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Qatar was the first Persian Gulf state to build its own petrochemical industry. The Qatar Petrochemical Co. (QAPCO) was established on 9 November 1974, by Emiri Decree No. 109, as a joint venture between QP (84 percent) and CdF (Chimie de France) and began production of ethylene, low-density polyethylene, and sulfur in 1981.
The purpose of its founding was to host petrochemical facilities for the natural gas obtained from North Field. [5] The North Field, found in 1971, is the world's biggest natural gas field, occupying an offshore area of roughly 6,000 square km; more than half the size of the State of Qatar.
Industries Qatar Q.S.C. (Arabic: صناعات قطر; IQ) is a Qatari conglomerate with subsidiaries and investments in the petrochemicals, fertilisers and steel industries. IQ is a 51-percent subsidiary of QatarEnergy. Its shares are traded on the Qatar Exchange and is one of the largest publicly traded companies in Qatar by market ...
Fluor Awarded FEED Contract for Qatar Petroleum / Shell Al-Karaana Petrochemical Project IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fluor Corporation (NYS: FLR) announced today that it has been awarded a ...
The Pearl GTL is a gas to liquids (GTL) plant based in Ras Laffan, Qatar.It converts natural gas into liquid petroleum products. It is the largest GTL plant in the world. [1] [2] The first commercial shipment from the Pearl GTL was made on 13 June 2011. [3]
Since 1997, Qatar has been exporting LNG from the North Field. In 2006, Qatar surpassed Indonesia as the world's largest LNG exporter. Based on the massive gas resources of the field, Qatar is developing the world biggest LNG export facilities in order to reach the capacity of 77 million metric ton per year by 2012 (see table below). [48]
The bulk of Qatar's expected future increases in natural-gas production will come from projects related to the massive North Field. In 2005, Qatari government officials became worried that the North Field’s natural gas reserves were being developed too quickly, which could reduce pressure in the field's reservoirs and possibly damage its long-term production potential.
Our petrochemical growth projects in the U.S. and Qatar are more than 50% complete and are expected to contribute to further cash flow growth beyond 2026.