Gas production from the North Field South (NFS) Project is expected to start from 2027. Addressing a virtual press conference yesterday, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum, H E Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, said that Qatar Petroleum (QP) is currently evaluating further increase in LNG capacity beyond the 126 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA).
With an expected production start date in 2027, the NFS project involves the construction of two additional mega LNG trains (with a capacity of 8 MMTPA each) and associated offshore and onshore facilities, said the Minister.
Qatar’s LNG expansion plan consist of two phases. The NFE project represents the first phase of LNG expansion in Qatar, while the second phase, is referred as the North Field South Project (NFS). In the second phase Qatar’s LNG production capacity will increase from 110 MMTPA to 126 MMTPA by 2027.
The NFS project was initiated as a result of Qatar Petroleum’s successful onshore appraisal activities in the North Field and targets the monetization of gas from the southern sector of the North Field.
Qatar LNG expansion plan shows country’s commitment to achieve the highest environmental standards. Addressing the virtual press conference after contract signing ceremony for developing North Field East Project, the Minister said, “Today’s decision carries even more significance considering that it encompasses a number of concrete environmental investments in support of our strong commitment to achieve the highest environmental standards and to provide a credible solution in the low-carbon energy transition.
“One of the most important environmental elements of the NFE project is its CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) system that will be integrated with our wider CCS scheme in Ras Laffan, which -once fully operational- will be the largest of its kind in terms of capacity in the LNG industry, and will be one of the largest ever developed anywhere in the world,” he said.
In addition to the CCS scheme, the NFE project will have a number of elements that provide this project with a unique positive environmental proposition. A significant portion of the project’s electrical power needs will be provided from Qatar’s national power grid, and Qatar Petroleum is in the process of procuring such power from the 800 megawatt solar power plant currently under construction in Al-Kharsaah, in addition to a further 800 megawatts of solar power which Qatar Petroleum will construct in the near future as part of its plans to have a solar power portfolio of more than 4,000 megawatts by 2030. Also, it will have a ‘jetty boil-off gas’ recovery system, which will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by approximately a further 1 MMTPA of CO2 equivalent.
The project will conserve 10.7 million cubic meters of water per year by recovering 75 percent of the plant’s tertiary water.
