China State Shipbuilding Corp won China’s biggest shipbuilding order worth 20 billion yuan ($2.82 billion) 4-22-20. Qatar Petroleum ordered 60 LNG carriers under its LNG North Field project, which is designed to produce 59.5 million cubic meters of natural gas.
Qatar plans to boost LNG production to 126 mln T by 2027
* New expansion plans come after drilling, appraisal work
* QP plans to build 2 more LNG mega trains
* Qatar’s LNG production now is 77 million tons per year
1T=1,360m3
Country production(million m3)/year
USA 961,953 2019 est.
Russia 588,000 2019 est.
Iran 240,800 2018 est.
Qatar 104,700 2019 est.
Canada 164,930 2019 est.
China 170,000 2019 est.
The Canada Energy Regulator expects production to fall 1.8% this year to 164,930 million m3/year and to keep declining until hitting a low of 154,970 million m3/year in 2023.
