The Peninsula reported that RasGas will rise to approximately 37 million tonnes per annum later this year, when all seven of its trains are operational with Train 7 due to come on stream later this year.

Mr Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi MD and CEO of RasGas said that "The significance of Qatar's energy resources and the role played by RasGas in extracting and distributing these resources continues to grow natural gas is expected to be the world's fastest growing conventional source of energy over the next 2 decades."

Making a presentation at the MEED Qatar Projects 2010 conference, Mr Jeff Jones manager of RasGas Operations Expansion outlined the company's most recent achievement, LNG Train 6. Titled 'From Vision to Reality: Bringing a Mega train Online', the presentation provided an overview of this groundbreaking project.

Mr Jones described how RasGas overcame significant challenges to integrate the entire LNG value chain from production at the well head to delivery to customers around the world. He discussed how the company is now applying the knowledge gained from these experiences to successfully start up its seventh LNG train.

Train 6 produced its first LNG in July 2009 and the first Q-Flex tanker cargo was loaded the following month, marking the successful completion of the immense project.

Along the way, RasGas overcame a host of significant technical, operational and commercial challenges. The project was also executed in challenging market conditions. Nevertheless the Train 6 project achieved industry leading safety performance and came in within budget.

(Sourced from The Peninsula)