(hydrocarbonprocessing) -- Qatar has established a new company to market its petrochemical, fertilizer and steel products, as per the company's statement.
The Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company, or Muntajat, would have "exclusive rights to purchase, market, distribute and sell the State of Qatar's production of chemical and petrochemical regulated products to the global market", the statement said. The new entity is expected to start operations in the first quarter next year.
Abdulrahman Ahmad Al-Shaibi, chief coordinator at Industries Qatar, said the move would not affect the group's 2012 financial results.
As MRC informed earlier, Qatar's petrochemical output will get a further boost with the formal inauguration of Qapco's QR2.3 billion low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant at Mesaieed on 20 November 2012. Qapco's LDPE production will thus exceed 700,000 tpy with the company's two existing production lines - LDPE 1 and 2 - already accounting for more than 400,000 tpy. Products from LPDE 3 will be sold under the brand name "Lotrene" through Qapco"s global marketing network.
The Qatar Petrochemical Company produces ethylene, low density polyethylene, and sulfur. Its facilities consist of an ethylene plant producing 525,000 tonnes per annum (tpa), two low density polyethylene (LDPE) plants with 360,000 tpa and a sulphur plant with 70,000 tpa.
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