(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- Qatofine Company Limited is expected to resume operations at its linear low density polyethylene plant, on 5 August, according to Saudi web portal Argaam. The plant, located in Messaieed Industrial City in Qatar, has a production capacity of 450 KTa of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), was shut down on 12 July due to a technical problem, which was supposed to be fixed on the same day but it was delayed till the 5th.
Qatofine is a joint venture between QAPCO (63%), Total Petrochemicals France (36%) and Qatar Petroleum (1%).
The project's cost was estimated at USD 1.3bn and started commercial production in May 2010, and exported the first shipment in July 2010.