VOL. XLII

No 42

18-October-1999

QATAR

QAFAC Petrochemical Plant Inaugurated

Qatar inaugurated its third petrochemical plant, the QatarFuel Additives Company (QAFAC), on 12 October. The $690mn plant, located atMesa段eed, was commissioned last summer with a design capacity of 850,000tons/year of methanol and 620,000 t/y of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Itexported its first shipment of methanol in August (MEES, 30 August). The5,000 ton cargo was bought by Canada痴 International Octane Ltd. and...