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Pearl GTL
Discover the processes at Pearl GTL
Andy Brown Managing Director of Pearl GTL
Pearl GTL is the world’s largest plant to turn natural gas into cleaner-burning fuels. It is making steady progress in ramping up production, after selling first commercial shipment of GTL Gasoil in June 2011. The plant will help to meet the world’s growing demand for cleaner energy. Discover the project and the people involved.
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Pearl GTL is a world-scale project located in Ras Laffan Industrial City, 80 km north of Doha, Qatar.
The world's largest plant to turn natural gas into cleaner-burning fuels and lubricants, Pearl GTL, is moving towards full production.
The Pearl team checked thousands of pieces of equipment as they worked to breathe life into the plant.
Through teamwork and an imaginative approach to training that, the Pearl GTL project set a safety record.
Shell and Qatar Petroleum achieved record times for drilling wells in Qatar’s North Field at the Pearl GTL project.
Water is a resource that is hard to come by in Qatar’s desert climate. The Pearl GTL plant will produce at least as much water as gas-to-liquids products.
Pearl Village is a 170-acre residential area built to house the huge number of contractor staff who constructed Pearl GTL.
Discover the project and the people involved in the Pearl GTL project by watching these videos.
Explore the construction site at Ras Laffan and see the view from the Shell office in Doha.