Gulf Times – Qatar seals its place in global LPG top league

Qatar’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) output will reach 11mn tonnes per year by 2012, making it one of the largest global exporters, Tasweeq CEO Saad al-Kuwari has said.

“The more we produce liquefied natural gas (LNG), the more LPG we get,” al-Kuwari told Gulf Times yesterday.

Asked whether Qatar’s LPG output would increase given that the country had achieved its targeted liquefied natural gas production capacity (of 77mn tpy), al-Kuwari said: “Maybe there will be a slight increase with local projects such as Barzan and AKG2 getting commissioned. But I can’t say how much more LPG we will produce with the start-up of the two local projects.”

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