BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB
DOHA: Qatar Fuel (Woqod) to establish an engine oil production factory in Mesaieed Industrial City, according to a senior official.
The company supplies a wide range of lubricants under different brand names such as Ghaf, the range of gasoline engine oils, and Qorm, the range of diesel engine oils. But currently it sources the products from other companies
“Woqod is set to establish a factory for the production of engine oils on its own, and the company has already completed a feasibility study for the proposed project, said Ibrahim Jaham Al Kuwari, CEO of Qatar’s leading distributor of petroleum products.
Its lubricants comprise high quality fully synthetic, semi synthetic and mineral engine oils for all types of cars, trucks and off road equipment. In addition to the premium range of engine oils, there is a complete range of ancillary products including gear oils, coolants, brake fluids, hydraulic and industrial oils and Greases.
Al Kuwari, during a press conference, also announced that the company is also in the process of establishing seven new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations as part of efforts to promote the use of CNG, one of the cleanest forms of fossil fuels, at least for heavy vehicles.
“Woqod is to emphasis during the upcoming period, the use of CNG in buses and trucks that commute long distances, under the supervision of Qatar Petroleum, and in cooperation with Mowasalat (public transport company) as a first phase. The use of CNG is to be later expanded as well to include new areas, with the projected construction of seven new CNG gas stations during the coming few years, in addition to the existing station,” he said.
He said there are also new projects for Q-jet company in the areas of jet fuels and logistic facilities at the Hamad International Airport, in cooperation with Qatar Airways.
Commenting on its commitment to ensuring uninterrupted supply of bitumen for various infrastructure projects in Qatar, he said that Woqod has inked an MoU with Public Works Authority (Ashghal) to provide the Authority with large amounts of bitumen and modified bitumen for its various projects.
“Towards this end, Woqod has purchased a 3450-metric tonnes vessel and completed the design and research stages in the construction of new tanks at Mesaieed area with an additional estimated capacity of up to 15 thousand metric tonnes for the year 2015,” Al Kuwari said.
Woqod currently supplies many points and centres of distribution for butane gas cylinders, especially Shafaf, that is set to replace the more traditional metal cylinders through a carefully planned approach without disrupting the local market.
On the issue of replacing metal cylinders with Shafaf, he said that efforts are currently on to establish a factory for producing Shafaf cylinders in Qatar.The Peninsula
