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I focused a lot of my game time this weekend on leveling my Orc Shaman, Belgawrath. Over half of his quest log was filled with quests that are done in instances ranging from Wailing Caverns to Scarlet Monastery. Since I was already level 31, I decided that Wailing Caverns was not worth my time and just dropped them instead.
Just as I prepared to delete the quests for Razorfen Kraul as well, I saw an LFG message asking for a healer for RFK. I don't have a single point in the Restoration tree, and I haven't done any real healing other than my own, but since I had the quest and they were ready to go I went ahead and offered my services. They quickly grabbed me up as apparently they had been looking for a healer for quite a while, so off I went to RFK.
Razorfen Kraul
The rest of the group was made of characters in their low 20's except for the 29 Warrior who was tanking for us. The warrior was the only one high enough to be summoned by the stone. Since a lot of warrior gear looks pretty cool I like to inspect warriors and have a look at what gear they are actually using. The tank was wearing BoA shoulders and a BoA weapon though I do not remember which one it was now. The rest was mostly green drops but he did have a couple of enchants on there so I assumed he knew what he was doing.
After the third pull I gave up on just sitting in the background to heal and proceeded to show the rest of the group how a real dps class does damage and then threw the heals around when needed. Healing wasn't hard, but everyone was pulling agro all over the place so I had to heal pretty much everyone but myself. It went in little spurts though where healing was needed everywhere one second and then nobody needed it the next.
After the fifth pull I noticed a dangerous trend and started asking questions. We'll just call this tank Cuddlebear.
"Cuddlebear, how many instances have you tanked before?" (Answer: 8 or 9)
"Cuddlebear, why do you keep losing agro? Do you know what taunts are?" (Answers: I don't know. No?)
"Cuddlebear, why aren't you using Thunder Clap?" (Answer: )
"Cuddlebear, why are you doing nothing by auto-attacks?" (Answer: )
"Cuddlebear, why do you keep moving all over the place for no reason?" (Answer: )
So, after figuring out that this tank has no idea what he's doing, I explained to him how a warrior tank works at his level. And to my surprise, he still can't hold agro on anything at all. And I'm not talking about holding it against me and my comparatively epic dps, I'm talking about the mage who cast a single Frostbolt and pulled the tank's main target. To give the guy some bit of credit, there was another dps warrior in there that was using Thunder Clap and pulling some of the mobs off of him.
Since he stopped replying to my questions, which I can understand if he felt like I was attacking him with the questioning, I decided I would go ahead and tank the instance in addition to the healing and dps I was already doing. I was already the strongest dps, obviously, and I was the only one in the instance that even had the option of healing, but I was pretty sure I could tank better than the warrior, so that's what I did.
I just went ahead and beat the snot out of everything that came at us, threw down some Stoneclaw, Healing Stream, and Magma Totems and went to town owning face with my mace. When people got low on hit points I stopped what I was doing to heal them instead. When someone pulled agro away and started taking too much damage I went ahead and switched targets to get agro or kill the mob.
So, for RFK I did my usual job of dps, while filling the necessary role of healing, and also tanking 80% of the instance as well. Sorry Mr. Cuddlebear, but you just got out-tanked by a leather wearing class that has the lowest hit points in the game. Cuddlebear (Orc Warrior), I can do anything better than you.
Scarlet Monastery
It took quite a while for some reason, but I did eventually find a group that was willing to run through SM: Library and Armory. We had a 38 Warlock who actually managed to out-dps me a few times, and a 38 Paladin who came to tank for us but bailed after the first boss in Library. The rest of the group were low 30's, with me at 33.
After the paladin bailed the 29 Warrior (not Cuddlebear from RFK) offered to tank for us and since he used the Equipment Manager to switch to his tanking gear I was actually a little impressed that he might have an idea of what he was doing. Luckily, he actually did a great job even though he was a bit low level. We had a druid doing the healing and though I was strictly dps I did jump in several times to help him heal when the…less than intelligent, rogue wanted to "peek into the next room" and by so doing pulled way more mobs than we wanted.
I have to assume that the rogue was otherwise occupied with something else because (s)he constantly went into the wrong room or pulled mobs from who knows where, or just whatever could possibly be done to screw things up. Luckily the rest of us actually melded surprisingly well and easily made up for the rogue's mistakes.
The tank was good at what he did, but he was also having connection issues, so when the rogue came running in with another group of mobs chomping at her heals, I had to switch over to being an off-tank and steal the mobs from her. Luckily she was smart enough to not build up any agro when she pulled the groups, so my totems, shocks, and attacks were enough to gather them all to me and chew them down. We didn't want to lose the tank while he was dc'ed, so we kept the druid healing him and I just healed myself when I needed it.
