QATAR

QAPCO's $55mn Ethane Recovery Unit Commissioned 

The Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) - the joint venture owned 84% by the Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC) and 16% by France's CDF-Chimie - commissioned on 24 February a newly-constructed 500 ton/day ethane recovery unit at its petrochemical complex in Umm Said. QAPCO's petrochemical complex has a design capacity of 280,000 tons/year of ethylene, 140,000 tons/year of low-density polyethylene and 50,000...