Qatar breaks ground on world's largest LNG expansion project
Qatar breaks ground on world's largest LNG expansion project
-
Natural Gas News
Qatar breaks ground on world's largest LNG expansion project
Summary
The North Field expansion project will raise the country's LNG production capacity from 77mn tonnes/year to 126mn tonnes/year by 2026. [Image: QatarEnergy] by: Shardul Sharma
Qatar, the world's largest LNG exporter, held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 3 for the North Field expansion pr...
Related Knowledge Center: Liquefied natural gas
Driven by plentiful natural gas produced from shale plays, the United States began exporting liquefied natural gas in 2016 when the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana opened and shipped its first cargo. Since then, additional capacity, or trains, have been added to Sabine Pass, and terminals have become operational in Cameron Parish, La.; Hackberry, La.; Cove Point, Md.; and Corpus Christi, Texas. The Energy Information Administration projects that U.S. LNG export capacity will reach 8.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) by the end of 2019, making it the third largest in the world, behind Australia and Qatar. The tariff war with China has the potential to impact some final investment decisions for additional terminals in the coming months.