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Industry Sector

The Ministry of Industry and Energy has adopted several goals that include developing and supporting
industrial sector to diversify sources of national income; increasing the added value of intermediary
materials; encouraging the private sector to increase its contribution to industrial development;
increasing the contribution of manufacturing industries sector to the GDP, encouraging and
supporting high energy consuming industries and clean industries; enhancing the integration
between industrial, oil and gas and other economic sectors; and finally achieving the highest
possible level of integration between various industrial sectors.

QATAR DEVELOPMENT BANK (QDB) www.qdb.qa

This bank aims at contributing to the development of the national economy and diversifying
production structure through participation in and provision of funding on easy terms for new
industrial projects, supporting existing industries and assisting them to get the necessary funding
requirements from local and international sources, and obtaining technology on equitable terms.
The QDB provides loans and credit facilitations to industrial projects, prepares studies, provides
consultation and promotes feasible industrial projects. The bank works to develop small and
medium-scale industrial projects and follow up their implementation

Ras Laffan Industrial City :

It is the newest industrial cities in Qatar. The city includes LNG plants, an industrial and commercial
port and various industrial facilities. The city provides comprehensive services and infrastructure
to industrial and commercial companies; has security, fire and safety department; a hospital, an
environment section and a zone for logistics services. It is successfully run by a work group from QP.
Two companies operate in the city: Ras Laffan LNG Company Limited (RASGAS) and Qatar LNG
Company Limited (QATARGAS).

Mesaieed Industrial City :

Mesaieed Industrial City has a diverse industrial base including crude oil refinery; hydrocarbon;
petrochemicals; iron and steel and light and supporting industries; and a modern port that operates
round the clock to meet the requirement for exporting and importing various products and materials.
Qatar Petroleum Gas complex and Qatar petroleum refinery are based in Mesaieed Industrial
City. The daily output capacity of the refinery is 731 thousand barrel, which will cover domestic
consumption requirements until 2020.

Doha industrial zone :

This industrial zone has been established for light and medium projects. It includes all services
(visible and non-visible) like roads, lighting, gas, sewage and an integrated service facility.
The zone accommodates hundreds of projects distributed among nine main sectors in such a way as to
facilitate integration and coordination and provide a valuable addition to the national economy.

Dukhan Oil City :

Dukhan is the first site in which oil exploration and production started. Nowadays a urban strategic
plan is being implemented to improve QP concession area. This plan started in 2003 and it will
continue until 2022. 193 projects have been selected to be implemented in four phases in the
following 20 years at the total cost of about QR708 million.
Many large projects have been completed including Dukhan fields development project, Arab
(D) reservoir project with a view to develop gas and condensates production.

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