25 June 2015
MUSCAT: Germany's MAN Diesel & Turbo (MDT) said it won a large shutdown engineering project contract from Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) for its refinery in Sohar.
Under this multi-million dollar contract, the German power and process engineering solutions provider will support Orpic's major maintenance turnaround during the first quarter of 2016. The scope of work includes replacement of a regenerator head with a huge diameter and a steel weight of 250 tonnes besides installation of internal domes, said the German company.
"The contract with Orpic is a major milestone in the refinery expertise offered by MAN Diesel & Turbo SE in Deggendorf," said Franz Kufner, Head of the company's Apparatus Construction division.
While the refinery processes will be shut down for a major overhaul in spring 2016, around 100 specialists from MAN Diesel & Turbo in Deggendorf, Germany will assure overhaul of key components of the RFCC plant.
The shutdown includes application of one of the world's largest cranes, it stated.
"This is the biggest shutdown project that MDT has ever carried out, going for both order value and the number of hours to be worked in engineering and production, and above all on site in Oman," explains MDT's Max Kilger, who is heading up the MDT project.
This is a project with a tight schedule, he added. The German company will also provide a significant contribution to Oman 'In Country Value' by making use of local logistics, manpower and infrastructure support.
Franz Kufner said, "The replacement of a huge jellyfish dome will be the world largest RFCC revamp till to date, with a very large diameter and an overall lifting weight of 680 tonnes. As a reference project, this will be of strategic importance especially in the Arabian oil and gas industry in particular."
Before work starts in Oman, however, production in Deggendorf has to be taken care of first, the company officials said.
Numerous large components will have to be manufactured in the next 10 months, including enormous air grids, internal domes, and a new regenerator head with a huge diameter and a steel weight of 250 metric tonnes.
All these components will leave the Deggendorf factory in South Germany in October 2015 and make their way to Sohar via the Danube, Black Sea, Bosporus, Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Sea of Oman, reaching their destination in January 2016 to be ready for installation on the huge construction site, the company officials said.
Sohar Refinery was built with state-of-the-art technology to process the feedstock of long residue that is produced at Mina Al Fahal Refinery and blended with crude oil.
MUSCAT: Germany's MAN Diesel & Turbo (MDT) said it won a large shutdown engineering project contract from Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) for its refinery in Sohar.
Under this multi-million dollar contract, the German power and process engineering solutions provider will support Orpic's major maintenance turnaround during the first quarter of 2016. The scope of work includes replacement of a regenerator head with a huge diameter and a steel weight of 250 tonnes besides installation of internal domes, said the German company.
"The contract with Orpic is a major milestone in the refinery expertise offered by MAN Diesel & Turbo SE in Deggendorf," said Franz Kufner, Head of the company's Apparatus Construction division.
While the refinery processes will be shut down for a major overhaul in spring 2016, around 100 specialists from MAN Diesel & Turbo in Deggendorf, Germany will assure overhaul of key components of the RFCC plant.
The shutdown includes application of one of the world's largest cranes, it stated.
"This is the biggest shutdown project that MDT has ever carried out, going for both order value and the number of hours to be worked in engineering and production, and above all on site in Oman," explains MDT's Max Kilger, who is heading up the MDT project.
This is a project with a tight schedule, he added. The German company will also provide a significant contribution to Oman 'In Country Value' by making use of local logistics, manpower and infrastructure support.
Franz Kufner said, "The replacement of a huge jellyfish dome will be the world largest RFCC revamp till to date, with a very large diameter and an overall lifting weight of 680 tonnes. As a reference project, this will be of strategic importance especially in the Arabian oil and gas industry in particular."
Before work starts in Oman, however, production in Deggendorf has to be taken care of first, the company officials said.
Numerous large components will have to be manufactured in the next 10 months, including enormous air grids, internal domes, and a new regenerator head with a huge diameter and a steel weight of 250 metric tonnes.
All these components will leave the Deggendorf factory in South Germany in October 2015 and make their way to Sohar via the Danube, Black Sea, Bosporus, Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Sea of Oman, reaching their destination in January 2016 to be ready for installation on the huge construction site, the company officials said.
Sohar Refinery was built with state-of-the-art technology to process the feedstock of long residue that is produced at Mina Al Fahal Refinery and blended with crude oil.
Oman Daily Observer 2015
