Strong and sound safety culture makes sure that 'Nobody Gets Hurt' for almost two decades
Doha, Qatar - RasGas Company Limited's (RasGas) Offshore Production Department (Shorebase) has completed an exceptional 19 years of operations without a Lost-Time Incident.
RasGas Shorebase has served as a hub supporting the offshore gas production operations and our drilling operations. Its contribution towards supporting the logistics involved with the production of 9.0 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas and the drilling of over 150 offshore gas production wells is indeed unparalleled.
The company's Chief Operations Officer, Fahad Mohammed Al Khater, praised the Offshore Production Department's success, stating, "I am extremely proud that we continue to demonstrate RasGas' industry-leading safety performance".
"RasGas has a long-established culture of safety awareness, and our rigorous and systematic approach to reducing and eliminating workplace risk has made the company an industry leader in safety performance. This significant milestone is a testament to our focus on accident prevention and our commitment to maintaining an injury-free workplace."
Mr. Al Khater also congratulated the company's contractor workforce for playing a critical role in ensuring safety is a priority and maintaining a secure work environment in all RasGas locations.
While the safety challenges in the oil and gas industry are significant, Mr. Al Khater concluded; "These accomplishments demonstrate that working together as a team and embedding safety as a core value in everything we do, brings RasGas closer to our goal where 'Nobody Gets Hurt'."
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About RasGas
RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) is a Qatari joint stock company established in 2001 by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil RasGas Inc. RasGas acts as the operating company for and on behalf of the owners of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects RL, RL (II) and RL3 (Project Owners). With operations facilities based in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, RasGas' principal activities are to extract, process, liquefy, store and export LNG and its derivatives from Qatar's North Field. RasGas, on behalf of the Project Owners, exports to countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas with a total LNG production capacity of approximately 37 million tonnes per annum.
For pipeline sales gas to the domestic market, RasGas also operates the Al Khaleej Gas Projects, AKG-1 and AKG-2 supplying approximately 2.0 billion standard cubic feet (Bscf) per day. RasGas is currently adding production capacity by building the Barzan Gas Project which when fully operational in 2015, is expected to supply approximately 1.4 Bscf of additional sales gas per day to the Qatari market to meet growing demand for energy at power stations and downstream industries.
RasGas currently operates the Ras Laffan Helium Plant which was established in 2003 and came on stream in 2005. The plant extracts, purifies and liquefies helium from the North Field. The second helium plant entered production in June 2013 bringing the total liquid helium production capacity to 1.96 Bscf per year. www.rasgas.com
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