Reuters reported that Pearl GTL, Qatar's USD 19 billion gas to liquid fuels project is set to reach full production within days after completing maintenance work on its two main production lines.

Mr Rob Overtoom of Qatar Shell GTL Limited said that "It is more a matter of days than weeks. It is difficult to say because you can always have a bit of a setback but now we're almost through."

Mr Overtoom said that Shell's planned 100 day maintenance at Pearl was almost over and that it would soon ramp up production. The project has been a drain on Royal Dutch Shell's RDSa.L capital since 2003 with a development cost that overran to USD 18 billion to USD 19 billion from the original USD 5 billion and a mid 2012 target for full production.

Source - Reuters

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