The earliest-known English text to describe Ras Laffan was in the 1890 book The Persian Gulf Pilot,  published by the Britain Hydrographic Dept.
It recounts only geographic features, inferring that the area was not settled at the time.
In an early 1904 transcript of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia by John G. Lorimer, it is mentioned that a pearling bank known as Umm Al Shebh is found off the coast of Ras Laffan, although Lorimer provides no description of Ras Laffan itself.

As an industrial city, Ras Laffan was commissioned in 1996.
The purpose of its founding was to host petrochemical facilities for the natural gas obtained North Field.
The North Field, found in 1971, is the world's biggest natural gas field, occupying an offshore area of roughly 6,000 square km; more than half the size of the State of Qatar.
North Field contains over 900 trillion tcsf of recoverable gas.

Ras Laffan's commission in 1996 marks the completion date for the city's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to convert the natural gas obtained from North Field into LNG.
At first, it was estimated that only 106 square km would be needed for industrial operations.
However, in 2004, this figure was more than drastically increased, to 296 square km.

In March 2011, the city signed a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Rotterdam on the occasion of an official visit by Queen Beatrix to Qatar.

It was announced in May 2019 by Qatargas that the company's Ras Laffan terminal received its 10,00th non-LNG related shipment.
The earliest-known English text to describe Ras Laffan was in the 1890 book The Persian Gulf Pilot,  published by the Britain Hydrographic Dept. It recounts only geographic features, inferring that the area was not settled at the time. In an early 1904 transcript of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia by John G. Lorimer, it is mentioned that a pearling bank known as Umm Al Shebh is found off the coast of Ras Laffan, although Lorimer provides no description of Ras Laffan itself.
As an industrial city, Ras Laffan was commissioned in 1996. The purpose of its founding was to host petrochemical facilities for the natural gas obtained North Field. The North Field, found in 1971, is the world's biggest natural gas field, occupying an offshore area of roughly 6,000 square km; more than half the size of the State of Qatar. North Field contains over 900 trillion tcsf of recoverable gas.
Ras Laffan's commission in 1996 marks the completion date for the city's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to convert the natural gas obtained from North Field into LNG. At first, it was estimated that only 106 square km would be needed for industrial operations. However, in 2004, this figure was more than drastically increased, to 296 square km.
In March 2011, the city signed a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Rotterdam on the occasion of an official visit by Queen Beatrix to Qatar.
It was announced in May 2019 by Qatargas that the company's Ras Laffan terminal received its 10,00th non-LNG related shipment.
Ras Laffan Industrial City