Dr. Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla, Managing Director and CEO of QAPCO (center – left) being presented the JV Excellence Award by Francois Good, Senior Vice-President - Refining & Petrochemicals Middle East, Africa, and Asia at TotalEnergies (center – right), in the presence of senior officials from both companies, recently.
Doha: TotalEnergies has selected Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) as the recipient of its Joint Venture (JV) Operational Excellence Award for 2021 in the Middle East, Asia and Africa regions, in acknowledgement of its outstanding operational performance.
The award is nominated by TotalEnergies Management Committee in Refining and Petrochemicals, and recognises the Company’s joint ventures who have a high-performance in Operational Excellence.
In a special ceremony, Francois Good, Senior Vice-President - Refining & Petrochemicals at TotalEnergies presented the award to Dr. Mohammed Yousef Al Mulla, Managing Director and CEO of QAPCO in the presence of senior officials from both Companies.
“This award recognises the outstanding operational performance of QAPCO. Safety results, within budget, availability above budget and a remarkable performance on the Mega Turnaround & Inspection (T&I) are world class performances”, said Good. “I would like to extend my congratulations to the entire QAPCO leadership and teams involved, and we hope to continue these successes in the future”.
Al Mulla recognised the contribution of all QAPCO staff, contractors and stakeholders, and praised their proactive efforts to achieve Operational Excellence. “We are delighted to be the recipients of the 2021 TotalEnergies JV Operational Excellence award which demonstrates our firm commitment and dedication to safety, reliability and cost discipline and which is driven by continuous improvement and best practices. I am especially proud of the QAPCO teams who are committed to creating value for all our consumers and shareholders. Together, we are working to support Qatar in its ambitious objectives to meet growing energy demands”, he said during the event.
QAPCO is one of the world’s largest producers of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), derived from oil and natural gas.
TotalEnergies has a 20 percent stake in the company, which holds an ethylene plant cracker with a production capacity of 840 kilo tonnes per annum (ktpa), and three LDPE plants with a total combined production capacity of over 780 ktpa and a Sulfur plant with a production capacity of 70 ktpa.
QAPCO has adopted safety management process which puts people and equipment safety at the forefront of every decision, and involves stringent safety processes, high standards, strict compliance, comprehensive training, capability building, and vigilant monitoring. In 2021, they underwent a mega turnaround and inspection (T&I) in their plants involving almost 3 million man-hours, which was optimised through safe operations, and cost-efficiency.
Ghazi Shahin, Managing Director TotalEnergies Refining & Petrochemicals – Qatar added: “QAPCO has been a long-term partner for TotalEnergies, and we are proud of their outstanding performance. We will remain committed to supporting them in their plant operations, and to continuously innovate to maximise the performance of the assets".
