Total to withdraw from Qatar methanol - MTBE?

Journal Article · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · 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, Vol. 158, Issue 17; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
09 BIOMASS FUELS
METHANOL
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ETHERS
CHEMICAL PLANTS
FINANCING
FUEL ADDITIVES
CAPACITY
JOINT VENTURES