Sulfur processing facility due in Qatar

July 12, 2005
Qatargas Operating Co. Ltd. let a $360 million contract to a consortium of Washington Group International and Al Jaber Energy Services of Abu Dhabi for design, equipment, procurement, and construction services for a 12,000 tonne/day sulfur-handling facility in Qatar.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 12 -- Qatargas Operating Co. Ltd. let a $360 million contract to a consortium of Washington Group International and Al Jaber Energy Services of Abu Dhabi for design, equipment, procurement, and construction services for a 12,000 tonne/day sulfur-handling facility in Qatar.

Construction of the Qatargas Common Sulfur project has begun at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. It is scheduled for completion in late 2008, with an intermediate start-up in 2007.