VOL. XL

No. 32

11-August-1997

QATAR

QGPC Plans To Increase Capacity Of Messaieed Refinery To 137,000 B/D

The Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC) has announced that it plans to raise thethroughput capacity of the Messaieed refinery, the country's only processing plant, fromthe name-plate capacity of 80,000 b/d to 137,000 b/d. The expansion entails theconstruction of a 27,000 b/d condensates refinery and the fractionation of condensatesproduced from Dukhan field with a production capacity...