Total has made little secret of its wish to be involved in a new Qatari LNG project. Last October, it proposed to Qatar Liquefied Gas Company (Qatargas) the construction of a 5 million-t/y train, with an option of a second train of similar size. The current negotiations underline that Doha is now looking to integrate this proposal into the Qatargas II scheme. In addition to becoming a shareholder in the new project company, Total would become an offtaker of LNG from Qatargas II (MEED 18:10:02).
Front-end engineering and design (FEED) work is under way on the current Qatargas II project for the two new trains at Ras Laffan and the proposed receiving terminal in the UK. A FEED contractor is also due to be appointed for the upstream works in the North field.
Under the current schedule, Qatargas II is aiming to award the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the first train in mid-2004, which will be in production by early 2008. It will be followed about a year later with commissioning of the second train. Besides looking at the largest trains ever built, Qatargas II is proposing to be the first company to have LNG carriers of over 200,000 cubic metres.
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