It was set up as the operating company for the production facilities based in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.
[12][13] In 2007, RasGas started talks for a new gas project in order to meet continually growing local demand.
[14][15][16][17] In 2013, RasGas became the victim of a series of Cyberattacks, which together with attacks on Saudi Aramco and other companies, were attributed to Iran's "cybercorps".
[18][19] In 2016, RasGas celebrated its 10,000th LNG vessel loading at Ras Laffan Industrial City's port.
[22] RasGas operations consisted of the extraction, processing, liquefaction, storage and export of LNG and all associated derivatives from Qatars North Field.
[10] Trains 1 and 2 were owned by Ras Laffan, and they have a combined capacity of 6.6 million tonnes of LNG per year.
[25] Together, these two plants now produce 25% of the world's helium, making Qatar the second largest world helium exporter, after the U.S.[26] RasGas also operated the Al Khaleej Gas Projects, AKG-1 and AKG-2, which supply a daily average of around 2.0 billion cubic feet (57 million cubic metres) at standard conditions to Qatar's network of pipelines, delivering gas for the growing domestic market.