VOL. XLVII

No 17

26-April-2004

QATAR

Shells First North Field Well For Qatar GTL Project Spudded

Shell last February spudded the first of two appraisal wells in Qatars giant offshore North Field as part of preparations for the companys planned $5bn gas-to-liquids (GTL) project at Ras Laffan, according to the April edition of Shell In The Middle East. The project will require 1.6bn cfd of natural gas feedstock to produce 70,000 b/d of GTL products in the first phase of production, which is...