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(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- The
Qatargas-operated Laffan Refinery Company has awarded a lump sum Front End
Engineering Design (FEED) Contract for the Refinery’s Phase 2 expansion to
Technip. Phase 2 will increase the current refinery capacity to enable Qatar to
meet all of its Naphtha, Diesel, LPG and Kerojet requirements.
The FEED study is scheduled to be completed by the first quarter of 2012
and will be executed by Technip engineering center in Paris, France. The
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract is expected to be
awarded by the third quarter of 2012.
Laffan Refinery venture manager Salman Ashkanani, said: “The new
expansion project will double the existing capacity of the Laffan Refinery to
292,000 BPSD (barrels per stream day) and the facility will be fully operational
by the first Quarter of 2016, playing a central role in Qatar’s new energy mix
and its 2030 vision.”
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