28.02.2013 • News • Al-Karaana Petrochemicals Complex • QP • Shell

QP, Shell Announce FEED Award for Al-Karaana

Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Shell have launched today the logo of the Al-Karaana Petrochemicals Complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City and also announced the award of the project's Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract to Fluor, a global engineering construction company.

The scope under consideration for the Al-Karaana Petrochemical Complex project includes the following: A world-scale steam cracker, with feedstock coming from natural gas projects in Qatar; a 1.5 million tons per annum mono-ethylene glycol plant using Shell's proprietary Omega (Only MEG Advantaged) technology; a 300 thousand tons per annum linear alpha olefin unit using the proprietary Shell Higher Olefins Process; and a 250 thousand tons per annum oxo alcohols unit. In addition to announcing the awarding of the FEED contract,

 

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