VOL. XL

No. 44

3-November-1997

QATAR

Qatar Vinyl Company To Be Formally Established Shortly

The agreement for setting up the new $500mn joint venture petrochemical firm, the QatarVinyl Company (QVC), which was signed last January between the Qatar General PetroleumCorporation (QGPC), the Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO), Norsk Hydro of Norway andFrance's Elf Atochem (MEES, 13 January), has now been finalized and the formalincorporation of the new firm should be completed shortly. The...