Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 46

15-Nov-2010

QATAR

Qatar Inaugurates Petrochemical Plant At Mesaieed

The Amir of Qatar Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on 9 November inaugurated a $1.3bn petrochemicals plant at Mesaieed industrial city south of Doha. The Qatar Chemical Company II (Q-Chem II) plant has a capacity to produce 350,000 tons/year of high density polyethylene (HDPE), thereby increasing total HDPE capacity at Qatar Chemical Company to 800,000 t/y. The complex also...