As the ground work for the Pearl GTL (Gas to Liquids) plant enters its second year, ‘Shell in the Middle East’ meets Rob Kretzers, Project Director, and Ben Ring, Deputy Construction Manager, Pearl GTL, to look at the progress being made on site at Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, where Shell’s largest equity investment anywhere in the world to date begins to rise up from the ground. When completed, Pearl GTL will be the largest GTL plant in the world and will use a range of Shell’s proprietary and patented technology to convert natural gas into a range of GTL products...

GIVING BACK to the wider Qatari community

With two major projects under way in Qatar for Shell and the Government of Qatar, namely Pearl GTL and Qatargas 4, and the many billions of dollars to be invested accordingly, Shell is committed to being a good corporate citizen and recognises its responsibility to give back to the people of Qatar. ‘Shell in the Middle East’ talks to Andy Brown, Country Chairman for Shell Companies in Qatar and Managing Director of Pearl GTL, and to some of Shell’s partners in its social initiatives programme for Qatar...

Saudi Aramco & Shell - pooling leading-edge technology for success in the Rub ’al-Khali

‘Shell in the Middle East’ goes to Dhahran to meet Dr Muhammad Saggaf to find out about the ways in which Saudi Aramco has been able to provide assistance to the SRAK joint venture, which is exploring for gas and associated liquids in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s harsh and hostile Rub ‘al-Khali (Empty Quarter), and to talk about how leading-edge technology is becoming, increasingly, the by-word for success in the oil and gas industry...

A driving ambition

Basil Shaaban is a young Arab motor racing driver, who has been sponsored by Shell Companies in the Middle East to drive in the 2007 and 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series. Basil’s ambition is to become the first Arab Formula 1 Grand Prix racing driver. ‘Shell in the Middle East’ goes to Brands Hatch racing circuit in the UK to talk to Basil during his second race meeting of the 2007 Formula 3 Euro Series...

MOVING closer to customers for catalysts

In 2006 CRI/Criterion, wholly-owned by Shell Global Solutions, moved into Shell Global Solutions’ regional office in Dubai to get closer to its customers for catalysts in the region. ‘Shell in the Middle East’ talks to Kelvin Halliwell, General Sales and Licensing Manager for CRI/Criterion, who is heading up the Dubai operation...

SADAF backing the Kingdom’s commitment to replace CFCs

Sadaf (Saudi Petrochemical Company) is eliminating CFCs in its massive refrigeration units. ‘Shell in the Middle East’ reports...