# QatarEnergy and CPChem to build $6B Ras Laffan petrochemical complex

QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical announced the final investment decision to build the Ras Laffan Petrochemicals complex, a $6 billion integrated olefins and polyethylene facility at Ras Laffan Industrial City. QatarEnergy will own 70% and CPChem 30%. The complex includes an ethane cracker with capacity of 2.1 million tons of ethylene per year and two polyethylene trains with combined output of 1.7 million tons per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-03-09
- Where: Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar
- Value: $6.00B
- Starts operating: 2026
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2.1 million tons of ethylene per year; 1.7 million tons of HDPE per year
- Products: ethylene, high-density polyethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [QatarEnergy](https://endata.com/companies/30677.md)
- [Emerson](https://endata.com/companies/355.md) (supplier)
- [Samsung Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/977.md) (supplier)
- [CTCI Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/1509.md) (supplier)
- [Maire Tecnimont](https://endata.com/companies/8164.md) (supplier)
- [Chevron Phillips Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/9058.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [tradearabia.com](https://www.tradearabia.com/News/270736/Qatar-Chevron-to-build-%246bn-Ras-Laffan-petchem-complex), 2018-03-09: "QatarEnergy has announced the final investment decision (FID) with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem) to build the Ras Laffan Petrochemicals complex, a $6 billion integrated olefins and polyethylene facility."

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