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Pearl GTL
World’s largest gas-to-liquids plant ships first products
Pearl GTL
Discover the processes at Pearl GTL
Andy Brown Managing Director of Pearl GTL
The world’s largest plant to turn natural gas into cleaner-burning fuels, Pearl GTL, has sold its first commercial shipment of GTL Gasoil. This marks the start of production. 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 - an overview
Major construction is complete at the world's largest gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant.
The world's largest gas-to-liquids plant ships first products
The world's largest plant to turn natural gas into cleaner-burning fuels and lubricants took a major step closer to production today when gas began flowing from a giant offshore field.
Getting set for start-up
Setting a safety record
The Pearl GTL project reached 77 million hours worked without serious injury.
Delivering record-breaking performance offshore
Shell delivered wells in record times in Qatar’s North Field.
Producing water in the desert
Pearl GTL will produce water as a by-product, a resource hard to come by in Qatar’s desert climate.
Housing thousands of workers
At the peak of construction 52,000 people worked om the Pearl GTL project and many were housed in a purpose-built town.
Video library
Meet our people at the Pearl GTL project and hear them talk about their work in these short video clips.
Virtual tour
Explore the construction site at Ras Laffan and see the view from the Shell office in Doha.