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Queen Beatrix Visits Ras Laffan Industrial City
Doha, March 10 (QNA) - HM Queen Beatrix of the Kingdom of the Netherlands paid this morning a visit to Ras Laffan Industrial City, accompanied by HRH Dutch Crown Prince Orange, his wife HRH Princess Maxima and a number of Dutch and Qatari ministers and officials.
Queen Beatrix toured a number of industrial establishments in the city and listened to a briefing by officials in charge of the city.
Director of Ras Laffan Industrial City Affairs Engineer Abdul Aziz Jassim Al-Muftah welcomed Queen Beatrix and gave her and her accompanying delegation an overview on the city and its different facilities, noting that the city was one of the fastest growing industrial cities in the world. He referred in this respect to the increasing development of the infrastructure required for meeting the growing needs of the gas industry in Qatar and the increasing demand in the world.(MORE)
On the role played by Qatar Petroleum, namely in the development of successful partnerships with many leading energy companies in the world, Al-Muftah said that role led to the establishment of giant industrial projects now existing in all parts of the City.
He stressed that the development of projects and industries in the City was based on the vision of HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani which was aimed to achieve economic prosperity and cultural development of the State of Qatar to make it a leader in the energy industry in the world.
During a tour of Ras Laffan Port, the Queen visited the Basin of Arhama bin Jaber Al-Jalahma for the building and repair of ships, a subsidiary of Qatar Gas Transport Company (Naqilat) where the Director General of the company Mohammad Ghannam gave a detailed briefing about the facility which manages the process of ships' repairing and building in Ras Laffan Port.
In a presentation to the Queen, Ghannam said the area of the shipyard is 110 hectares extending for a distance of 8 kilometers in the sea, pointing out that the basin was designed for the repair and maintenance of large-sized LNG carriers and a variety of other ships, in addition to converting carriers into floating production, storage and unloading units.
Queen Beatrix toured a number of industrial establishments in the city and listened to a briefing by officials in charge of the city.
Director of Ras Laffan Industrial City Affairs Engineer Abdul Aziz Jassim Al-Muftah welcomed Queen Beatrix and gave her and her accompanying delegation an overview on the city and its different facilities, noting that the city was one of the fastest growing industrial cities in the world. He referred in this respect to the increasing development of the infrastructure required for meeting the growing needs of the gas industry in Qatar and the increasing demand in the world.(MORE)
On the role played by Qatar Petroleum, namely in the development of successful partnerships with many leading energy companies in the world, Al-Muftah said that role led to the establishment of giant industrial projects now existing in all parts of the City.
He stressed that the development of projects and industries in the City was based on the vision of HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani which was aimed to achieve economic prosperity and cultural development of the State of Qatar to make it a leader in the energy industry in the world.
During a tour of Ras Laffan Port, the Queen visited the Basin of Arhama bin Jaber Al-Jalahma for the building and repair of ships, a subsidiary of Qatar Gas Transport Company (Naqilat) where the Director General of the company Mohammad Ghannam gave a detailed briefing about the facility which manages the process of ships' repairing and building in Ras Laffan Port.
In a presentation to the Queen, Ghannam said the area of the shipyard is 110 hectares extending for a distance of 8 kilometers in the sea, pointing out that the basin was designed for the repair and maintenance of large-sized LNG carriers and a variety of other ships, in addition to converting carriers into floating production, storage and unloading units.
