MEGA VENTURE: Liwa Plastics will create over 13,000 job opportunities for Omanis
Muscat - India engineering firm Punj Lloyd has announced that it bagged oil & gas EPC orders worth $304 million from Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) and Oman Gas Company (OGC), both state-owned entities at the forefront of the Sultanate's refining, petrochemicals and energy infrastructure industries.
The scope of work for the contracts includes the construction of a 14-inch diameter, 300 km natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline and a 32-inch diameter, 301 km gas pipeline. The 14-inch diameter pipeline, part of Orpic's $6.4-billon Liwa Plastic Industries Complex (LPIC), will travel from the New Fahud NGL Plant to the steam cracker unit at Sohar in Oman.
Atul Jain, President and CEO, pipeline & tankage, Punj Lloyd, commented, "Punj Lloyd was the only Indian contractor in Oman to be awarded a sizable contract of the LPIC mega complex. Our past experience of delivering strategic projects in Oman and our prowess in pipelines globally, both stood testament to our capabilities."
In view of the increased gas demand and to ensure availability of supply, Punj Lloyd will be laying another 32-inch diameter gas pipeline parallel to the existing 32-inch diameter Fahud- Sohar pipeline for OGC. The pipeline is being laid to supply gas for North Power station.
The scope of work also includes construction of block valve and pigging stations. Both the pipelines need to be completed within 38 and 35 months respectively.
Sultan bin Salim al Habsi, chairman, Orpic, stated, "LPIC will enhance the in-country value of products and will provide the necessary material to grow a downstream sector in the Sultanate, with a focus on the plastics industry. LPIC will also enhance the contribution of the industrial sector towards domestic production to 9 per cent by 2020 and will create more than 13,000 new employment opportunities for Omanis."
© Oman Daily Observer 2016
