📋 Tender Overview
Scope of Work:
Construction of Ras Laffan Petrochemical Project (RLPP).
Description:
The award of this contract marks the start of the execution phase of RLPP, which is a major building block in QatarEnergy’s efforts to further expand and diversify its business portfolio and implement world-class downstream project. This project will increase Qatar’s polyethylene output capacity by approximately 64%. First announced in 2019, the project is a joint venture between QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical.
The RLPP will feature a 2,080 kilo tons per annum (KTA) Ethane Cracking Unit making it the largest ethane cracker in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world. The facility will also include two High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) units, which will significantly raise Qatar’s current Polyethylene production capacity. South Korean contractor Samsung Engineering is understood to be in the lead for the first package, which covers building the central ethane cracker. Italy-headquartered Tecnimont is understood to be in pole position for the second package, which involves building two high-density polyethylene (HDPE) units, with capacities of 1 million tonnes a year (t/y) and 680,000 t/y.
Events:
January 2023- Samsung Engineering awarded a contract for an ethylene unit and its utilities for the Ras Laffan Petrochemicals Project (RLPP) in Qatar. Samsung Engineering will be executing the RLPP Ethylene Project jointly with CTCI as the Samsung Engineering CTCI Joint Venture (SCJV).
January 2023- Maire Tecnimont awarded EPC contract for polymers complex to be built in Ras Laffan Industrial City.
8 January 2023 - QatarEnergy/Chevron Phillips Chemical will host an official contract signing ceremony. The joint venture of QatarEnergy and US-based Chevron Phillips Chemical is ready to award the main contracts for its large-scale petrochemicals project, planned to be built in Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC).
June 2022- The project has completed Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) in 2021, and is currently in the EPC tendering phase. When tendering is complete and a final investment decision has been made, the project will advance to the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction phase. The RLPP is expected to commence production in 2026.
June 2022- QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem) have announced awarding the early site works contract for the Ras Laffan Petrochemical Project (RLPP), marking the commencement of execution of the RLPP. Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) has been selected as the contractor to undertake this work and was awarded a lump-sum contract to prepare the site for the new facility within Ras Laffan Industrial City.
