QAPCO facility in Mesaieed Industrial City.

QAPCO commenced commercial production in 1981. The main products of the company are Ethylene and LDPE. Solid sulphur is generated as a by-product in the process. The required feedstock, ethane gas, is used in the production of various grades of LDPE, marketed under the ‘LOTRENE’ brand name.

Manufacturing facilities consist of an ethylene plant with a designed annual capacity of 720,000 tons, two LDPE plants with a total annual capacity of 360,000 tons and a sulphur plant with an annual rated capacity of 70,000 tons. The capacity of both ethylene and LDPE plants increased to these levels as a result of expansion projects undertaken by the company between 1993 and 2007.

Industries Qatar (70 percent owned by Qatar Petroleum) holds 80 percent of QAPCO, while TOTAL Petrochemicals holds 20 percent.

For more information, please visit the QAPCO website,