Qatar’s LNG expansion: a bold move

In this video, we use our global gas and LNG asset discovery capabilities within our Lens platform to assess QatarEnergy’s LNG portfolio. Qatar has announced three phases of the Northfield expansion project, which, once commissioned, will increase Qatar’s overall LNG export capacity to 142 mmtpa.

In April 2017, Qatar announced the lifting of the moratorium on new North Field developments, which had been in place since 2005. Initially a 2 bcfd project was proposed, but this was later replaced with a 4.5 bcfd upstream development in 2018. The production increase resulted in the project being expanded to include four new 8 mmtpa trains, allowing Qatar to increase its LNG export capacity from 77 to 110 mmtpa. The Final investment decision (FID) on the project was taken in February 2021