VOL. XXXIX No. 62 2-December-1996QATAR

Moody's And S&P Rate Ras Laffan And QGPC The ratings agencies Moody's and Standard and Poor's (S&P) have assigned ratings to the Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC) and a forthcoming debt issue by the Ras Laffan LNG Company - the first corporate and first corporate debt ratings carried out by the two agencies in the Arab world. S&P, which does not carry out unsolicited ratings, has rated two forthcoming issues by Ras Laffan, one of...