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Project Summary |
Project Name: |
OQ8’s Duqm Refinery & Petrochemical Project – Phase I |
Facility Type: |
Refinery |
Client: |
Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company (OQ8) |
Budget (US $): |
7,000,000,000 |
Project Initiation: |
Jun 06, 2010 |
Project Completion:: |
May 09, 2022 |
Status: |
PMC Awarded,EPC Awarded, |
Location: |
Al-Wusta |
Project Current Status |
Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company (OQ8), has announced the start of the trial operation for the crude oil distillation unit at the Duqm Refinery in Oman. The refinery has a capacity of 230,000 barrels per day. This step paves the way for operational readiness for all Duqm Refinery units. The trial operation goes through several phases before reaching maximum capacity, followed by commercial operation, which is expected by the end of 2023. (April 2023)
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Project History |
- Firms have been invited to express interest in pre-qualification of the EPC tender for the refinery project. .September 2014.
- The Omani cabinet made the final decision to move ahead with the project. The project has been at the study phase since mid-2010. .February 2012.
- Bids have been invited for a contract covering project management consultancy .PMC. contract. Tenders for the front-end engineering and design .feed. contract are expected to be released when the exact configuration of the refinery has been formulated. .April 2012.
- T h e p r o j e c t m a n a g e m e n t c o n s u l t a n t a n d a m a n a g e m e n t t e a m h a v e b e e n a p p o i n t e d f o r t h e p r o j e c t . U S c o n t r a c t o r S h a w G r o u p h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d a s t h e s c h e m e s p r o j e c t m a n a g e m e n t c o n s u l t a n t . P M C . . O O C s C h r i s t o p h e r W s z o l e k h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d a s t h e p r o j e c t d i r e c t o r . O O C s c h i e f e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r . C E O . S a l i m a l - W a h a i b i a s c h a i r m a n a n d I p i c m a n a g i n g d i r e c t o r A b d u l l a h a l - Q u b a i s i a s v i c e c h a i r m a n o f t h e p r o j e c t . . A u g u s t 2 0 1 2 . ?
- Oman is targeting the completion of the project by 2017, according to the chairman of Duqm Special Economic Zone .SEZ.. The FEED contract for the refinery is expected to be tendered later in this year. .October 2012.
- The feed contract on the Duqm refinery project is expected to be tendered in mid-May. The feed pre-qualification process has been completed. .April 2013.
- Bids for the FEED contract of the refinery have been submitted. .August 2013.
- Credit Agricole of France has been appointed as financial adviser for the planned refinery project. .October 2013.
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