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INhS-<3^-000/1 4 QA97A0001 SECOND DOHA CONFERENCE ON NATURAL GAS MIDDLE EAST GAS: PROSPECTS & CHALLENGES CONFERENCE BOOK m i, i March 17 -19,1997 Doha - Qatar SECOND DOHA CONFERENCE ON NATURAL GAS MIDDLE EAST CAS: PROSPECTS & CHALLENGES CONFERENCE BOOK March 17 -19,1997 Doha - Qatar Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al- Thani HH Sheikh jassem Bin Hamad Al- Thani Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Heir Apparent Message from the Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee # It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Second Doha Conference on Natural Gas, which is being held under the auspices of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar. I wish to express our deep appreciation to His Highness for his valuable support and gracious patronage of this Conference. The Second Doha Conference is being held under the theme : 'Middle East Gas : Prospects and Challenges ”. Indeed, natural gas reserves in the Middle East are quite significant, and demand for gas in consuming countries continues to increase. Since the last Doha Conference two years ago, the LNG exports from the Qatargas Project have started, Qatar’ s Ras Laffan LNG Project is being implemented, and a number of LNG and pipeline projects in Qatar and in other Middle Eastern countries are at various stages of development. Thus prospects are high, and challenges are surmountable. The Second Doha Conference on Natural Gas is a forum for those concerned with and interested in the gas industry and its future : producers & consumers, sellers & buyers, licensers, contractors, shipyards, financiers, consultants, etc... We are proud to have you in Doha. I wish to express our gratitude to QGPC as Conference Organizer, to Qatargas and Ras Laffan LNG companies for their co-sponsorship of this Conference, and to Total, Mobil, Marubeni and Mitsui who have joined QGPC in extending financial and material support to the Conference. Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Minister of Energy & Industry QATAR The State of Qatar lies nearly midway along the Western coast of the Arabian Gulf. It is a peninsula, with an area of 11,347 square kilometers (approximately 160 km in length and 80 Km at its widest), in addition to several surrounding islands. Qatar’s ancient history is rather closely linked to the history of the Gulf region and the Arabian Peninsula; its modern history begins with the emergence of the Al- Thani rule in the 19th Century. The State of Qatar proclaimed independence on September 3rd, 1971. Since then the country has witnessed a full scale development process. Qatar is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the United Nations and the Arab League. It is an active member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), as well as several other regional and international organizations, such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, UNESCO, FAQ, WHO and ILO. Qatar’s economy is closely linked to its oil and gas resources. Qatar has been an oil exporting country for nearly five decades. Qatar is a gas-rich country ranking third worldwide ; it has become a gas (LNG) exporting country at the end of 1996. STATE OF QATAR QGPC QATAR GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION Qatar General Petroleum Corporation was established in 1974 as a state-owned corporation to be responsible for all phases of the oil and gas industry in Qatar and abroad. In two decades, QGPC has made an effective contribution to Qatar ’s full-scale development process and has realized significant achievements in developing the country ’s hydrocarbon resources and related industries and investments, in addition to the training and development of the national human resources involved in this vital section; QGPC has given due attention to safety considerations and environmental protection. QGPC operations and activities in Qatar are carried out in various onshore locations including: Doha, Mesaieed, Dukhan and Ras Laffan, and in offshore areas including Halul Island, production stations and drilling rigs operating in offshore oil fields and the North Gas Field: * QGPC produces onshore crude from Area. These include large fertilizers Dukhan field and offshore crude from and petrochemical complexes; a Maydan Mahzam, Idd Al-Shargi and methanol/MTBE plant is under Bui Hanin fields; oil production construction. conforms with OPEC’s decisions. Qatar ’s refining capacity stands at * QGPC is implementing a phased plan 62,500 barrels per day. to develop and utilize the massive reserves of non-associated natural * QGPC produces associated gas from gas in the North Gas Field. Stage 1 of onshore and offshore oil fields and the North Field Development Project non-associated gas from the North with a capacity of 800 million cubic Gas Field. The utilization of natural feet per day was completed in 1991; it gas in Qatar dates back to 1963 when produces lean gas and ethane for gas was first used as fuel for power domestic/industrial uses, in addition to generation. 