Laffan Refinery Company Limited Qatar

LAFFAN REFINERY

The Laffan Refinery Company Limited's plant currently under construction is designed to be one of the largest condensate refineries in the world when it starts production in 2009, with a processing capacity of 146,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD).

The Laffan Refinery will help to capture synergies and opportunities from the development of the North Field, Qatargas, RasGas and Ras Laffan City ventures.

The project involves construction of process units including utility systems, distillation units, naphtha and kerosene hydroheaters, a hydrogen unit and a saturated gas plant producing naphtha, kerosene, gasoil and LPG for the export market.

All major contracts have now been let and the detailed engineering is in its final stages at the contractor’s office in Korea.

The Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for this project is a consortium of GS Engineering & Construction Corporation and Daewoo Engineering & Construction Company who were awarded the contract in May 2005.

The plant foundation stone was laid in April 2006 by HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and construction work is now well underway.