VOL. XLVII

No 04

26-January-2004

QATAR

South Koreas LG Engineering Wins $235Mn EPC Contract For LAB Plant

Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed on 20 January a $235mn Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with South Koreas LG Engineering and Construction Corp for the 100,000 tons/year Linear Alkyl Benzene and a 80,000 t/y N-paraffin plant at Messaieed. The units will extract benzene from reformate and treated pyrogasoline at a capacity of 36,000 t/y, according to a statement released by...