Work on Sohar Refinery begins
Posted: 7 November 2003
Japan’s JGC Corporation working on the Sohar Refinery
project being set up at a cost of about $1 billion
Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy, Minister of Oil and Gas, said
the refinery, which will be completed in the third quarter of 2006,
is a major industrial project being implemented on the Sohar Industrial
Estate.
He said the refinery would provide refined oil products for excess
local requirements. The minister said the refinery would boost Sohar
Industrial Port activities, create a heavy industrial base in the
Sultanate, diversify income and support existing oil and gas-based
industries. He added that 90 per cent of the refinery output would
be exported through a refined product 10-year off-take agreement
with BP.
Rumhy said the refinery will help generate employment opportunities
for citizens and its management in cooperation with LG Caltex will
develop a training strategy to ensure adequately qualified Omanis
are employed from the beginning of the operation phase. He added
Omani citizens would also play a prominent role during the 34-month
construction period.
He said the refinery is fully owned by the government. It will
have a crude unit with a capacity of 116,400 barrels per day and
a residue fluid catalytic cracking unit (RFCCU) with a capacity
of 75,260 barrels per day.
The Minister said Sohar Refinery, the second such facility in the
Sultanate, will operate at full capacity to maximise propylene production
of approximately 327,000 metric tonnes per year. He added this quantity
would be sufficient to serve as feedstock for a polypropylene project
planned in Sohar.
For more information see http://www.oman-oil.com/.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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