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The LNG Safety Program, which will extend and complement the existing BP-sponsored program run at the Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, will help advance the science and technical understanding of key safety issues impacting the worldwide LNG industry. The research will be carried out at Texas A&M at Qatar in Doha and will encompass practical testing at Qatar Petroleum’s Ras Laffan Emergency and Safety College which is currently being constructed at Ras Laffan Industrial City.

RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has a research agreement with Texas A&M University at Qatar for a research project titled  “Advanced Designs for Wireline Tool Conveyance.” The project will study ways to improve designs for devices used to log oil and gas wells during the drilling process.  The research project will be carried out at Texas A&M at Qatar facilities in Doha and at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, USA. The research project aims to investigate and create new technologies not yet addressed by the oil and gas industry in order to improve the overall efficiency of wireline tool operations in Qatar’s North Field. It will be divided into two phases; phase 2 is due to start in 2009.