Project Profile
Estimated Value: US$5.5 billion
Location: Ras Laffan, Qatar
Start-up Year: 2018
Capacity: 146,000 b/d
With the Ras Laffan refinery expansion project , Qatargas seeks to increase the capacity of its Ras Laffan refinery condensate facility from 146,000-b/d to 292,000 b/d. The project is part of an effort to keep up with the rising volumes of condensate from the ongoing development of the North field.
The company is also looking to include an aromatics plant, a gas oil hydrotreater and splitter to divide heavy and light naphtha. QP subsidiaries Qatar Liquefied Gas Company (Qatargas) and Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company (RasGas) will run the refinery and provide the bulk of condensate feedstock respectively.
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.
Operators:
Qatar Liquefied Natural Gas Co - Qatargas (subsidiary of Shell): 20% interest
Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co (Ras Gas)
Qatar Petroleum (QP): 80% interest
Total: 20% indirect interest through subsidiary QP
ExxonMobil
Cosmo Oil Co. Ltd.
Idemitsu Oil & Gas
Mitsui & Co.
Marubeni Corp.
Contractors:
Bechtel: PMC contract
Consortium for Engineering, Procurement, Supply, Construction and Commissioning (EPSCC):
Chiyoda Corporation
CTCI Corporation
Partnership for pre-FEED:
APS Engineering Company
JGC (Japan Gasoline Corporation)
Partnership for development of an integrated butadiene extraction and elastomer complex:
Zeon Corporation
Mitsui & Co. Ltd
Foster Wheeler AG: Develop a basic engineering package (BEP)
Flour Corporation: FEED contract
Kentz Engineers & Constructors: Tank farm, loading facility and jetty EPC
Kentz Corporation: Manpower Services contract
Leighton Offshore: Replacement of floating hoses on the SPM system
Technip: FEED contract for Phase 2
Tecnicas Reunidas: FEED contract for diesel
Xodus Group: Contract to provide vibration engineering services at onshore and offshore facilities in partnership with Chiyoda Almana Engineering, as well as looking to develop a long‐term piping integrity management programme to assess, reduce or eliminate vibration in all of the Qatargas facilities, both onshore and offshore