VOL. XL

No. 38

22-September-1997

QATAR

RasGas Adds Itochu And Nissho Iwai As Equity Shareholders

The Ras Laffan LNG Company Ltd. (RasGas) announced on 13 September that it had signed afinal deal giving Japanese trading houses Itochu Corp. and Nissho Iwai Corp. minoritystakes in the company. According to the statement, the company's shareholdings have beenrestructured accordingly with the state-owned Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC)holding 66.5%, the US firm Mobil 26.5%, Itochu 4% and...