Pearl GTL Plant

Summary Information

• Ownership: Shell
• Website: http://www.shell.com/
• Location: Ras Laffan, Qatar
• Capacity: 7.0 million tons/annum & 140,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

+++ Brief Description

• Pearl GTL is the world’s largest source of gas-to-liquids (GTL) products

+++ Refining Units

• Air Separation Unit
• Gasification Unit
• FT Reactors
• Hydrocracker

+++ Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

+++ Crude Supply

• Supplied with Natural Gas from the [[[North Gas Field]]]

+++ Products Produced

• GTL Gasoil, GTL Kerosene, Base Oils, Naphtha

+++ Ongoing Projects

+++ Other Information

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+++ History

• 2004 - JGC awarded FEED contract
• 2007 - Project Construction started
• 2011 - First cargo of Pearl GTL products ship from Qatar
• 2011 - Emir of Qatar inaugurates Pearl GTL Project

+++ Relevant Links

1. Pearl GTL, Shell
2. JGC Awarded Front-End Engineering Design Services Contract for Large-scale GTL Project
3. Foundation stone laid for Pearl Gas to Liquids project
4. First gas flows from offshore into the Pearl GTL plant in Qatar
5. First cargo of Pearl GTL products ship from Qatar
6. Emir of Qatar inaugurates Pearl GTL Project
7. SNC-Lavalin group member, Kentz awarded four-year contract by Qatar Shell