DOHA: Qatari liquefied natural gas producer RasGas plans two to three maintenance shutdowns in 2013, a company official from one of the world’s biggest gas exporters said yesterday.
“This is a planned, normal shutdown,” Khaled Al Hemaidi, Manufacturing Manager, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference here, declining to specify dates for the shutdowns or which production facilities would be affected.
RasGas, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil, is one of two producers in Qatar which together can produce 77 million tonnes a year of gas chilled to liquid form for export by ship.
Gas producers typically carry out maintenance on their facilities during the summer in the northern hemisphere, where most of the world’s gas is still consumed and where leading importers use it for heating in winter.
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