Shell says Pearl GTL facility’s train two in Qatar requires around a year for full repair
(REUTERS) British energy major Shell said on Friday that full repair of its train two at the Pearl GTL (gas-to-liquids) facility in Qatar would take around a year, confirming a statement to Reuters from QatarEnergy, after Iranian attacks earlier this week.
Shell said train one at the facility was not damaged, and its QatarEnergy LNG N(4), which Shell has a 30% interest in and which equates to 2.4 MTPA of equity production, was not impacted.
Reuters had earlier reported that Shell said production at the world’s largest gas-to-liquids plant, Pearl GTL, has stopped after Iranian missiles struck the Ras Laffan complex in Qatar.
Pearl GTL is a two-train facility that can process up to 1.6 billion cubic feet a day of wellhead gas and convert it into 140,000 barrels a day of gas-to-liquids hydrocarbons. One of the trains sustained damage during Wednesday’s strikes.
Prior to the attack, Pearl was operating at reduced rates, with exports constrained by the Strait of Hormuz blockade, Shell said on Thursday. The attack caused a fire that was put out, with all personnel on site safe, it said.
Shell has a 100% interest in Pearl GTL.
Earlier on Thursday, state-owned QatarEnergy said Iranian strikes caused “extensive further damage” on Ras Laffan, which houses the world’s largest liquefied-natural-gas export facility.( REUTERS)
