Uhde has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract by Qatar Petrochemical Company a subsidiary of Industries Qatar and Total Petrochemicals of France to build a 300,000 tonne per year low density polyethylene plant within the scope of its LDPE-3 project. The plant will be based on the Lupotech T technology licensed by LyondellBasell.

Having already executed the basic engineering for this LDPE project, Uhde's scope of services and supplies will now include the project management, detail engineering and supply of equipment and materials, as well as the construction work. The latter will be executed in close cooperation with Tekfen Construction and Installation Company of Istanbul, Turkey. The contract is worth some USD 550 million to Uhde.

The new plant will produce LDPE pellets for a wide range of applications. It will be integrated into the polyethylene production area inside QAPCO’s petrochemical complex in Mesaieed, further consolidating QAPCO’s position as one of the world’s leading low density polyethylene producers.

Mr HE Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah deputy PM and Minister of Energy and Industry said that “Launching the LDPE-3 new plant today is, no doubt, a value added expansion project which marks another milestone in QAPCO’s history of achievements. The plant is planned to be completed in December 2011. This large scale, low density polyethylene contract provides further proof that Uhde is one of the world’s leading EPC contractors in the field of polymers and is the latest of many successes in Qatar.”

Mr Klaus Schneiders chairman of Uhde's Executive Board said during the contract signing ceremony in Doha, Qatar, on May 31st 2009 that "This challenging task not only requires a thorough knowledge of the high-pressure technology to be applied, but also a wealth of experience in integrating a new plant into an existing complex during on-going production." It enables Uhde to demonstrate yet again that we are an attractive and competitive partner for such projects.