LNG

QatarEnergy, the leading LNG exporter and developer of major new liquefaction projects, has celebrated the graduation of a new group of Qatari nationals who have successfully completed their academic studies and training programmes to join the workforces of QatarEnergy and other companies established in the expanding sector.

QatarEnergy, the leading LNG exporter and developer of major new liquefaction projects, has celebrated the graduation of a new group of Qatari nationals who have successfully completed their academic studies and training programmes to join the workforces of QatarEnergy and other companies in the sector.

QatarEnergy said there were 89 graduates this year who will be taking up positions at the Arabian Gulf nation’s impressive list of 10 companies that have sprung from its developing of the oil and gas chain and its continuing pioneering of cleaner energy technology.

The companies are: QatarEnergy, Qatargas, North Oil Company, Oryx GTL, Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO), Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO), Qatar Fuel Additives Company (QAFAC), Qatar Aluminium (QATALUM), Qatar Chemical Company Ltd (Q-Chem), Qatar Fuel (Woqod) - as well as Shell Qatar.

In a speech to the graduates Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and Chief Executive of QatarEnergy, said the event made him proud and able to reflect on his own journey in the energy sector and the role ambition and hard work that play a role in reaching the highest ranks.

“I am pleased to congratulate you and your families on your graduation and on taking your first professional steps in the energy sector of the State of Qatar,” said Al-Kaabi.

“You have gone a long way to reach this stage in your lives, and now you stand before an important opportunity to work and earn a successful future in which you develop yourselves and put the interest of Qatar above everything,” he told the graduates.

Expansions

Al-Kaabi said Qatari energy industry graduates will be much needed as the nation embarks on projects such as the North Field East and North Field South expansion projects.

The initial expansions will raise Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 million tonnes per annum of LNG to 126 MTPA.

There will also be related projects to develop producing fields, petrochemicals, ammonia plants and other ventures.

“These are some of the projects that your companies are taking part in and in which many of you will find yourselves part of,” he explained.

“Therefore, you must have the ambition to reach your goals and to be the future leaders whom we can count on through your effort, sincerity, commitment and teamwork,” he added.

“Congratulations on your graduation, and I wish you all the very best,” declared Al-Kaabi.

At the end of the ceremony, the Minister and QatarEnergy chief handed certificates of appreciation to all graduates, along with symbolic gifts for outstanding graduates in their fields of specialization.

The ceremony was attended by many senior officials from QatarEnergy and energy sector companies.

Qatar’s wealth from being one of the world’s top three liquefied natural gas exporters with the US and Australia is set to be supplemented with additional future income from a new oil-producing expansion project in the Arabian Gulf with crude prices to remain high for the next several years.