Table of Contents
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Executive Summary |
3 |
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1. Recent Political and Economic Developments in Qatar, News About the Gas Sector
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4 |
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2. Recent or Pending Gas Deals
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8 |
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3. Projects Under Construction |
10 |
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3.1 Qatargas |
10 |
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3.2 Rasgas |
11 |
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3.3 Enron |
12 |
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3.4 Pipelines |
13 |
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3.5 QGPC |
14 |
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3.6 Other Petroleum and Gas Related Projects |
15 |
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3.6.1 Qafac |
15 |
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3.6.2 Qafco |
15 |
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3.6.3 Qapco |
17 |
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3.6.4 Qacenco |
17 |
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3.6.5 Nodco |
18 |
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4. Companies that Operate, Have Entered or Expressed Interest in Entering the Qatari Natural Gas and Oil Sector
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19 |
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5. Current and Future Developments in the Gas Sector
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28 |
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6. Developments in the Oil Sector |
30 |
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7. Financing |
33 |
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8. Recent Trade Delegations to Qatar and Conferences |
35 |
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9. Tenders Directly Related to the Development of Natural Gas |
37 |
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9.1 QGPC |
37 |
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9.2 Qatargas |
48 |
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9.3 Rasgas |
49 |
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9.4 Other Petrochemicals Projects |
50 |
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Appendix: Cautionary Notices Related to Gas and Hydrocarbons: May 1997- August 1997 |
58 |
Table 1. Qatar – Balance of Payments, 1995-1997 ($ million)
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1995 |
1996* |
1997** |
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Total exports: |
3,093 |
4,378 |
5,786 |
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Oil |
2,012 |
3,133 |
3,646 |
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Natural Gas Liquids |
248 |
308 |
359 |
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Refined Petroleum Products |
221 |
273 |
318 |
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Petrochemicals |
203 |
200 |
250 |
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LNG & Related Products |
0 |
0 |
708 |
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Other |
410 |
463 |
505 |
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Imports: |
-3,308 |
-3,805 |
-4,9662 |
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LNG Related |
-1,279 |
-1,031 |
-1,394 |
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Trade balance (fob) |
-215 |
572 |
820 |
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Services & Transfers (net) |
-2,468 |
-2,895 |
-3,578 |
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Current account (including LNG) |
-2,683 |
-2,323 |
-2,758 |
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Current account balance (excluding LNG) |
-1,404 |
-1,292 |
-1,364* |
* Estimate ** Projected
Table 2. Budget Figures for Qatar: 1996/97 - 1997/98 ($ million)
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1997/98 |
1996/97 |
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Spending |
4,500 |
3,777 |
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Revenues |
3,570 |
2,967 |
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Deficit |
930 |
810 |
