QP/QAPCO inks license agreement with Union Carbide for UNIPOL™ PP Process Technology

21-Jun-13

Qatar Petroleum/Qatar Petrochemical Company (QP/QAPCO), has signed a license agreement with Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC, a wholly owned Subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, for UNIPOL™ Polypropylene Process Technology. The 540,000 tpa polypropylene (PP) production facility will be located in Ras Laffan, Qatar, and will produce homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers from a mixed feed cracker. This will be the first polypropylene plant in Qatar. “We are excited about the economic contribution we will make in Qatar with this first PP facility in the country. UNIPOL PP technology will give us the ability provide our customers with high quality PP products. The Middle East is in a growth period, and with UNIPOL PP Process Technology, QP/QAPCO will have the benefits of low investment and operating cost, the broadest product capability and leading product performance,” said Tracy Cleckler, president of Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC. “QP/QAPCO’s customers will also be able to produce polypropylene products that are lighter, clearer and cleaner to meet growing demand for high-quality polypropylene products.” “We selected UNIPOL PP technology because it is the most reliable technology available for PP production,” said Dr. Mohamed Yousef Al Mulla, vice chairman and CEO of QAPCO. “We are excited about the economic contribution we will make in Qatar with this first PP facility in the country. UNIPOL PP technology will give us the ability provide our customers with high quality PP products.” UNIPOL PP Process Technology positions polypropylene manufacturers to meet and exceed increasing demand for high quality polypropylene.