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Total to withdraw from Qatar methanol - MTBE?

Journal Article · · Chemical Week
OSTI ID:508306

Total is rumored to be withdrawing from the $700-million methanol and methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) Qatar Fuel Additives Co., (Qafac) project. The French company has a 12.5% stake in the project. Similar equity is held by three other foreign investors: Canada`s International Octane, Taiwan`s Chinese Petroleum Corp., and Lee Change Yung Chemical Industrial Corp. Total is said to want Qafac to concentrate on methanol only. The project involves plant unit sizes of 610,000 m.t./year of MTBE and 825,000 m.t./year of methanol. Total declines to comment.

OSTI ID:
508306
Journal Information:
Chemical Week, Journal Name: Chemical Week Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 158; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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