VOL. XXXIX

No. 43

22 July 1996

QATAR

Qatar To Inaugurate Ras Laffan Port In February

Qatar has announced that the new Ras Laffan port, which will be used for LNG exports, is to be officially inaugurated on 24 February 1997 by the Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh Hamad ibn Khalifah Al Thani at a ceremony attended by the Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman of the Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC), Mr. 'Abd Allah Hamad al-'Attiyah (who is also head of the Higher Organizing...