VOL. XXXIX

No. 40

1-July-1996

QATAR

QAPCO Commissions $385Mn Expansion Project

The Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifah Al Thani, inaugurated on 26 June the $385mn expansion project of the Qatar Petrochemicals Company (QAPCO) which raises the production capacity of the company's plant at Umm Said by 195,000 t/y of ethylene to 525,000 t/y and by 180,000 t/y of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) to 360,000 t/y. The $385mn expansion project was built under three contracts signed in March...