GPCA ’06: Shell to start up Qatar cracker 2011-12

17 December 2006 08:12  [Source: ICIS news]

DUBAI (ICIS news)--Shell is looking to start up its new 1.3m tonne/year ethylene cracker project in Qatar in early 2011 or 2012, a senior company official said on Saturday.

 

"We are still committed on working with Qatar Petroleum on the project and we are targeting for the start up to be in the early 2011-2012," said Aman Amanpour, president of Shell Chemicals Arabia in an interview with ICIS news.

 

Amanpour was in Dubai for the inaugural Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) forum.

 

The cracker will be using ethane as feedstock and supply of ethane will be sourced domestically from Qatar which has huge gas reserves and projects, he said.

 

"The final decision about the actual start-up date and month will be reached maybe in the next one to two years," Amanpour said, adding that the project is going on "very well".

By: Nurul Darni
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