The druid was pretty good on heals for the most part, but I think he was pretty new to it. When things got hairy, I dropped the dps gig and went pseudo-resto instead. When things were cool the druid worked just fine, but when extra mobs were pulled he fell apart. When it comes to healing in a pinch, Mr. Resto Druid, I can do anything better than you.
The warlock's blueberry was supposed to be our off-tank, but he couldn't match me for holding agro so we sent him back to the void for the Felhound instead. Yes Mr. Voidwalker, I can do anything better than you. The Felhound's Fel Intellect buff is my new best friend though. With Mental Dexterity I get attack power from my Intellect, and the boost this little guy was giving me sent my windfury crits up another 200 damage.
After clearing Library the tank got dc'ed and never came back, so I had a DK in the guild come and run us through the rest of it instead. Got a few decent gear upgrades, but mostly mail armor I can't wear until 40 anyway.
Useful Tools
Glyph of Stoneclaw Totem
One thing I want to share that really helped me out in my "tanking" as a shaman, was the Glyph of Stoneclaw Totem. When you use the totem the glyph makes a protective bubble pop up around you that absorbs damage. This was critical at times when I had 4 or more mobs on me and really needed to heal. I dropped the totem for the sake of getting the bubble. The threat generation is nice if you haven't built up threat on the mobs around you, but the main thing was that bubble.
When the bubble is up I have time to let my Healing Wave cast, and that's usually enough by itself to heal about 50-60% of my overall health in one cast. I usually cast my healing spells on myself in a reactive manner, only using them when I drop below 40% in health. I don't cast them when things just start to look a little bad, I wait until I get to the point death is soon to follow if something doesn't happen pretty fast.
Since my Shaman is an Inscriptionist (no, I don't like calling myself a "scribe"), I went ahead and just made the glyph myself to try it out, knowing that I could just as easily make a different glyph to replace it in all of 3 seconds if I needed to. As it turns out, it's extremely useful in leveling and questing as well as in instances where you have to pick up the slack for the other players.


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|Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar within the last 60 years transformed itself from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into an independent state with significant oil and natural gas revenues. The continuous siphoning off of petroleum revenue through the mid-1990s by Qatari amirs permanently residing in Europe had stunted Qatar's economic growth. Former amir HAMAD bin Khalifa Al Thani, who overthrew his father in a bloodless coup in 1995, ushered in wide-sweeping political and media reforms, unprecedented economic investment, and a growing Qatari regional leadership role, in part through the creation of the pan-Arab satellite news network Al-Jazeera and Qatar's mediation of some regional conflicts. In the 2000s, Qatar resolved its longstanding border disputes with both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and by 2007 had attained the highest per capita income in the world. Qatar did not experience domestic unrest or violence like that seen in other Near Eastern and North African countries in 2010-11, due in part to its immense wealth. Since the outbreak of regional unrest, however, Doha has prided itself on its support for many of these popular revolutions, particularly in Libya and Syria, although to the detriment of Qatar's relations with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which temporarily recalled their respective ambassadors from Qatar. In mid-2013, HAMAD transferred power to his 33 year-old son, the current Amir TAMIM bin Hamad - a peaceful abdication rare in the history of Arab Gulf states. TAMIM oversaw a warming of Qatar's relations with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE by later in 2014 and prioritized improving the domestic welfare of Qataris, including establishing advanced healthcare and education systems and expanding the country's infrastructure in anticipation of Doha's hosting of the 2022 World Cup.
The peninsula occupies a strategic location in the central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits
|Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 11,586 sq km
land: 11,586 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Size comparison: almost twice the size of Delaware; slightly smaller than Connecticut
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 87 km border countries (1): Saudi Arabia 87 km
|563 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: as determined by bilateral agreements or the median line
|arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
|mostly flat and barren desert
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|petroleum, natural gas, fish
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 5.6% arable land 1.1%; permanent crops 0.2%; permanent pasture 4.3% forest: 0%
other: 94.4% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|130 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|haze, dust storms, sandstorms common
|Current Environment Issues:
|limited natural freshwater resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Qatari(s)
adjective: Qatari
|Ethnic groups:
|Arab 40%, Indian 18%, Pakistani 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14%
|Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language
|Muslim 77.5%, Christian 8.5%, other (includes mainly Hindu and other Indian religions) 14% (2004 est.)
