargas IV (2011). The Ras Laffan complex includes two 3.3 Mt/year trains (Ras Laffan I, 1999), three 4.7 Mt/year trains (Ras Laffan II, 1999-2007) and two 7.8 Mt/year trains (Ras Laffan III, 2009-2010). Qatar Petroleum holds a majority stake in all trains (from 65% to 70%).
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