First Cargo of Pearl GTL Products Ship From Qatar

The Hague, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) -

Qatar Petroleum and Shell today announced that the Pearl
gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in
the State of Qatar, has sold its first commercial shipment of
GTLGasoil.

The sale marks the start of production of GTL products when the
State of Qatar and Shell, the operator of the Pearl GTL plant, begin
to receive revenue from the project. Over the coming months,
production will ramp up from the first production unit ('train') of
the Pearl GTL project. The second train is expected to start up
before the end of 2011. The plant is expected to reach full
production capacity by the middle of 2012 and is the largest energy
project ever launched in the State of Qatar.

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His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Qatar's Minister
of Energy and Industry said: "The Pearl GTL project will play an
important role in further enhancing our diversification of the North
Field gas utilisation and will support the optimisation of Qatar's
competitive position in the world markets by supplying high quality
GTL products. I wish the Qatar Petroleum and Shell teams all the
success in bringing this project into full production safely and
successfully."

Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell said:
"Today's milestone provides further evidence that innovative
technology and strong partnerships can help meet the world's growing
need for energy. I would like to thank Qatar Petroleum and the State
of Qatar for their support throughout, to make such a substantial
project possible."

Once fully operational, Pearl GTL is expected to produce 1.6
billion cubic feet of gas per day from the North Field, which will be
processed to deliver an expected 120,000 barrels per day of
condensate, LPG and ethane and an expected 140,000 barrels per day of
gas-to-liquids (GTL) products using Shell's unique technological and
project management capabilities.

Shell is the operator of the Pearl GTL plant developed under a
Development and Production Sharing Agreement with the Government of
the State of Qatar. The Pearl GTL project was launched in July 2006
and the first stone was laid in February 2007 by His Highness Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Heir Apparent.

At the peak of construction at Pearl GTL, the project employed
52,000 workers. By the end of 2010, major construction was complete.
On 23 March 2011, gas began flowing from wells 60 kilometres
offshore. Then the gas processing plant began producing condensate,
LPG and sulphur and four of the world's largest air separation units
began producing oxygen. The GTL plant, which employs Shell
proprietary technology, was brought into production in May and
converts the gas and oxygen to GTL wax. In the last step of the
process, the waxes are cracked and distilled into finished GTL
products.

Pearl GTL is expected to produce a number of high-quality GTL
products for sale in oil product markets around the world: GTL
Kerosene for blending into a clean burning aviation fuel; GTL Gasoil,
a clean-burning diesel-type automotive fuel; GTL Base Oils for
premium lubricants; GTL Normal Paraffin for detergents; and GTL
Naphtha, a high-paraffin feedstock for the petrochemical industry.

Pearl pictures (including aerial shot of Pearl GTL plant at Ras
Laffan) can be downloaded here:

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Caption: Aerial view of the Pearl GTL plant in Ras Laffan, Qatar.

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