What products would a refinery have produced at Mesaieed Industrial City?
The refinery products would have included high-grade fuel products such as petrol, diesel oil, gas oil and jet fuel. A crude oil transport pipeline from the Al Shaheen field to Mesaieed Industrial City was also planned, including a 90km offshore section, a 110km onshore section and also other required import / export infrastructure at Mesaieed.
What happened to Qatar Petroleum?
Qatar Petroleum was to build a further grass roots refinery at Mesaieed Industrial City, Qatar, to process crude oil from the Al Shaheen field situated about 180km north of Doha and operated by Maersk Oil Qatar AS. However, in May 2010 Qatar Petroleum announced that the project was to be postponed indefinitely.
Does Qatar Petroleum have a new Ras Laffan Refinery?
Qatar Petroleum is instead planning to double the installed capacity at its 146,000bpd Ras Laffan, which was launched in September 2009. It will also concentrate on awarding contracts for a new refinery that will be similar to the Ras Laffan refinery by the end of 2010. Qatar refinery
What is Qatar Petroleum’s new refinery project?
Part of the new refinery project was to involve the construction of an offshore and onshore pipeline to supply the new refinery. Qatar Petroleum said that the refinery was part of a plan ¡®to increase crude oil production capacity from 850,000 to one million barrels a day¡¯.