QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem) announced the award of early site works contract for the Ras Laffan Petrochemical Project (RLPP), marking the commencement of execution of the project.
Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) has been selected as the contractor to undertake this work and was awarded a lump-sum contract to prepare the site for the new facility at Ras Laffan Industrial City. Work will commence this June, at the conclusion of which the EPC contract for the project is expected to be awarded.
Minister of State for Energy Affairs and QatarEnergy President/CEO HE Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, said that the award of the contract marks the start of the execution phase of RLPP, which is a major building block in QatarEnergy’s efforts to further expand and diversify its business portfolio and implement world-class downstream project. He said that the project will increase Qatar’s polyethylene output capacity by approximately 64%.
Joint venture
First announced in 2019, the project is a joint venture between QatarEnergy and CPChem. The RLPP will feature a 2,080 kilo tonnes per annum (KTA) Ethane Cracking Unit, making it the largest ethane cracker in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world. The facility will also include two High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) units, which will significantly raise Qatar’s current Polyethylene production capacity.
The project has completed Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) in 2021, and is currently in the EPC tendering phase. When tendering is complete and a final investment decision has been made, the project will advance to the Engineering, Procurement and Construction phase. The RLPP is expected to commence production in 2026.
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