PROJECT OVERVIEW:
The local QATAR PETROLEUM CORP. (QPC) recently awarded a petrochemical plant construction contract to LG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CORP. (LGE&C) of South Korea. According to the terms of the award, LG will be responsible for building a complex with an installed production capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year of linear alkyl benzene. The latter is a raw material used in the manufacture of detergents.
In so doing, LGE&C will oversee the project, from design to test operation. The new facility, to be sited in Mesaieed, about 40 kms sou