QATAR: CONTINUATION OF DOLPHIN NATURAL GAS PROJECT.(Brief Article)

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, March, 2004

Al-Watan newspaper reported on the continuation of work on the Dolphin Natural Gas Project. Qatar Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamid al-'Atiya signed an agreement with representatives of three energy companies, the Japanese J.G.C. Company, the British Rolls Royce Company, and the UAE Ray McDermott Company, which won the tenders to build refinery stations and to transfer natural gas from the Ras Laban region in Qatar to the UAE.

The paper estimated that three billion cubic feet of natural gas would be transferred daily from the gas fields in northern Qatar to the UAE. This will begin during the second quarter of 2006; total investment in the project will come to $3.5 billion.