Al Khalij Cement Company (AKCC), part of Qatari Investors Group, has announced that its Umm Bab plant will produce oil well cement (OWC) Class ‘G’ at Grade (s) HSR, having received a certification from the American Petroleum Institute (API).

The API awarded AKCC a three-year licence to apply the API monogram on its products. With this certification, AKCC joins a select list of 11 companies in the Middle East and will be the only oil well cement producer in Qatar.

OWC Class G at Grade (s) HSR is a high-specification cement, designed to withstand extreme temperatures and pressure to secure metal casings and liners in wells out of which oil and gas will eventually flow. OWC can also be used for sealing water wells, waste disposal wells and geothermal wells.