Project name  : Laffan Refinery Company – Ras Laffan Condensate Refinery Expansion
Name of client  : Laffan Refinery Company Limited
Budget  : $1 billion
Main contractor  :  Not yet appointed
Facility type  : Refinery
Status  : EPC ITB
Feed  : Technip
Location  : Ras Laffan, Qatar

Project background
Qatar Petroleum (QP) plans to build Phase 2 of the condensate refinery at Ras Laffan. The expansion will double the refinery's capacity to produce fuel products from 146,000 barrels a day (bpd) to 292,000 bpd. The Ras Laffan plant currently produces 24,000 bpd of gas oil, 52,000 bpd of kerosene and jet fuel and 8,000 bpd of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Qatar Liquefied Gas Company and Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company will provide feedstock as well as run the refinery.

Project status
In August 2011, France's Technip was awarded the front-end engineering design (Feed) contract.

The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was awarded in Q4 2012.

Project scope
The scope of work is likely to include a naphtha hydrotreater, reformer unit, olefins hydrogenation, BT extraction unit, paraxylene unit, isomerisation unit and transalkylation unit.

Project schedules
Q3-2007  Feasibility study
Q3-2011  Feed ITB
Q4-2015  Completion