|2,258,283 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 12.57% (male 143,859/female 140,027)
15-24 years: 12.62% (male 206,775/female 78,271)
25-54 years: 70.45% (male 1,321,973/female 269,072)
55-64 years: 3.41% (male 59,418/female 17,578)
65 years and over: 0.94% (male 13,610/female 7,700) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 20.1%
youth dependency ratio: 18.6%
elderly dependency ratio: 1.4%
potential support ratio: 70.4% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 33 years
male: 24.1 years
female: 28.1 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|2.64% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|9.7 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|1.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|18.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 99.2% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 6.02% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|DOHA (capital) 718,000 (2015)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 2.64 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 4.91 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 3.38 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.71 male(s)/female
total population: 3.41 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|13 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 78.7 years male: 76.7 years
female: 80.8 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|1.9 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|38% (2012)
|Health expenditures:
|2.2% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|7.74 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
|Hospital bed density:
|1.2 beds/1,000 population (2012)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 98% of population
total: 98% of population
urban: 2% of population
rural: 2% of population
total: 2% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|41% (2014)
|Education expenditures:
|3.5% of GDP (2014)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.3%
male: 97.4%
female: 96.8% (2015 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 13 years male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2011)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 1.1% male: 0.4%
female: 6.2% (2013 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: State of Qatar
conventional short form: Qatar
local long form: Dawlat Qatar
local short form: Qatar note: closest approximation of the native pronunciation is gattar or cottar
etymology: the origin of the name is uncertain, but it dates back at least 2,000 years since a term "Catharrei" was used to describe the inhabitants of the peninsula by Pliny the Elder (1st century A.D.), and a "Catara" peninsula is depicted on a map by Ptolemy (2nd century A.D.)
|Government type:
|absolute monarchy
| name: Doha
geographic coordinates: 25 17 N, 51 32 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|8 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ad Dawhah, Al Khawr wa adh Dhakhirah, Al Wakrah, Ar Rayyan, Ash Shamal, Ash Shihaniyah, Az Za'ayin, Umm Salal
|3 September 1971 (from the UK)
|National holiday:
|National Day, 18 December (1878), anniversary of Al Thani family accession to the throne; Independence Day, 3 September (1971)
|previous 1972 (provisional); latest drafted 2 July 2002, approved by referendum 29 April 2003, endorsed 8 June 2004, effective 9 June 2005 (2016)
|Legal system:
|mixed legal system of civil law and Islamic law (in family and personal matters)
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: Amir TAMIM bin Hamad Al Thani (since 25 June 2013)
head of government: Prime Minister ABDALLAH bin Nasir bin Khalifa Al Thani (since 26 June 2013); Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad bin Abdallah al-MAHMUD (since 20 September 2011)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the amir elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the amir
|Legislative branch:
|description: unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (15 seats; members appointed by the monarch); note - the 2003 constitutional referendum called for the election of 30 members, however; the first election scheduled for 2013 was postponed and the current term was initially extended until 2016, but in June 2016, the Amir extended it until at least 2019 note: although the Advisory Council has limited legislative authority to draft and approve laws, the Amir has final vote on all legislation; Qatar's first legislative elections were expected to be held in 2013, but HAMAD postponed them in a final legislative act prior to handing over power to TAMIM; in principle, the public would elect 30 members and the Amir would appoint 15; the Advisory Council would have authority to approve the national budget, hold ministers accountable through no-confidence votes, and propose legislation; the 29-member Central Municipal Council - first elected in 1999 - has limited consultative authority aimed at improving municipal services; members elected for a 4-year term; next election scheduled for May 2019
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court or Court of Cassation (consists of the court president and several judges); Supreme Constitutional Court (consists of the chief justice and 6 members) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the Supreme Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body consisting of judiciary heads appointed by the Amir; judges appointed for 3-year renewable terms; Supreme Constitutional Court members nominated by the Supreme Judiciary Council and appointed by the monarch; term of appointment NA
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; Administrative Court; courts of first instance; sharia courts; Courts of Justice; Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Center, established in 2009, provides dispute services for institutions and bodies in Qatar, as well as internationally
|Political parties and leaders:
|political parties are banned
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|International organization participation:
|ABEDA, AFESD, AMF, CAEU, CD, CICA (observer), EITI (implementing country), FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|a maroon field surmounted by a white serrated band with nine white points; national colors: maroon, white
|National anthem:
| name: "Al-Salam Al-Amiri" (The Amiri Salute)
lyrics/music: Sheikh MUBARAK bin Saif al-Thani/Abdul Aziz Nasser OBAIDAN
note: adopted 1996; anthem first performed that year at a meeting of the Gulf Cooperative Council hosted by Qatar
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Muhammad bin Jaham Abd al-Aziz al-KUWARI (since 10 March 2014)
chancery: 2555 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037
telephone: [1] (202) 274-1600
consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Dana Shell SMITH (since 8 September 2014)
embassy: 22 February Road, Al Luqta District, Doha
mailing address: P. O. Box 2399, Doha
telephone: [974] 4496-6000
