doha qatar products liquefied natural gas parent qatar petroleum website www.qatargas.com qatargas is the world s largest liquefied natural gas lng company . it annually produces and supplies the globe with 42 million metric tons of lng from across its four ventures qatargas 1 qatargas 2 qatargas 3 and qatargas 4 . it is headquartered in doha qatar and maintains its upstream assets in ras laffan qatar . natural gas is supplied to qatargas s lng trains from qatar s massive north field by far the world s largest non associated gas field . together with rasgas it reached a record lng production of 77 million tones per annum in december 2010 . 1 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the qatargas company was established in 1984 . the company was originally formed to operate three lng trains with a design capacity of two million tonnes per annum mtpa each qatargas 1 . the first shipment of lng was delivered to japan in 1996 . in july 2005 qatargas operating company limited was formed for the purpose of operating and maintaining the assets of qatargas 1 qatargas 2 qatargas 3 qatargas 4 laffan refinery and other assets on behalf of the shareholders . on 6 april 2009 the qatargas 2 project was officially inaugurated . in november 2010 and january 2011 respectively qatargas 3 and 4 started production . 2 operations edit the shareholders of the qatargas 1 are qatar petroleum exxonmobil total mitsui and marubeni . it owns three lng trains . in 2008 it produced 10.09 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas . 3 the projected production for the end of 2012 is 42 million tonnes per annum mtpa . qatargas ii a joint venture of qatar petroleum and exxonmobil owns lng trains 4 and 5 with a capacity of 7.8 million tonnes per annum mtpa each . it is supplying lng for the south hook lng terminal at milford haven pembrokeshire wales from where gas is fed to the south wales gas pipeline . this covers 20 % of the united kingdom s needs of lng . qatargas iii is a joint venture between qatar petroleum conocophillips and mitsui . qatargas iv is a joint venture between qatar petroleum and royal dutch shell . 4 at first approached as separate projects qatargas iii and iv are now being built by a joint asset development team that is staffed by qatargas conocophillips and shell employees as well as project direct hires and short term contractors . 5 its trains have started up by end 2010 qg3 and early 2011 qg4 . 6 qatargas offshore operations are located approximately 80 kilometres 50 mi northeast of qatar s mainland on the north field . the production facilities were commissioned in 1996 . processed gas is transferred to shore with the associated condensate via a single 32 inches 810 mm subsea pipeline . qatargas transports its lng by using two classes of lng tankers known as q max and q flex . see also edit qatargas league references edit route 77 leads to milestone in qatar s gas exports the national tahani karrar 2009 04 06 . qatargas inaugurates trains 4 and 5 . downstream today . retrieved 2009 04 19 . qatargas lng output hits record . upstream online . nhst media group . 2009 01 12 . retrieved 2009 02 19 . qatargas building for the future of qatar . shell in the middle east . royal dutch shell 42 . july 2008 . retrieved 2009 02 19 . offshore teamwork . shell in the middle east . royal dutch shell 41 . april 2008 . retrieved 2009 02 19 . eduard gismatullin 2009 02 16 . shell ceo says satisfied with qatargas 4 lng progress . bloomberg . retrieved 2009 02 19 . external links edit company website coordinates 25 54 34 n 51 33 11 e 25.90944 n 51.55306 e 25.90944 ; 51.55306 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title qatargas & oldid 708049718 categories oil and gas companies of qatarliquefied natural gas plantsenergy companies established in 1984non renewable resource companies established in 19841984 establishments in qatarhidden 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 aisitaliano nederlands portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 3 march 2016 at 09 03 . 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