Ras Laffan Port docks milestone

The 500th cargo of low sulfur condensate, produced by Dolphin Energy was loaded onto the Astro Tauras in a flawless operation which began in the early hours of November 13th.

Ras Laffan Terminal Operations Manager, Mr. Trevor Davis, said: "I am proud to have reached this milestone while meeting our key objectives on safety as well as meeting our customers' expectations regarding production continuity. This has been achieved by a strong team and excellent cooperation with our many stakeholders. We still have a long way to grow as an organization as Ras Laffan continues to expand but this achievement shows that we have laid a solid foundation"

Ras Laffan Terminal Operations was launched in 2006 to set up a Single operator in Ras Laffan for all products storage and loading and is currently part of the Qatargas Operating Company organization.

Since its first Cargo was loaded in January 2007, the group has now reached the milestone of having safely loaded 500 cargoes without any lost time accident or any hydrocarbon spillage.

Ras Laffan Terminal Operations throughput is expected to approach 2000 cargoes per year by around 2012 making it one of the world's largest product export operators.