50,000 b/d of condensate and natural gas liquids. Other stages provide * QGPC has enhanced its oil production feedgas for LNG production. capabilities and increased its exploration and drilling activities in * The Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC), potential onshore and offshore areas, along with its huge port and the based on production-sharing type Qatargas LNG project, has been agreements with international oil inaugurated in February 1997. RLIC companies: Occidental, Maersk, Elf, will site the Ras Laffan LNG project, Pennzoil, ARCO, etc. .. which is under construction, and other future gas-export projects, gas-based * QGPC has established many large- industries, and condensate refineries. scale and export-oriented gas-based industries at the Mesaieed Industrial QATAR LIQUEFIED GAS COMPANY RAS LAFFAN LNG COMPANY Qatar Liquefied Gas Company (Qatargas) Ras Laffan LNG Company Ltd., was established in 1984 to own, construct, and (RasGas) was established in 1993 to operate an LNG plant in Qatar. own and implement a gas production/gas liquefaction project to The two-train/4 million tonne per annum produce 10 million or more tonnes per LNG facilities, with exports destined to Chubu annum of LNG. Electric Power Company Inc., have been completed. The third train/2 million tonne per The first phase : a two-train/5 annum facilities are due for completion by the million tonne per annum project, with end of 1998, with production going to seven production destined to Korea Gas Japanese utility and gas companies. Corporation, is under construction. LNG production will commence in mid 1999. QATAR/RAS LAFFAN LNG SHAREHOLDERS TOTAL Mobil <s> Marubeni MITSUI & CO.,LTD. 65% in Qatargas 10% in Qatargas 10% in Qatargas 7.5 in Qatargas 7.5 in Qatargas 70% in Ras Laffan 30% in Ras Laffan LNG LNG QGPC, the state-owned TOTAL, is one of the MOBIL, one of MITSUI & CO MARUBENI corporation established in largest oil companies in the major oil Ltd, an imortant Corporation is 1974, is responsible for Europe with interests in companies in the trading company, one of Japan ’s all phases of the oil and every segment of the oil world, has provides a leading general industry, exploration and historically a long significant share trading houses gas industry, in Qatar production of oil and gas, and wellknown of Japanese with well and overseas. shipping and in refining record of LNG energy demand established and QGPC has established an and marketing of experience by supplying numerous efficient gas distribution petroleum products. As a through its subsidary crude oil, fuel Middle-East network to supply fuel substantial producer of oil MOBIL OIL oil LNG and LPG branches. gas to power and water and gas in the Middle-East Indonesia with the to electric Engaged in all desalination plants and and Indonesia,Total has discovery of the power companies stages of energy fuel and/or feedstock gas become a major and petrochemical distribution, from Arun gas field in the to fertilizer, petrochem ­ supplier of energy to industries. In the upstream to early 70's and ical, iron & steel, cement, Japan and Asian countries LNG business, downstream, as contractor of with expertise for MITSUI actively MARUBENI is NGL plants, etc... the three Arun many years in the participates as a offering a variety QGPC’s gas experience LNG trains, ADGAS (Abu Dhabi), shareholder of of energy sources is highlighted by the expanded to six andBONTANG ADGAS and related successful completion of between 1978 and (Indonesia) LNG (Abu Dhabi) and items: crude oil, stage I of North Field 1987, geared to Projects, and in other North petroleum Development in 1991 Japanese and LNG ventures West Shelf products, LPG, for the production Korean currently under study . project thermal coal and of 800 MMscfd. customers. (Australia) nuclear fuel. SECOND DOHA CONFERENCE ; UlU *l>3j J1 ON NATURAL GAS 111 v^jLc M_ 1 V March 17- 19 , 1997 DOHA - QATAR jhi — jjJI “Middle East Gas : Prospects & Challenges” PROGRAMME MARCH 16, 1997 14.00 - 22.00 Registration 17.00- 18.00 Opening of Exhibition 19.30 - 21.00 Reception Day 1 (MARCH 17. 1997) 07.30 - 08.30 Registration 09.00 - 09.30 Opening Ceremony - Address by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar. - Address by His Excellency Mr. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Minister of Energy and Industry. 09.30 - 10.00 Coffee Break 10.00 - 12.30 SESSION 1 : The Gas Challenge Chairman : H. E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Minister of Energy and Industry, State of Qatar Congratulatory Message B. Kino, Managing Director, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan Keynote Speech : Realities of the Gas Challenge Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Chairman, Centre for Global Energy Studies, U K. Middle East Gas : The Market Challenge James Ball, Managing Partner, Gas Strategies, U K.
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