Mesaieed Industrial Area ( ar, مسيعيد المنطقة الصناعية ''Umm Sa'id Industrial Area'') is an industrial area in
Al Wakrah Municipality in the State of
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...
, approximately south of
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the coun ...
.
It is a locality of the city of
Mesaieed
Mesaieed ( ar, مسيعيد, also transliterated as ''Musay'id'' and ''Umm Sa'id'') is an industrial city in Al Wakrah Municipality in the State of Qatar, approximately south of Doha. It was one of the most important cities in Qatar during the ...
and was previously a designated district of Mesaieed Municipality before the municipality was merged with
Al Wakrah Municipality.
Both Mesaieed and its industrial area are administered by a subdivision of
QatarEnergy
QatarEnergy ( ar, قطر للطاقة), formerly Qatar Petroleum (QP), is a state owned petroleum company of Qatar. The company operates all oil and gas activities in Qatar, including exploration, production, refining, transport, and storage. The ...
called "Mesaieed Industry City Management", which was established in 1996.
History
![Satellite imagery of Mesaieed Industrial Area in 2010](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Satellite_imagery_of_Mesaieed_Industrial_Area_in_2010.jpg)
Mesaieed was established in 1949 as a tanker terminal by
QatarEnergy
QatarEnergy ( ar, قطر للطاقة), formerly Qatar Petroleum (QP), is a state owned petroleum company of Qatar. The company operates all oil and gas activities in Qatar, including exploration, production, refining, transport, and storage. The ...
on a previously uninhabited site along the coast. It was chosen by the company because of its proximity to the working population in Doha and Al Wakrah and because of the depth of its waters. It was the only deepwater port in Qatar for more than 20 years.
The first industrial facilities prepared on site were oil pumps and oil storage tanks.
A new site for a
NGL
NGL may refer to:
Types, techniques, technologies
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*Natural gas liquids, hydrocarbons in natural gas processing
* Next G ...
plant was prepared by QatarEnergy in 1974. Three years later, the site caught fire and was disbanded. Further development by the government was undertaken on Mesaieed from 1975 to 1978. They installed industrial facilities, mechanical equipment and developed the road system at an estimated cost of $200 mn.
Administration
It was administered wholly by QatarEnergy at the time of its inception. The government had agreed to the company's request to allow it full jurisdiction over the area and, until the 1960s, the government had prioritized the development of Doha rather than its natural gas industry. The rapid growth of oil revenues in the 1960s and the accession of
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani ( ar, خليفة بن حمد آل ثاني; 17 September 1932 – 23 October 2016) was the Emir of Qatar from 27 February 1972 until he was deposed by his son Hamad bin ...
in 1972 resulted in the government assuming a portion of control over the area. In 1970, the first government-prepared industrial site in Mesaieed was created for
QAFCO.
In June 2016, it was announced that QatarEnergy would transfer portions of Mesaieed Industrial Area to the Economic Zones Company Qatar (Manateq), effective January 2017. Among the portions ceded to Manateq were the cement area, the light industries area and the medium industries area.
Industry
![Qatarproducingnaturalgas](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Qatarproducingnaturalgas.jpg)
All the industry concentrated in the area constitutes the core of Qatar's industry.
The area accommodates the main plants of the following companies:
*
QatarEnergy
QatarEnergy ( ar, قطر للطاقة), formerly Qatar Petroleum (QP), is a state owned petroleum company of Qatar. The company operates all oil and gas activities in Qatar, including exploration, production, refining, transport, and storage. The ...
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QP Refinery
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Qatar Lubricants Co.
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Qatar Fertiliser Co. (QAFCO)
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Qatar Fuel Additives Co. (QAFAC)
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Qatar Petrochemical Co. (QAPCO)
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Qatar Steel
Qatar Steel (formerly QASCO) was formed in 1974 as the first integrated steel plant in the Eastern Arabia region. Commercial production commenced in 1978 with the company becoming wholly owned by Industries Qatar in 2003.
Business organization
...
Co. (Qatar Steel)
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Qatar Vinyl Co. (QVC)
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Qatar Chemicals Co. (Q-Chem)
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Qatar Aluminium (Qatalum)
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Mesaieed port authority
Mesaieed ( ar, مسيعيد, also transliterated as ''Musay'id'' and ''Umm Sa'id'') is an industrial city in Al Wakrah Municipality in the State of Qatar, approximately south of Doha. It was one of the most important cities in Qatar during the ...
