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...
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