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Situasi Covid-19 telah menghancurkan tatanan dunia usaha yang mengakibatkan banyaknya perusahan-perusahaan dari mulai usaha skala kecil, menengah sampai level perusahaan besar tumbang dan banyak menyisahkan hutang yang besar bagi para pengusaha dan perusahaan. Investasi menjadi tidak menentu, analisa dan kalkulasi keuntungan dan kerugian semakin sulit untuk di prediksi (forecast lost profit) yang mengakibatkan semakin banyaknya para investor semakin berhati-hati untuk berinvestasi.

Persaingan dunia usaha menjadi semakin ketat dan bagi para pengusaha skala SME ( Small Medium Entreprises) merupakan tantangan dan kendala yang tidak mudah untuk di hadapi.Sementara itu, membuka lapangan kerja setelah paska Covid-19 tidak mudah bahkan kebijakan-kebijakan setiap negara berubah-rubah dikarenakan masih kesulitan untuk menyesuaikan dengan kondisi situasi plotik dan permintaan global market. Disisi lain, situasi konflik politik di berbagai negara masih terus di perjuangkan oleh para leader-leader agar bisa di reda dan didamaikan agar tidak meluas dan mengancam humanitarian dan juga kelangsungan kehidupan manusia di muka bumi ini yang akan datang.

Keamanan dan kenyamanan merupakan salah satu faktor utama bagi para pengusaha, investor dan perusahaan agar produktifitas perusahaan bisa terus meningkat sehingga upaya pihak perusahaan-perusahaan untuk terus bisa mensejahterakan para karyawanannya tetap terjaga dan perusahaan mampu melakukan ekspansi produksi untuk produk dan jasanya agar demand market kebutuhan dunia terus bisa terpenuhi (product service chain sustainability).

Dengan adanya stabilitas keamanan dan kenyamanan dalam dunia usaha, para customer juga tidak akan dirugikan dikarenakan tidak adanya kendala dalam pemenuhan permintaan terhadap produk dan jasa dari pengusaha dan perusahan-perusahaan.

Selain itu dengan adanya investasi yang besar maka lapangan kerja akan semakin terbuka dan tentunya perusahan-perusahaan akan membutuhkan talented calon karyawannya agar bisa menjadi bagian dari tim yang kokoh bagi masing-masing perusahaannya, sehinga bisa mensukseskan visi dan misi perusahaan secara sinergis.

Jaminan keamanan dan kenyamanan usaha

Dunia investasi sangat tergantung terhadap adanya jaminan keamanan dan kenyamanan, dimana situasi dan kondisi politik sangat vital terhadap ekonomi lokal dan global. Oleh karena itu, semua pihak wajib menjaga agar stabilitas keamanan dan kenyamanan bisa terus terjaga sehingga dunia usaha akan terus berkembang dan terus bisa memberikan manfaat bagi kehidupan manusia.

Berikut adalah proyek-proyek besar yang ada di Middle East-Qatar.

Qatar

Qatar liquified natural gas expansion

QatarEnergy announced in February 2021 that it would construct the world’s largest LNG project ever, including substantial CO2 capture and sequestration. The world’s largest LNG project, will expand Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 million tons per annum (MMTPA) to 110 MMTPA. In addition to LNG, the project will produce condensate, LPG, ethane, sulfur and helium. It is expected to start production in the fourth quarter of 2025 and its total production will reach about 1.4 million barrels oil equivalent per day.

Qatar solar technologies

Formed in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030’s key objectives, QSTec is a joint venture between Qatar Solar, a fully owned subsidiary of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, and the Qatar Development Bank.
QSTec is enabling the world to reach a sustainable future by manufacturing and supplying polysilicon that is used by the global solar industry to produce innovative solar energy solutions that are used locally and exported globally. QSTec has an 8,400 metric tons per year (MTPY) high quality, solar grade polysilicon manufacturing facility in the Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) that produces top tier polysilicon for use in the world’s most efficient solar technologies. In addition to this QSTec has installed ground and rooftop PV installations at its RLIC site with a total installed capacity of 1.1 megawatts of solar power. Source Investment Opportunities in Qatar’s Oil, Gas and Energy Sector

QatarEnergy announced the final investment decision with Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. to build the 2.1 million mt/year ethylene project in Ras Laffan for $6 billion, marking the company’s largest investment in petrochemicals in Qatar.

Both sides agreed to establish a joint venture for the Ras Laffan petrochemicals project that will be 70% owned by QatarEnergy and 30% by Chevron Phillips, QatarEnergy said in a Jan. 8 statement after a signing ceremony in Doha.

The project also includes two polyethylene trains with a combined output capacity of 1.7 million mt/year of high-density polyethylene polymer products, raising Qatar’s overall petrochemical production capacity to about 14 million mt/year, it said. Chevron Phillips is a joint venture of Chevron and Phillips 66.