*
Container terminal CT7
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Things kept inside of a container are protected on several sides by being inside of its structure. The term ...
Flour mill
In 1969, a decision was reached to construct Qatar's first flour mill in Mesaieed. In 1972, the facilities became operational with a capacity of 50 tonnes per day.
Aluminum production
Qatalum Qatalum is an aluminium smelter plant located in Mesaieed Industrial Area that is a joint venture between QatarEnergy and Norsk Hydro. ABB Group
ABB Ltd. is a Swedish- Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. ...
, an
aluminium smelter
Aluminium smelting is the process of extracting aluminium from its oxide, alumina, generally by the Hall-Héroult process. Alumina is extracted from the ore bauxite by means of the Bayer process at an alumina refinery.
This is an electrolytic ...
plant, was launched in April 2010 in Mesaieed. It is a joint venture between
QatarEnergy
QatarEnergy ( ar, قطر للطاقة), formerly Qatar Petroleum (QP), is a state owned petroleum company of Qatar. The company operates all oil and gas activities in Qatar, including exploration, production, refining, transport, and storage. The ...
and
Norsk Hydro
Norsk Hydro ASA (often referred to as just ''Hydro'') is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. It is one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. It has operations in some 50 countries around the world an ...
. Its annual capacity in September 2011 was 585,000 metric tons of primary aluminium. A 1350 MW natural gas power plant has also been built to ensure a stable supply of electricity.
Natural gas liquids
NGL
NGL may refer to:
Types, techniques, technologies
* Next-generation lithography
* Neues Geistliches Lied, a German genre of new songs for use in churches
Objects and products
*Natural gas liquids, hydrocarbons in natural gas processing
* Next G ...
operations began on site in the 1970s.
Oil refineries
![Oil factories in Mesaieed](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Oil_factories_in_Mesaieed.jpg)
The oil refineries in the industrial area have a combined capacity of 137,000 barrels per day.
Nitrogen fertilizers
Urea
Urea, also known as carbamide, is an organic compound with chemical formula . This amide has two amino groups (–) joined by a carbonyl functional group (–C(=O)–). It is thus the simplest amide of carbamic acid.
Urea serves an important r ...
and
ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula . A stable binary hydride, and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinct pungent smell. Biologically, it is a common nitrogenous was ...
production is regulated by Qatar Fertiliser Company, the only fertilizer producer in the country.
The company was established in 1969 by emiri decree. The construction of its processing facilities was completed by 1973. It had a daily production capacity of 900 tonnes of ammonia, with two-thirds of this being used in the manufacture of 1000 tonnes of urea. It was staffed mainly by employees of
Norsk Hydro
Norsk Hydro ASA (often referred to as just ''Hydro'') is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. It is one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. It has operations in some 50 countries around the world an ...
in its initial years, with whom it had signed a long-term cooperation agreement.
Transport
![Convoy of vehicles at Mesaieed Port](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Convoy_of_vehicles_at_Mesaieed_Port.jpg)
An airstrip was constructed in the 1950s, but it went out of commission during the 1960s.
In its initial years, Mesaieed had imported its machinery through the port of
Zekreet
Zekreet ( ar, زكريت) is a village in north-western Qatar near Dukhan and about 80 km north-west west of Doha. Originally a sparsely populated area, Zekreet was built up in the 1940s after oil operations commenced in Qatar. This include ...
. During the 1950s and 1960s, a port was developed in Mesaieed.
Currently, there are two metro stations under construction in the Mesaieed Industrial Area. Both are elevated, were launched in Phase 2B and will be part of
Doha Metro
The Doha Metro is a rapid transit system in Doha, Qatar's capital city, which became operational on 8 May 2019. It has three lines with an approximate overall length of 76 km and 37 stations. It is an integral component of the larger Qata ...
's Red Line South. They are located in the Mesaieed Light Industries area and the Mesaieed Heavy Industries area, respectively.
Demographics
As of the 2010 census, the settlement comprised 40 housing units and 57 establishments.
There were 123 people living in the settlement, of which 100% were male and 0% were female. Out of the 123 inhabitants, 99% were 20 years of age or older and 1% was under the age of 20. The
literacy rate
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stood at 89.4%.
Employed persons made up 100% of the total population. Females accounted for 0% of the working population, while males accounted for 100% of the working population.
References
{{Al Wakrah Municipality
Populated places in Al Wakrah
Populated coastal places in Qatar