VOL. XLVI

No 34

25-August-2003

QATAR

Five Firms/Consortia To Bid For Ras Laffan Ethane Cracker EPC Contract

Five firms/consortia are expected to bid for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and technology supply contract for an ethane cracker project in Ras Laffan. The cracker, with a capacity of 1.3mn tons/year, expandable to 1.6mn t/y of ethylene, will supply feedstock via a pipeline for the Q-Chem II and Qatofin projects in Messaieed (MEES, 14 April). The deadline for technical...