Qatar Petroleum Refinery
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 Qatar Petroleum Refinery started as a small topping plant in 1958, which has grown over the years into a giant refinery organization, successfully making the State of Qatar self-sufficient and export oriented in refined oil and petroleum products by providing added value to part of the country’s natural wealth, improving refining economics and providing citizens with the necessary expertise in the areas of management, operation, engineering, maintenance and marketing.
The main activity of the Refinery is to process the crude oil and condensate into various finished petroleum products, which are intended to meet the domestic demand as well as for export. The main finished products are liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), naphtha, premium gasoline, super gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and fuel oil.
National Oil Distribution Company (NODCO) - Established in 1968 – owned 100% by Qatar Petroleum. ** Merged with Qatar Petroleum on 30 December 2000
Main activities/Line of production
Main activity of the Refinery is to process the crude oil and condensate into various finished petroleum products. The finished products are intended to meet domestic/local demand and for the export as well.
The need and concept of Refinery’s major expansion was developed as far back as 1995 and the project was formally launched on 15 July 1998 with a total project cost of estimated US$850 million. The condensate refinery was completed and put into commercial operation during July 2001 well ahead of schedule. In the same way the revamp was completed in December 2001 and FCC was commissioned during July 2002 well ahead of schedule.
Marketing Development Plans
 Marketing and commercial aspects for the export of the refinery products are entirely controlled by the Qatar Petroleum Marketing Directorate. The Planning and Scheduling Division in the refinery is responsible for working out annual, quarterly and monthly planning and products exports schedule.
Marketing of QP Refinery products in the international market is solely undertaken by the Marketing Directorate in close co-ordination with the Planning and Scheduling Division.
In view of the successful commissioning of the expansion projects, the export activities of QP Refinery are likely to increase further with the additional volume of products during the current calendar year.
Major Customers and Destinations
The major customers for export sales are ENOC Supply and Trading, Bakri Trading Company, Vitol SA, Itochu Corporation and Mitsui & Co. QP Refinery also supplies its refined products locally, mainly to WOQOD, SEEF, QAFAC, QAPCO and NGL.
The Arab Gulf is the traditional destination for refined products such as MFO, SRFO and gasoline. Naphtha is mainly exported to petrochemical plants in the Far East, while Jet A-1 is mainly exported to Europe. Some of the refined products are also being exported to India, South East Asia, Africa and the US.
SEEF Plant
The Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) Plant, a joint stock company with 80% shares held by Qatar Petroleum (QP) and 20% by United Development Company (UDC). This plant is located adjacent to QP Refinery for its source of feedstock and sharing of various utilities of common use. The LAB Plant is designed to produce 100,000 MT/A of Linear Alkyl Benzene
The LAB Plant started its production in March 2006.
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