QatarEnergy has unveiled plans to proceed with the North Field West project, aiming to boost the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity to 142 million tons per annum (MTPA) by the end of 2030.
The new 16MTPA project will play a role in Qatar increasing its present LNG production levels of 77MTPA of LNG by nearly 85%. Following the completion of the North Field West project, the total hydrocarbon production of Qatar is estimated to surpass 7.25 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.
Qatar Minister of State for Energy Affairs; also QatarEnergy President and CEO Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi stated: “I am pleased today to announce that, praise be to God, these great efforts have confirmed, through technical tests of the appraisal wells, the extension of the North Field’s productive layers further towards the west, which means the ability to produce significant additional quantities of gas from this new sector.”
Al-Kaabi also disclosed the discovery of substantial additional gas reserves in the North Field, estimated at 240 trillion cubic feet. This increases Qatar’s gas reserves from 1,760 to over 2,000 trillion cubic feet, and the condensate reserves from 70 to over 80 billion barrels.