VOL. XXXIX

No. 5

30-October-1995

QATAR

Five Consortia To Bid For Ras Laffan LNG Upstream Contract

The Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company - a joint venture between Qatar's QGPC (70%) and Mobil (30%) - has received technical bids from five international groups for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the upstream facilities for the project, which include the erection of a platform and its ancillary facilities at an estimated cost of $500mn. The five...