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Ras Laffan

Ras Laffan, formally Ras Laffan Industrial City, is Qatar's coastal industrial city about 80 kilometers north of Doha, processing North Field gas and hosting the world's largest LNG export facility.

Ras Laffan B power plant

Ras Laffan B (محطة رأس لفان "ب") is a 1,025 MW gas-fired power and desalination plant in Ras Laffan, Qatar, owned by Qatar Power and opened in 2008.

Ras Laffan C power plant

Ras Laffan C, also called Ras Girtas, is a power and desalination plant in Ras Laffan, Qatar, supplying about 30 percent of the country's electricity.

Ras Tanura Refinery

The Ras Tanura Refinery is a 550,000-barrel-per-day crude oil refinery on Saudi Arabia's Persian Gulf coast, owned and operated by Saudi Aramco and the largest refinery in Saudi Arabia.

RasGas Alpha Oil and Gas Field

RasGas Alpha (RasGas Alfa) is an offshore natural gas complex in Qatar's North Field, commissioned in 1999, producing 1.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day for LNG export.

Ratawi oil field

The Ratawi oil field is a major oil field in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, and since 2023 the centerpiece of TotalEnergies' $27 billion Gas Growth Integrated Project.

RATCH Group

RATCH Group (บมจ. ราช กรุ๊ป) is a Thai power-industry holding company founded by EGAT in 2000, listed in Thailand as "RATCH", investing in electricity generation and energy businesses in Thailand, ASEAN, and Australia.

Ratchaburi Power power station

Ratchaburi Power power station is a 1,400 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Ratchaburi province, Thailand, operated by Ratchaburi Power Company Limited, an affiliate of RATCH Group.

Ratchaburi power station

Ratchaburi Power Plant, also called RATCHGEN, is a natural-gas-fired power station in Ratchaburi province, Thailand, owned by RATCH Group. At 3,645 MW it is among Thailand's largest.

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station was a 2,000 MW coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire, England, and the last one operating in the UK when it closed in 2024.

Rate of change of frequency (RoCoF)

Rate of change of frequency (RoCoF) measures how quickly grid frequency changes, in Hz/s, after a generation-demand imbalance; it rises as inverter-based renewables displace synchronous generators.

Rate transient analysis

Rate transient analysis (RTA) is a petroleum engineering method that uses production rates and flowing pressures to estimate permeability, fracture properties, and oil or gas in place without shutting in the well.

Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Ltd

Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited (RGPPL) is an Indian power generation company, formed in 2005 to revive the abandoned Enron Dabhol project, now a subsidiary of NTPC.

Ratnagiri Power Plant

The Ratnagiri Power Plant is a 1,200 MW coal-fired power station at Jaigad in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India, owned by JSW Energy and supplying the state grid since 2010.

Ratqa and Lower Fars oil fields

Ratqa, also called South Ratqa, is a heavy oil field in northern Kuwait, where the Lower Fars reservoir holds up to 15 billion barrels of oil.

Raven Oil and Gas Field

The Raven field is a near-HPHT gas and condensate field about 60 km offshore Alexandria, Egypt, discovered in 2004 and producing since early 2021 under bp.

Ravenna LNG Terminal

The Ravenna LNG Terminal is an Italian offshore LNG terminal using the FSRU BW Singapore, moored off Ravenna in the northern Adriatic, in service since May 2025.

Ravenswood power station

Ravenswood power station, also known as Ravenswood Generating Station, is New York City's largest fossil-fired power station, opened in Long Island City, Queens, in 1963 and known for Big Allis.

Ravensworth Coal Mine

Ravensworth Coal Mine, formally Ravensworth Operations, is a Glencore-owned open cut complex in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales producing thermal and semi-soft coking coal.

Ravensworth Underground Mine

Ravensworth Underground Mine was a longwall coal mine in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia, that produced semi-soft coking coal before closing in 2014.

Ravva oil and gas field

The Ravva oil and gas field is a shallow offshore field in the Krishna Godavari Basin off Andhra Pradesh, India, discovered by ONGC in 1987.

Rawhide Coal Mine

The Rawhide Coal Mine is an active surface coal mine in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, about 10 miles north of Gillette, producing thermal coal for Peabody Energy.

Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project

The Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project is a coal-fired power station in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, India, owned by APGENCO with a capacity of 1,650 MW.

Rayong Gulf PD power station

The Rayong Gulf PD power station, also called Gulf Pluak Daeng, is a natural gas-fired power plant in Rayong Province, Thailand, with four units totaling 2,650 MW.

Rayong-Bang Pakong 1 Gas Pipeline

The Rayong-Bang Pakong 1 Gas Pipeline is a 107 km Thai natural gas pipeline from Rayong to the Bang Pakong power plant, operating since 1981 and owned by PTT.

Rayong-Bang Pakong 2 Gas Pipeline

The Rayong-Bang Pakong 2 Gas Pipeline is a 105 km, 28-inch onshore natural gas pipeline in eastern Thailand, owned by PTT and placed in service in 1996.

Rayovac

Rayovac is an American battery brand founded in 1906 in Madison, Wisconsin, as the French Battery Company and owned since 2019 by Energizer Holdings, Inc.

Razrez Kharanorskiy

Razrez Kharanorskiy (Разрез «Харанорский») is a large open-pit brown-coal mine in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, and the main fuel supplier for power generation in the Trans-Baikal region.

Razrez Tugnuisky

Razrez Tugnuisky is a Russian open-pit coal mining company owned by SUEK that operates the Tugnuisky and Nikolsky mines in Buryatia, exporting low-sulfur coal mainly to Japan and China.

RBMK (РБМК)

The RBMK (РБМК), or high-power channel reactor, is a Soviet-designed water-cooled, graphite-moderated power reactor, first started in 1973 and involved in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.