Sohar to add bitumen facilities
Oman Refineries & Petrochemicals Company (ORPC) has invited local and international contractors to submit expressions of interest for a contract to add bitumen facilities to its 116,000-barrel-a-day Sohar refinery.The estimated $80 million-120 million engineering, procurement and construction contract covers the construction of vacuum distillation, bitumen blowing, propane de-asphalting and utility units at the refinery, as well as offsite facilities.Unusually for Oman, the contract will be awarded on an open-book convertible lump-sum contract basis (MEED 16:2:07).ORPC was formed following a royal decree merging Sohar Refinery Company with Oman Oil Refinery Company.The new company is 75 per cent owned by the Ministry of Finance and 25 per cent by Oman Oil Company (MEED 18:8:07).
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