Qatar Petroleum’s Mesaieed Terminal & Export Department celebrated on Monday the 11,000th export shipment of Qatar Land Crude Oil from its terminal facility at the industrial city.
Al-Mohannadi and al-Kubaisi with senior executives of Idemitsu Kosan Company and NYK Lines during the celebrations on Monday on the occasion of the 11,000th export shipment of Qatar Land Crude from QP’s Mesaieed terminal
The 11,000th shipment of Qatar Land Crude was loaded to the tanker ‘Towada’ on Monday. The loading operation was inaugurated by Said Mubarak al-Mohannadi, QP director (Operations) from the Multi Product Berth Control Room at the Mesaieed Terminal.
The first-ever crude oil shipment from Qatar was made from the same terminal on December 31, 1949 on the tanker “President Meny”. The tanker carried about 94,000 barrels, which took approximately 72 hours to load.
In contrast, the 11,000th shipment of approximately 653,000 barrels was loaded in just about 12 hours.
Over the past 62 years of continuous development, Mesaieed has become one of the major export terminals in the Middle East. As part of its ongoing development, a new multi product berth jetty has been constructed in Mesaieed, thus making it possible to load crude oil and refinery naphtha at the same time from the control room.
Simultaneously, the terminal’s storage and export facilities have undergone comprehensive modernisation and upgrade. All these would now enable Qatar Petroleum to accommodate higher-capacity tankers, bigger parcel sizes and export multiple products in much less time than before.
A formal function was held in Mesaieed to mark the occasion of the 11,000th shipment. Mohamed K al-Kubaisi, manager, Mesaieed Terminal & Export Department, welcomed the guests.
The event was also attended by area operations managers, department managers, Tasweeq management and customer representatives. Al-Kubaisi conveyed his gratitude to HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, also chairman & managing director of QP, as well as QP directors and managers for their valued support and guidance, which have enabled them to achieve the landmark.
The function was inaugurated by al-Mohannadi, who presented mementoes to the representatives of QP’s crude oil customer, Idemitsu Kosan Company and the ship owner, NYK Lines (Japan).
Yoshi Yamakawa, Idemitsu International Petroleum Business Development executive officer and general manager conveyed his best wishes to QP for achieving this remarkable milestone.