06 July 2015
MUSCAT: Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Co (Orpic) recently floated a tender for its facilities at Mina al Fahal refinery near Muscat. The tender for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) on call off basis also include the Polypropylene Plant and Aromatics Plant in Sohar and Raysut Terminal in Salalah. Orpic's Muscat-Sohar Products Pipeline (MSPP) and Al Jifinan Terminal project, which will connect the company's existing Mina al Fahal refinery, with refineries in Sohar -- via a new two-way, 290 km, multi-product pipeline -- broke first ground last month on the future site of the project's Al Jifinan Terminal.
The new pipeline at its Mina al Fahal refinery is seen as part of the firm's wider efforts to upgrade, integrate and expand oil products capacity.
To be valued at $320 million, this project is the first-of-its-kind to be constructed in Oman, enabling Orpic to eliminate its reliance on above-ground methods of transportation for oil products.
Omani crude is processed at Mina al Fahal into fuel products.
The Mina al Fahal refinery, opened in 1982 with capacity of 50,000 barrels per day and expanded in 2007 to its current 106,000 bpd capacity, sends long residue produced from local crude to the newer refinery at Sohar for mixing with other Omani crude and further processing into more valuable products.
In addition, the long residue from this refinery is transferred via the pipeline to Sohar Refinery where, mixed with more Omani crude, it is refined to create fuels, naphtha and propylene.
"Delivery of Orpic's MSPP project is in line with our strategic growth plan to revolutionise the way we operate our oil product logistics model -- focusing on a higher standard of efficiency, lower costs, eliminating safety and security hazards, improving environmental impacts and serving the Sultanate with pride," Musab al Mahrouqi, Orpic CEO said while breaking first ground on the future site of the project's Al Jifinan Terminal, recently.
Orpic's MSPP project is split into three sections: MAF-Jifnain Terminal: 40 km, JifnainTerminal-Airport: 30 km, and Sohar-Jifnain Terminal: 220 km.
The project will constitute modern control systems with latest SCADA technology, leak detection, and telecommunications network. It will also be equipped with loading facilities designed to cater to the loading of more than 500 trucks per day.
In mid-June, Germany's MAN Diesel & Turbo was awarded a contract to carry out a revamp of Sohar's residue fluid catalytic cracking unit during a maintenance shutdown planned for early 2016.
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.
MUSCAT: Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Co (Orpic) recently floated a tender for its facilities at Mina al Fahal refinery near Muscat. The tender for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) on call off basis also include the Polypropylene Plant and Aromatics Plant in Sohar and Raysut Terminal in Salalah. Orpic's Muscat-Sohar Products Pipeline (MSPP) and Al Jifinan Terminal project, which will connect the company's existing Mina al Fahal refinery, with refineries in Sohar -- via a new two-way, 290 km, multi-product pipeline -- broke first ground last month on the future site of the project's Al Jifinan Terminal.
The new pipeline at its Mina al Fahal refinery is seen as part of the firm's wider efforts to upgrade, integrate and expand oil products capacity.
To be valued at $320 million, this project is the first-of-its-kind to be constructed in Oman, enabling Orpic to eliminate its reliance on above-ground methods of transportation for oil products.
Omani crude is processed at Mina al Fahal into fuel products.
The Mina al Fahal refinery, opened in 1982 with capacity of 50,000 barrels per day and expanded in 2007 to its current 106,000 bpd capacity, sends long residue produced from local crude to the newer refinery at Sohar for mixing with other Omani crude and further processing into more valuable products.
In addition, the long residue from this refinery is transferred via the pipeline to Sohar Refinery where, mixed with more Omani crude, it is refined to create fuels, naphtha and propylene.
"Delivery of Orpic's MSPP project is in line with our strategic growth plan to revolutionise the way we operate our oil product logistics model -- focusing on a higher standard of efficiency, lower costs, eliminating safety and security hazards, improving environmental impacts and serving the Sultanate with pride," Musab al Mahrouqi, Orpic CEO said while breaking first ground on the future site of the project's Al Jifinan Terminal, recently.
Orpic's MSPP project is split into three sections: MAF-Jifnain Terminal: 40 km, JifnainTerminal-Airport: 30 km, and Sohar-Jifnain Terminal: 220 km.
The project will constitute modern control systems with latest SCADA technology, leak detection, and telecommunications network. It will also be equipped with loading facilities designed to cater to the loading of more than 500 trucks per day.
In mid-June, Germany's MAN Diesel & Turbo was awarded a contract to carry out a revamp of Sohar's residue fluid catalytic cracking unit during a maintenance shutdown planned for early 2016.
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.
© Oman Daily Observer 2015
