QATAR - Q-Chem.
Chevron Phillips Chemical (49%) and QP (51%) have a plant at
Mesaieed on stream since November 2002 as a JV called Qatar Chemical
Company (Q-Chem), under an agreement signed on May 18, 1997. It has . . .
QATAR - Qatar Petrochemical Co.
Qapco is owned 80% by QP (IQ) and 20% by Atofina (a Total unit
which in September 2002 bought Enichem's 10% stake). Its complex at
Umm Said has the following capacity: a 525,000 t/y ethylene . . .
QATAR - The Regional Perspective.
Helped by soaring demand and the region's advantage in low
feedstock costs, Qatar and other producers of petrochemicals are making
a lot of money. In 2006, Qapco made a net income of $438m from . . .
QATAR - Qatar's Petrochemicals Sector.
By 2013, income from the natural gas sector and the petrochemicals
business would be more than double of Qatar's oil revenue. The
petrochemicals sector is controlled by the state-owned Qatar . . .
QATAR - Bunkering Business.
Sharjah-based Maritime Industrial Services Co. (MIS) in April 2005
began work on the Ras Laffan heavy fuel oil bunkering facility under a
$60m EPIC contract. This centred on construction of two . . .
QATAR - Gas-To-Liquids Ventures.
There have been seven different GTL projects under discussion in
Qatar. But in April 2005 QP declared a moratorium on four of them,
reducing them to a total capacity of between 328,000-404,000 b/d . . .
QATAR - Gas Processing.
QP processes associated gas at its four NGL plants in Mesaieed
(formerly known as Umm Said), which produce propane, butane and NGL for
export and as feedstock to industries and fuel for water . . .
QATAR - LAB Venture.
QP has a linear alkyl benzene (LAB) built at Mesaieed next to the
refining complex. Commissioned in late 2005, this uses kerosine from the
refinery. The FEED was done by Foster Wheeler, which was . . .
QATAR - The Shaheen Refining Project.
Technip of France in mid-2007 won the combined front-end
engineering and design (FEED) and project management consultancy (PMC)
package on the grassroots al-Shaheen refinery. It is the first . . .
QATAR - Oil Refining & Gas-Based Projects.
The refining sector in Qatar is being expanded in a big way.
Together with an expansion of the Mesaieed oil refinery from 100,000 to
137,000 b/d, a 292,000 b/d condensate splitter is being built at . . .
QATAR - The Economic Base.
With a population of less than 830,000 and a lot of oil and gas
money pouring in, Qatar has bright prospects. Like its larger GCC
neighbours, it is busily trying to use income surpluses to . . .
QATAR - Power Cuts & Water Shortage.
However, technical snags at power plants belonging to RLPC, Qatar
Power Co (QPC) and Kahraba on May 30 left residents of Doha without
power for several hours and highlighted a growing problem for . . .
QATAR - Qatar's Energy Base.
The fastest growing economy in the world, Qatar has invested over
$25 bn in its energy sector to end-2007 - with the emirate's energy
base dependent mostly on natural gas. Domestic energy . . .
NIGERIA - Nigeria's Political Leadership.
The political situation in Nigeria changed after the sudden death
of military dictator Gen. Sani Abacha on June 8, 1998. Abacha, a tyrant,
was replaced on the following day by Gen. Abdulsalami . . .
Nigeria's Decision Makers - The NNPC Structure.
NNPC was formed in 1977 from a merger of the state-owned Nigerian
National Oil Corp. and a former version of the ministry of petroleum
resources. NNPC's superstructure consists of a group . . .
NIGERIA - The Refineries.
Because of continued maintenance delays, various units at the four
refineries are prone to sudden breakdowns. Frequent closures occur as a
result of labour unrest. Fires break out frequently, . . .
NIGERIA - The Oil Refining Sector.
Nigeria's four major oil refineries, with a combined nominal
capacity of 438,750 b/d, can only run at 214,000 b/d and their proposed
privatisation - they have been on offer for several years - has . . .
NIGERIA - Resins.
There are synthetic resin plants in Nigeria run by the private
sector. They produce non-mouldable resins, especially polyvinyl acetate
and alkyd resins for paints, adhesives, lacquer, glues and . . .
NIGERIA - Proposals.
For years Nigerian planners have been promoting new projects in the
petrochemical sector. Apart from those under Phase Three, ventures
envisaged since the early 1990s have included methanol and . . .
NIGERIA - Fertilisers.
The National Fertiliser Co. of Nigeria (NAFCON) has four plants at
Onne, Rivers State, producing 1.2 million t/y of urea and ammonia. This
is below their design capacity - 750,000 t/y of ammonia . . .
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