VOL. XXXIX

No. 34

20-May-1996

QATAR

Petrochemical Developments In Qatar

The state-owned Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC) announced on 12 May that it had signed a heads of agreement with a consortium led by Norway's Norsk Hydro and including France's Elf Atochem as well as the Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) for the production of 338,000 tons/year of ethylene dichloride (EDC), 200,000 t/y of vinyl chloride monomer, and 260,000 t/y of caustic soda. The cost of the EDC...