Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company plans to shut its sixth train or production unit for maintenance on June 20.

The people said that the liquefied gas producer known as RasGas shut its Units 1 and 2 for maintenance late last month. RasGas, based in the Qatari capital, Doha, plans to restart the 2 units this week.

Train 6 is one of the world’s four largest LNG production units, each of them capable of producing 7.8 million tonnes of liquefied gas in a year. It will be shut for maintenance for about 20 days.

Qatar’s two LNG producers, RasGas and Qatar Liquefied Gas Company have announced shutdowns of 4 other liquid natural gas units this year.

RasGas shut its seventh and newest production unit after it came on line earlier this year. Qatar Liquefied Gas Company or QatarGas shut its third and fourth units for repairs and said it would stop operating its fifth unit during the summer.

(Sourced from Arabian Business)