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Company's long-standing safety culture results in milestone achievement for Field Development
Company’s long-standing safety culture results in milestone achievement for Field Development
Doha –December 1st, 2016: RasGas Company Limited’s (RasGas) Field Development has completed 21 million man-hours without a lost-time incident. This achievement is the latest milestone for the company, which has a long-standing, industry-leading safety culture.
RasGas’ Chief Development Officer, Nafez Bseiso, stated, “This success is the direct result of RasGas’ long-term commitment to our safety vision of ‘Nobody Gets Hurt’. I congratulate the Development team for their success in a highly complex and challenging environment.”
RasGas has consistently maintained the highest safety standards, with a focus on accident prevention and improving operating practices through a systematic approach to process and personal safety. Deeply embedded processes and systems further support the company as it strives towards a goal of zero incidents to people, the plant and the environment.
“I am confident that, moving forward, RasGas will continue to exceed all safety expectations as our safety culture remains integral to all aspects of our business,” confirmed Mr. Bseiso.
About RasGas
RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) is a Qatari joint stock company established in 2001 by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil RasGas Inc. RasGas acts as the operating company for and on behalf of the owners of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects RL, RL (II) and RL3 (Project Owners). With operations facilities based in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, RasGas’ principal activities are to extract, process, liquefy, store and export LNG and its derivatives from Qatar’s North Field. RasGas, on behalf of the Project Owners, exports to countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas. It has a total LNG production capacity of approximately 37 million tonnes per annum.
For pipeline sales gas to the domestic market, RasGas also operates the Al Khaleej Gas Projects, AKG-1 and AKG-2 supplying approximately 2.0 billion standard cubic feet (Bscf) per day.
RasGas currently operates the Ras Laffan Helium Plant which was established in 2003 and came on stream in 2005. The plant extracts, purifies and liquefies helium from the North Field. The second helium plant entered production in June 2013 bringing the total liquid Helium production capacity to 1.96 Bscf per year. www.rasgas.com
Contact:
Chatura Poojari
+ 974-4453-1130
+ 974-33257708
cnpoojari@rasgas.com.qa
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