qatar Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum in May, Al-Kaabi said, “LNG is not going away any anytime soon, as was recently made clear by the G7 as well as by many countries around the world, who have changed their position of moving away from fossil fuels." Al-Kaabi said Qatar’s LNG expansion projects are designed to help meet growing demand for cleaner energy driven by economic growth and rising populations and living standards. He added that QatarEnergy has secured 25mn tons of long-term LNG sales and will be signing more this year. QatarEnergy continues work to implement various elements of the North Field production expansion projects, including the North Field East project and the North Field South project. Together, their yeild is expected to reach the combined capacity of 49MTPA. In February, it announced that it is proceeding with a new LNG expansion project, the 'North Field West' project, to further raise Qatar’s LNG production capacity to 142 mn tons per annum (MTPA) before the end of this decade. During the launch of the project, the company said that it will soon start the basic engineering works necessary to deliver the project as per its approved schedule. “QatarEnergy has focused its efforts and attention on determining how far west the North Field’s productive layers extend in order to evaluate the production potential from those areas. We have continued geological and engineering studies and have drilled a number of appraisal wells in that area. “I am pleased today to announce that, praise be to God, these great efforts have confirmed, through technical tests of the appraisal wells, the extension of the North Field’s productive layers further towards the west, which means the ability to produce significant additional quantities of gas from this new sector” Al-Kaabi said while unveiling the plans for the project. The 16MTPA North Field West project boasts the capacity to boost Qatar’s LNG production levels of 77MTPA by as much as 85%. Following the completion of the North Field West project, Qatar’s total LNG production could reach 7.25mn barrels of oil equivalent per day. During the launch of the project, the Energy Minister also confirmed the discovery of substantial additional gas reserves in the North Field, estimated at 240 trillion cubic feet. This increases Qatar`s gas reserves from 1,760 to over 2,000 trillion cubic feet, and the condensate reserves from 70 to more than 80 billion barrels. ■ QatarEnergy has secured 25mn tons of long-term LNG sales. ISSUE 5 2024 | oilreviewmiddleeast.com 12 Qatar’s total LNG production could reach7.25mn bopd following the completion of the North Field West project. Image Credit: QatarEnergy oil a Major nd gas projects , Qatar Bul Hanine edevelopm Hanine R QatarEnergy – Bu acilit F men Budge ul nt, : Development Drilling ty et: US$11bn         QatarEner Q4 202 Stage od       rgy/CP & Pr  27 : EPC ITB, completion duction ochemica etr P          x le ls Compl        Q1 2026 Stage: Construction, completion olyethylene, HDPE P , , ack : Steam Cr acility F er Budget: US$5bn ains), North F r (LNG T ack Field East (NFE) - P QatarEnergy LNG - N Q1 202 Stage: acility F eld Fie a k Budget North age 1 7 Construction, completion : LNG y t: US$20bn Mesaiee opylene olypr P ogena Dehydr o APCO - Pr Q ed x, e Comple ation and D F B opane d opylene olypr ogenation P Dehydr opane : Pr acility Budget: US$5bn MS Source: D Q1 2027 Stage: FEED ITB, co o ogenation, P Dehydr mpletion opylene olypr