27 June 2016
RasGas completes decade-long Dry Low NOx project of retrofitting Trains 1, 2, 3, 4, AKG-1, and associated Utilities

Doha - RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has completed a 10-year Low NOx retrofit programme across Trains 1, 2, 3, 4, Al Khaleej Gas 1, and associated Utilities, reducing its nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions intensity by approximately 90 per cent in comparison to 2006 levels.

The programme, which was implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), is a significant step in mitigating environmental concerns about local air quality. RasGas introduced General Electric's (GE) Dry Low NOx technology in 2007 to the company's gas-fired turbines built before 2005. It subsequently ensured that emissions from all applicable combustion units meet, or fall below, Qatar's applicable regulatory limits.

Hamad Mubarak Al Muhannadi, RasGas Chief Executive Officer, states, "As a responsible corporate citizen, we believe that it is our duty to make a positive environmental contribution where we can, and to mitigate any impacts associated with the activities under our control as far as possible. As a Qatari company, we also embrace our responsibilities to our local communities, and this includes ensuring we play a constructive role in protecting the quality of ambient air."

Air emissions from oil and gas industry operations may contribute to local environmental impacts such as haze, and can affect health, flora and fauna. These emissions include NOx and sulphur dioxide emitted during combustion.

RasGas has long been committed to addressing such environmental challenges, including forming a specially appointed emissions reduction steering committee comprising senior management that is responsible for identifying and coordinating opportunities for emission reductions. A 2014 Philip Townsend Associates Incorporated benchmarking report confirmed that the company's NOx emissions intensity, expressed in weight percentage of total intake, was better than the LNG industry average by 70 per cent, with RasGas ranking top of the 14 benchmarked LNG companies.

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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 managing the construction of the Barzan Gas Project which when fully operational, 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.

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