Ras Laffan Industrial City
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Ras Laffan Industrial City is an industrial hub located 80 kilometres (49.7 mi) north of Doha
Doha
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

, Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

. It is administrated by Qatar Petroleum
Qatar Petroleum
Qatar Petroleum is a state owned petroleum company in Qatar. The company operates all oil and gas activities in Qatar, including exploration, production, refining, transport, and storage. QP's Chairman Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, is also the head of the Ministry of Energy and Industry and, as...

.

Ras Laffan Industrial City is the Qatar's main site for production of liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas that has been converted temporarily to liquid form for ease of storage or transport....

 and gas-to-liquid. It hosts among others ORYX GTL
Oryx GTL
ORYX GTL is a synthetic fuel plant based in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, that is owned by Qatar Petroleum and Sasol . It uses gas to liquids technology for converting natural gas into liquid petroleum products. The capacity of Oryx GTL is of oil. When commissioned, it was the world's first...

 and Pearl GTL
Pearl GTL
Pearl GTL is a gas to liquids project based in Ras Laffan, Qatar. It will convert natural gas into liquid petroleum products. When constructed, it will be the largest GTL plant in the world.-Technical features:...

 plants, Qatargas
Qatargas
Qatargas is the world's largest liquefied natural gas company. It annually produces and supplies the globe with 42 million metric tons of LNG from across its four ventures . It is headquartered in Doha, Qatar, and maintains its upstream assets in Ras Laffan, Qatar...

 and RasGas
RasGas
RasGas Company Limited is a liquefied natural gas producing company in Qatar. It is the second-biggest LNG producer in the world after Qatargas. RasGas operates seven LNG trains located in Ras Laffan Industrial City.-Operations:...

 LNG plants, the Dolphin gas processing plant
Dolphin Gas Project
The Dolphin Gas Project is the natural gas project of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman. It is the GCC's first cross-border refined gas transmission project and the largest energy-related venture ever undertaken in the region.-History:...

, the Laffan Refinery, and Ras Laffan A, B, and C
Ras Qartas Energy Plant
Ras Qartas Energy Plant is a power generation and water desalination plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. It has installed capacity of 2,730 MW, which include eight gas turbines and four steam turbines by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The first stone of the plant was...

integrated water and power plants. Ras Laffan Port is considered one of the largest LNG export facilities in the world.

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