MOSCOW (MRC) -- Qatofin is in plans to shut a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant for maintenance turnaround, as per Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source in Qatar informed that the plant is planned to be shut in mid-April 2014. It is likely to remain off-stream for around one month.
Located at Mesaieed, Qatar, the plant has a production capacity of 450,000 mt/year.
As MRC informed previously, last year, Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat) took over the marketing and distribution responsibilities for Qatar’s globally recognised Lotrene brand of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and LLDPE. Muntajat has the mandate to export Qatar’s 10 million tonnes/year of chemicals and petrochemicals to markets worldwide.
In Qatar, LDPE and LLDPE are produced by Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) and Qatofin respectively, and these high-quality products are being sold to more than 4,500 customers worldwide under the brand name Lotrene.
Qatar’s chemical and petrochemical industry’s planned investments will further increase the country’s export portfolio to 23 million tonnes per year by 2020, from 10 million tonnes in 2013, according to Muntajat CEO Abdulrahman Ali Al-Abdulla's statement.
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