QatarEnergy also announced the award of the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the ethylene plant to SCJV, a joint venture between Samsung Engineering Co. of South Korea and CTCI of Taiwan. The EPC contract for the polyethylene plant was awarded to Maire Tecnimont of Italy while Emerson of the US was awarded the main automation contract.

First announced in 2019, the project will feature the Middle East’s largest ethane cracker. Production is expected to begin in 2026, QatarEnergy said.

“This marks QatarEnergy’s largest investment ever in Qatar’s petrochemicals sector and the first direct investment in 12 years,” Qatar’s energy minister Saad al-Kaabi said in the statement. It will double the company’s ethylene production capacity and increase its local polymer production from 2.6 million mt/year to more than 4 million mt/year, he said.

The go-ahead is the latest in a raft of projects planned by state-owned oil and natural gas companies in petrochemicals in the region as they seek to broaden the scope of their business.

Other projects

On Dec. 21, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. announced plans to acquire a 24.9% stake in Austria’s OMV from Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co. as the UAE’s biggest energy company seeks to bolster its petrochemicals operations.

That was on the heels of a Dec. 15 announcement by Saudi Aramco and France’s TotalEnergies to move ahead with the construction of a petrochemicals project called Amiral in Saudi Arabia with capacity to produce up to 1.65 million mt/year of ethylene on completion. The facility would be merged with the existing SATORP refinery in Jubail, located on the country’s eastern coast, according to the plans at the time.

Qatar was one of the first countries in the region to establish a petrochemical base in the late 1960s and early 1970s, taking advantage of its vast gas resources. Less than two months ago, QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips made the final investment decision to execute the $8.5 billion Golden Triangle polymers plant in Texas.

Kaabi noted that the Ras Laffan project is “an important milestone in QatarEnergy’s downstream expansion strategy. It will not only facilitate further expansion in the downstream and petrochemical sectors in Qatar, but will also reinforce our integrated position as a major global player in the upstream, LNG, and downstream sectors.” Source Qatar moves ahead with $6 billion Ras Laffan petrochemicals project | S&P Global

Ras Laffan Petrochemical Mega-Project

Since 2022, Qatar has been designing and preparing for the construction of the largest petrochemical complex in West Asia, located in the Ras Laffan Industrial City, 80 km north of Doha. Construction of the project began in February 2024. The Ras Laffan Industrial City covers an area of 294 square kilometers and is owned and operated by QatarEnergy. The project involves a USD 6 billion investment, with QatarEnergy holding 70% of the shares and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company holding 30%. This petrochemical complex will house the largest ethane cracker in West Asia, with an annual ethylene production capacity of 2.1 million tons. The project also includes two polyethylene units with a combined output of 1.7 million tons per year of high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Chevron Phillips intends to utilize MarTech loop slurry technology for polyethylene production.

The location of this petrochemical plant near the North Dome field and Qatar’s gas processing facilities supports an efficient natural gas feedstock supply. The Ras Laffan petrochemical complex covers approximately 435 hectares and is expected to be commissioned by late 2026. The Ras Laffan project is the largest petrochemical investment by QatarEnergy and the company’s first direct investment in 12 years. Once operational, the project will double QatarEnergy’s ethylene production capacity and increase its polymer output from 2.6 million tons per year to more than 4 million tons per year. Samsung Engineering will be responsible for key ethylene production facilities, including the cracker furnace, C2 hydrogenation unit, hydrogen purification unit, and three main compressors. CTCI will handle the engineering of utility infrastructure, including steam and condensate collection and boiler feedwater systems. Procurement and construction activities will be jointly carried out by both companies, while Chevron Phillips will manage the Ras Laffan project. Source How Qatar Is Expanding Its LNG and Petrochemical Industry: ChemFrame’s Strategic Insights – ChemFrame Blog

Investment Opportunities in Qatar

Global Overview
Total aluminum consumption is expected to grow by 33.3 Mt in the following decade, going from 86.2 Mt in 2020 to 119.5 Mt in 2030

• Around 75% of this demand growth is forecast to come from the transportation (35%), electrical (16%), construction (14%), and packaging (10%) sectors combined.
• Transportation will be the fastest-growing sector in terms of absolute aluminum demand in the next decade.
• Consumption from this sector will grow by 11.8 Mt, going from 19.9 Mt in 2020 to 31.7 Mt in 2030, with 33% of this growth coming from China, 22% from North America, and 19% from Europe.
• The Packaging sector is expected to grow by 3.3 Mt in the following decade, going from 7.2 Mt in 2020 to 10.5 Mt in 2030, with 26% of this growth expected to come from North America, 23% from China, and 17% from Europe Source MOCI_NATIONAL-STRATEGY-OF-QATAR-2030-EN_20241029.pdf