Qatar’s LNG expansion: a bold move

Barzan is a major gas development project within Qatar's massive North Field, operated by QatarEnergy LNG on behalf of QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil. Despite the 2005 moratorium on North Field expansion, the project received special approval in 2009 to address Qatar's rising domestic gas demand. This moratorium remained in place until it was lifted in 2017.Originally scheduled to come onstream in 2012, the project was impacted by a series of delays. Initially, delays were strategic ...

The 32 mmtpa North Field East (NFE) development is the single largest LNG project to be sanctioned in history. At full production, the development will increase Qatar's LNG export capacity by 43% to 110 mmtpa in the second half of this decade. QatarEnergy took the final investment decision (FID) for NFE in February 2021, awarding the US$13 billion onshore engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to a Chiyoda and Technip Energies joint venture. The EPC scope includes the ...