National Qatar Industries Co. （NQI） http://www.nqi-co.com/
The importance of the National Qatar Industries Co. lies in
its philosophy which is based on taking
the lead to conduct economic feasibility studies of industrial
projects, namely those dealing with oil , gas and petrochemicals.
When the feasibility study has been completed and the capital of
the project has been defined, the company advertises the project
and calls investors in the State of Qatar to join it. Thus, NQI
is different from other companies in the future because it indirectly takes part in proposed
projects.
Every time NQI announces an industrial project for shareholders
it appoints an independent management for it. With time NQI
becomes a holding company, owning and managing a large number of
factories in Qatar and abroad.
NQI will enable the participation, by national or foreign
partners directly or indirectly, in manufacturing, management or
investment operations, both temporarily and permanently.
NQI will also help transfer world expertise and technologies to
Qatar through encouraging foreign corporations to join it in the
implementation of its projects connected with profitable
industries as well as enter into partnership with foreign
partners in manufacturing operations.
NQI will also promote scientific research and development as well
as raising productivity, development and improvement of quality,
and development of new products needed for the industrial future
for consumption and production.
| capacity | total cost | ||
| Projects under progress | Linear Alkyl Benzene sulphonate (LABS) + Sodium Silicate project | 20,000t/y | 50m$ |
| HDPE Pipes project | 10,000t/y | 30m$ | |
| Poly acetal resins project | 30,000t/y | 130m$ | |
| Projects under study | Phosphorous complex project | 100,000t/y | 25m$ |
| Phenol/Acetone + Polycarbonate resins project | 100,000t/y | 600m$ | |
| VCM project | 160,000t/y | 60m$ | |
| Etylene Diamine project | 7,000t/y | 60m$ | |
| Benta + Erythrtol project | 60,000t/y | 35m$ | |
| TDI complex project | 100,000t/y | 300m$ | |
| Futuristic projects | Plastic sheets | 50,000t/y | |
| Paraffin oils project | 5,000t/y | ||
| White oils for sophisticated engines | 70,000t/y | ||
| Liquid Aspirin project | 37,000t/y | ||
| Paraffin candles project | 5,000t/y |
Gulf Times 2007/3/29
NQI, LG Chem sign deal to set up QR500mn petchem plant
Tasnee/National Qatar Industries (NQI) and LG Chem of South Korea have
signed an agreement to set up a plant in Qatar to make polyacetal
resins.
The QR500mn plant would manufacture 30,000 tonnes of
polyacetal resins,
plant manager Dhana Sekharan told Gulf Times.
This would be the first time the product being made in the Middle
East, he said.
The plant will be located in Mesaieed
Industrial City, close
to the source of main raw material, methanol. The agreement
covers licence and technology transfer,
product off-take and technical support.
Polyacetal resins, also known as polyoxy methylene, is a
speciality engineering plastic with “outstanding mechanical and
processing properties.” It is used in a variety of
industries such as machine components, electrical and electronic
equipment, automobiles, tools and health care.
The construction will start after the arrival of the main
equipment in the last quarter 2007, the official said. Partial
production capacity is expected to start in the first quarter of
2009 and full capacity in the first quarter 2010.
This was a major private sector investment in a downstream
petrochemical project and signified growing co-operation between
Qatar and South Korea, Sekharan said.