text: The LTFT facility Pearl GTL at Ras Laffan, Qatar, is the second largest FT plant in the world after Sasol's Secunda plant in South Africa. It uses cobalt catalysts at 230 °C, converting natural gas to petroleum liquids at a rate of , with additional production of  of oil equivalent in natural gas liquids and ethane.
  Another plant in Ras Laffan, called Oryx GTL, has been commissioned in 2007 with a capacity of . The plant utilizes the Sasol slurry phase distillate process, which uses a cobalt catalyst. Oryx GTL is a joint venture between QatarEnergy and Sasol.