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Qatar has prospered in the last several years with continued high real GDP growth, but low oil prices have dampened the outlook. Qatar was the only Gulf Cooperation Council member that avoided a budget deficit in 2015, but it projects a $12.8 billion deficit, 6% of GDP in 2016. GDP is driven largely by the oil and gas sector; however, growth in manufacturing, construction, and financial services have lifted the non-oil sectors to just over half of Qatar's nominal GDP. Economic policy is focused on sustaining Qatar's non-associated natural gas reserves and increasing private and foreign investment in non-energy sectors, but oil and gas still account for roughly 92% of export earnings, and 56% of government revenues. Oil and gas have made Qatar the world's highest per-capita income country and the country with the lowest unemployment. Proved oil reserves in excess of 25 billion barrels should enable continued output at current levels for about 56 years. Qatar's proved reserves of natural gas exceed 25 trillion cubic meters, about 13% of the world total and third largest in the world. Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid is accelerating large-scale infrastructure projects such as its metro system, light rail system, construction of a new port, roads, stadiums and related sporting infrastructure.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $334.5 billion (2016 est.) $325.9 billion (2015 est.) $314.4 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $156.6 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|2.6% (2016 est.) 3.7% (2015 est.) 4% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $129,700 (2016 est.) $134,600 (2015 est.) $140,700 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|42.3% of GDP (2016 est.) 47% of GDP (2015 est.) 57.6% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 25.7%
government consumption: 22.6%
investment in fixed capital: 44.8%
investment in inventories: 1.7%
exports of goods and services: 46.5%
imports of goods and services: -41.3% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 25.7%
government consumption: 22.6%
investment in fixed capital: 44.8%
investment in inventories: 1.7%
exports of goods and services: 46.5%
imports of goods and services: -41.3% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef; fish
|liquefied natural gas, crude oil production and refining, ammonia, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement, commercial ship repair
|Industrial production growth rate:
|1.5% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|1.691 million (2016 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|0.7% (2016 est.) 0.4% (2015 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 1.3%
highest 10%: 35.9% (2007)
| revenues: $41.71 billion
expenditures: $53.95 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|26.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|55.6% of GDP (2016 est.) 41.6% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|1 April - 31 March
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.8% (2016 est.) 1.7% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$2.885 billion (2016 est.) $13.75 billion (2015 est.)
|$64.69 billion (2016 est.) $77.29 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel
|Exports - partners:
|Japan 25.4%, India 14.6%, China 8.4%, UAE 6.8%, Singapore 5.6%, UK 5.5%, Thailand 4.2% (2015)
|$33.76 billion (2016 est.) $28.5 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals
|Imports - partners:
|China 11.9%, US 11.3%, UAE 9%, Germany 7.7%, Japan 6.7%, UK 5.9%, Italy 4.6%, Saudi Arabia 4.4% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$36.03 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $37.26 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$159.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $141.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|$35.38 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $34.53 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
|$52.66 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $49.73 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|$142.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $185.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $152.6 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
|Exchange rates:
|Qatari rials (QAR) per US dollar - 3.64 (2016 est.) 3.64 (2015 est.) 3.64 (2014 est.) 3.64 (2013 est.) 3.64 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|36 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|34 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|8.8 million kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|98.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|1.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|1.532 million bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|1.303 million bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|25 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|286,800 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|238,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|542,900 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|2,555 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|160 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|41.07 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|118.9 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|24.53 trillion cu m (1 January 2016 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|92 million Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 3.61 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 164 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 180 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 974; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the US; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and the UAE; sa (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|TV and radio broadcast licensing and access to local media markets are state controlled; home of the satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera, which was originally owned and financed by the Qatari government but has evolved to independent corporate status; Al-Jaze (2014)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 2.039 million percent of population: 92.9% (July 2015 est.)
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|6 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 4
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
|1 (2013)
|condensate 288 km; condensate/gas 221 km; gas 2,383 km; liquid petroleum gas 90 km; oil 745 km; refined products 103 km (2013)
| total 9,830 km
|Merchant marine:
| total 28
by type: bulk carrier 3, chemical tanker 2, container 13, liquefied gas 6, petroleum tanker 4
foreign-owned: 6 (Kuwait 6)
registered in other countries: 35 (Liberia 5, Marshall Islands 29, Panama 1) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Doha, Mesaieed (Umaieed), Ra's Laffan LNG terminal(s) (export): Ras Laffan
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|Military branches:
|Qatari Emiri Land Force (QELF), Qatari Emiri Navy (QEN), Qatari Emiri Air Force (QEAF) (2013)
|Military service age and obligation:
|conscription for males aged 18-35; 4-month general obligation, 3 months for graduates (2014)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
stateless persons: 1,200 (2015)
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