company limited is a liquefied natural gas lng producing company in qatar . it is the second biggest lng producer in qatar after qatargas . 1 rasgas operates seven lng trains located in ras laffan industrial city . rasgas also operates helium plants which produce 25 % of the world s helium and make qatar the second largest helium exporter . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit rasgas was established in 2001 . 2 the chief executive officer of the company is hamad rashid al mohannadi . 3 operations edit the company s seven lng trains have a total capacity of 36.3 million tonnes of lng per year . 4 trains 1 and 2 are owned by ras laffan and they have a combined capacity of 6.6 million tonnes of lng per year . ras laffan ii owns trains 3 4 and 5 with a capacity of 4.7 million tonnes of lng per annum each . 5 trains 6 and 7 are owned by ras laffan 3 . the train 6 came online in october 2009 and was inaugurated on 27 october 2009 . 6 sheikh hamad bin khalifa al thani the emir of qatar attended the ceremony . 7 the train 7 started production in february 2010 . 4 8 9 both train produces 7.8 million tonnes of lng per year and they among the largest lng trains in the world . 9 10 rasgas operates helium 1 and helium 2 helium plants . helium 1 produces 660 million cubic feet per annum 19 10 6 m3 a of liquid helium which is approximately 10 percent of the world s total helium production . 11 helium 2 is the world s largest helium refining facility . it produces 1.3 billion cubic feet per annum 37 000 000 m3 a of liquid helium . 12 together these two plants now produce 25 % of the world s helium making qatar the second largest world helium exporter after the u.s. 13 references edit helder marinho 2009 10 07 . qatargas exxon lng venture to reach 100 % this month . bloomberg . retrieved 2009 10 27 . rasgas names its dates . upstream online . nhst media group . 2009 02 11 . retrieved 2009 02 19 . bruce nichols 2009 02 11 . rasgas ceo sees later start for new lng trains . reuters . retrieved 2009 02 19 . a b rasgas sets train 7 in motion . upstream online . nhst media group . 2010 02 24 . retrieved 2010 02 24 . rasgas getting train 5 on track . upstream online . nhst media group . 2007 03 05 . retrieved 2009 02 19 . celebration time for rasgas . gulf times . 2009 10 27 . retrieved 2009 10 27 . qatar inaugurates new lng production line . mena report . al bawaba . 2009 10 27 . retrieved 2009 10 27 . robert tuttle 2010 02 24 . qatar s rasgas starts producing lng from train 7 . bloomberg . retrieved 2010 02 24 . a b simon webb ; regan doherty 2010 02 24 . qatar s rasgas starts lng output from new facility . reuters . retrieved 2010 02 24 . perumal santhosh v. 2009 02 19 . rasgas gets boost from two mega projects . gulf times . retrieved 2009 02 19 . rasgas helium plant achieves production capacity . downstream today . 2008 02 20 . retrieved 2008 02 23 . qatar s helium 2 plant opening makes it world s largest exporter . the edge . 2013 12 15 . retrieved 2014 05 18 . air liquide and linde in helium hunt as texas reserves dry up bloomberg 2014 1 external links edit company website coordinates 25 53 27 n 51 32 33 e 25.89083 n 51.54250 e 25.89083 ; 51.54250 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rasgas & oldid 687714134 categories oil and gas companies of qatarliquefied natural gas plantsexxonmobil subsidiarieshelium2001 establishments in qatarcompanies established in 2001hidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisitalianonederlands edit links this page was last modified on 27 october 2015 at 08 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view