Tag: Qatar

Rystad Energy research shows that the offshore oil and gas (O&G) sector is set for the highest growth in a decade in the next two years, with $214 billion of new project investments lined up. Annual greenfield capital expenditure (capex) broke the $100 billion threshold in 2022 and will break it again in 2023 – the first breach for two straight years since 2012 and 2013.

West P&I Club has provided information concerning a mandatory health insurance requirement for all persons arriving in Qatar, effective February 1st. The new regulation applies to all passengers (multi-entry / business visa) and new seaman visa applications.

From 1 November, crew change movements in Qatar must be directly transported from airport to seaport and vice versa. There shall be random CID checking and violating agencies shall be banned from carrying out agency services during the World Cup.

ABS announced it will open a global LNG training center in Doha, Qatar, as part of its support of Qatar’s National Vision 2030 and the Tawteen Program, which focuses on education and quality employment for Qatari nationals.

QatarEnergy will build the world's largest "blue" ammonia plant, which is expected to start operations in the first quarter of 2026 and to produce 1.2 million tonnes per year.

Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM), a joint venture between Nakilat, and Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd., will provide after-sales technical support to vessels equipped with ERMA FIRST ballast water treatment systems calling at ports and repair yards in Qatar.

Qatar has launched a pilot seafarer vaccination programme out of Ras Laffan for all crew working on Qatari managed and chartered vessels.

Following the explosion onboard an oil tanker off the coast of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, one of the biggest liquefied natural gas exporter, Qatar condemned the attack.

Singaporean energy trader Pavilion Energy and Qatar Petroleum have signed a 10-year LNG sale and purchase agreement for the supply of up to 1.8 million tonnes of LNG per year to Singapore from 2023. Each LNG cargo delivered under this agreement will be accompanied by a statement of its GHG emissions measured from well to discharge port.

Qatar Petroleum signed three deals with South Korean shipbuilders reserving slots for its LNG tanker fleet expansion valued over $19 billion.