VOL. XXXIX

No. 39

24-June-1996

QATAR

Japan's Chiyoda Wins Qafac Plant Construction Contract

The Qatar Fuel Additives Company (Qafac) has sent a letter of intent to Japan's Chiyoda Engineering Company informing it that it has won the contract, reportedly worth $425mn, for the construction of Qafac's projected MTBE/methanol plant at the Umm Sa'id industrial complex. The Qafac partnership, which was amended last week following Total's decision to withdraw from the project (MEES, 17 June)...