Oct 11 (LNGJ) - Qatar Petroleum, owner of the world’s largest LNG export plant at Ras Laffan in the Gulf, has changed its name to Qatar Energy. “It’s more of a reflection of what we’re actually doing that wasn’t reflected by the name that we had,” said President and Chief Executive Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi.
Al-Kaabi, who is also the Qatari Minister of State for Energy, said the new Qatar Energy state-owned company also wanted to be more efficient and environmentally sound as it expanded production from 77 million tonnes per annum to an eventual 127 MTPA by 2027. Al-Kaabi added that regasified LNG, which generates lower emissions than other fossil fuels such as oil and coal, would remain part of the global energy mix for years to come even as the world slowly shifted to renewable energy sources.
