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Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries in Oman award FEED contract to Wood UK
Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company (DRPIC) has awarded Wood UK a contract for front-end engineering design (FEED) work on its Duqm Petrochemical Project (DPP). This is part of the second stage of the $7bn Duqm Refinery integrated complex being developed through a partnership between Oman Oil Co and Kuwait Petroleum International in the Special Economic Zone in Duqm (Sezad). Technology selection and award of the multiple licensed units for the Petrochemical Complex will complete in the early stage of FEED.
The FEED services contract also includes an NGL extraction facility in central Oman and a 230km pipeline from concession areas to the petrochemicals complex. Technology selection and awards for multiple licensed units at the petrochemicals complex will complete during the early stage of Feed works.
Oman Oil Co and Orpic will take the lead in developing the NGL extraction unit and pipeline, which will be will be located in concession areas in central Oman and connected with Oman Gas Company’s network. A pipeline will be built to transport NGL stream from the extraction plant to the petrochemical complex.
A mixed-feed steam cracker with a capacity of 1,600 ktpa ethylene processing is being developed within the project to process liquefied petroleum gas, full range naphtha, and the off gases and NGL extracted from natural gas available in central Oman.
Dr Salim Al Huthaili, chief executive officer of DRPIC, said: “The award of Feed contracts came after a rigorous competitive tendering process. This key milestone enables Duqm Refinery to maximise the value of the refinery products and enhance its market competitiveness.”
The project proposes to produce new products for the first time in Oman such as Ethylene Glycols, Oxo Chemicals, Butadiene and increase the diversity of the existing petrochemical portfolio in Oman. The expected polyethylene and polypropylene grades produced by DPP would both differentiate and complement the current shareholder product portfolio.
Construction work of the Duqm Refinery project is progressing steadily across all three EPC packages with project progress estimated at nearly 20% complete.
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