VOL. XLIV

No. 29

16-July-2001

QATAR

QP And Sasol Sign Joint Venture Agreement For First Middle East GTLProject

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and SouthAfricas Sasol Synfuels International (Sasol) on 10 July signed a joint-ventureagreement to develop an $800mn gas-to-liquids (GTL) project next to the two LNGplants at Ras Laffan Industrial City, which will convert natural gas into33,750 b/d of high grade fuels from two trains. The agreement, which wasinitialed in Doha last March (MEES,19 March), is the...