# Emerson to automate Ras Laffan ethane cracker in Qatar

Emerson will provide automation technologies, software and analytics for the $6 billion Ras Laffan Petrochemical Complex in Qatar, a joint venture between QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical. The complex includes the largest ethane cracker in the Middle East.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-01-24
- Where: Ras Laffan, Qatar, Qatar
- Value: $6.00B
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 2.1 million tonnes of ethylene per year; 1.7 million tonnes of polyethylene per year
- Products: automation systems, process control systems, gas analyzers, telecommunications infrastructure
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Emerson](https://endata.com/companies/355.md)
- [Emerson](https://endata.com/companies/355.md) (supplier)
- [Chevron Phillips Chemical](https://endata.com/companies/9058.md) (customer)
- [ViaSat](https://endata.com/companies/25168.md) (partner)
- [QatarEnergy](https://endata.com/companies/30677.md) (customer)
- [Viasat Energy Services](https://endata.com/companies/68723.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230123005714/en/Emerson-Selected-to-Automate-Largest-Ethane-Cracker-in-Middle-East), 2023-01-24: "We are honored to have been selected as the lead automation contractor for such an important undertaking."
- [meed.com](https://www.meed.com/emerson-wins-qatar-chemicals-project-automation-contract), 2023-01-25: "Emerson wins Qatar chemicals project automation contract"
- [controlglobal.com](https://www.controlglobal.com/industry-news/news/21548948/emerson-picked-to-automate-middle-easts-largest-ethane-cracker), 2023-02-22: "We’re honored to have been selected as the lead automation contractor for such an important undertaking."

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