Chevron joins Qatar to build Mid-East’s biggest ethylene plant

DUBAI: Chevron Phillips Chemical Co will help gas-rich Qatar build the Middle East’s largest plant for production of ethylene, a key ingredient in plastics.

Qatar Petroleum chose Chevron Phillips Chemical as its partner in a joint venture to produce as much as 1.9 million tonnes a year of ethylene, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, QP’s chief executive officer, said in Doha. The venture will process the chemical from ethane, a natural gas liquid, pumped at Qatar’s giant North Field.