The Qatari petrochemicals industry’s capacity will continue to rise, but high ethane prices and a lack of downstream diversification could upset chances to compete in the global market in the long term, according to a new report
Petrochemicals
Total plans chemical oil recovery pilot project in Abu Dhabi
Total ABK, Total’s wholly-owned affiliate operating the Abu Al Bukhoosh field offshore Abu Dhabi, has plans to implement a chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) pilot project on one of the field’s reservoirs
Saudi Arabia ‘produces majority of GCC’s petrochemical output’
Saudi Arabia is responsible for 67 per cent of the total amount of petrochemicals produced within the GCC, according to the Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association (GPCA) Annual Report 2012
Sadara raises funding for US$19.3 billion petrochemical complex
Sadara Chemical Company has signed a loan package for the US$19.3bn petrochemical complex it is currently building in Saudi Arabia
QP and Qapco sign technology licence deals for Qatar’s petrochemical project
Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Qatar Petrochemical Company Limited (QAPCO) have signed technology license contracts for the Al Sejeel Petrochemical Complex