Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 10

7-March-2005

QATAR

QP/Sasol Chevron Plan GTL Base Oils Project

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Sasol Chevron on 1 Marchsigned a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the establishment of a $200mn gas-to-liquids (GTL) project to produce 8,000 b/d of base oils. QP and Sasol Chevron signed a letter of intent (LOI) to examine base oils opportunities in Qatar in March 2004 (MEES, 29 March 2004). Qatars Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and...