Qatar says LNG Rasgas train 5 commissioning underway

DOHA, Mar 5 (Reuters) Rasgas, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil, has started commissioning its train 5 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant, Qatar's energy minister said on Monday.

''The commissioning of the project has started, we will inaugurate this later in March,'' Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah told reporters on the sidelines of a gas conference in Doha.

The plant has a capacity of 4.7 million tonnes a year. The output is expected to be sold to Europe and Asia.

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