SPEAKING AT the International Oil Summit in Paris on May 3rd, Royal Dutch Shell downstream director Mark Williams described last year's opening of the Pearl gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant in Qatar as a significant landmark. "With a total investment of $18-19 billion, it illustrates the scale of infrastructure needed to meet rising demand," he said. Jointly developed by Shell and Qatar Petroleum, the Pearl GTL plant (Figure 1) is the largest of its kind in the world and takes gas from two unmanned platforms 60 km offshore. It's targeted to produce 1.6 billion ft~3/d of gas. Post processing, this will generate 120,000 bbl/d of condensate and natural gas liquids, plus 140,000 bbl/d of products such as chemical feedstocks and lubricants.
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机译：在5月3日于巴黎举行的国际石油峰会上的讲话中，荷兰皇家壳牌石油公司下游主管马克·威廉姆斯（Mark Williams）形容去年在卡塔尔开设的珍珠气制油（GTL）工厂是一个重要的里程碑。他说：“总投资为18-19亿美元，说明了满足不断增长的需求所需的基础设施规模。” Pearl GTL工厂（由壳牌和卡塔尔石油公司联合开发）（图1）是世界上规模最大的工厂，它从60公里外的两个无人驾驶平台获取天然气。目标是生产16亿英尺3 /天的天然气。经过后处理，这将产生12万桶/天的冷凝水和天然气液体，以及14万桶/天的产品，例如化学原料和润滑剂。
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