VOL. XLIV

No 33

13-August-2001

QATAR

Qatar Set To Become World Center Of GTL Production

Qatar is preparing the ground to become the worlds leading producer of clean fuels using gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology, with one project under way and another four in the study and/or planning stage (see below) with the prospect of output eventually reaching 425,000 b/d, MEES learns. While two other GTL projects in the Middle East are being studied in Iran and Egypt (MEES, 16 July), Qatar, with its huge...