Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 36

5-September-2005

QATAR

RasGas Agrees Joint Helium Sales With BOC Group

RasGas on 27 August signed an agreement to sell helium from the Ras Laffan helium plant to BOC Group, following earlier agreements signed in 2003 (MEES, 16 June 2003). The plant, which processes helium as a product of the LNG process, will supply BOC with 950,000 cfd of the gas for 20 years from September. The helium production unit is slated to produce an initial 660mn cfd of helium...