Al-Hassan/Punj Lloyd win gas pipeline contract

27 February 2004
A team of the local Al-Hassan Engineeringwith India's Punj Lloydwas formally awarded in mid-February the $56 million contract to build a 48-inch-diameter gas loop-line from central Oman to the planned liquefaction plant of Qalhat LNGin Sur (MEED 2:1:04).

The Al-Hassan/Punj Lloyd team was low bidder for the contract when commercial prices were submitted electronically in October (MEED 3:10:03).

The proposed pipeline will cover a distance of 265 kilometres, terminating at block-valve station (BVS) 9 near Sur. The scope of works includes the option to connect a spur line between BVS-8 and BVS-9 to the Al-Kamil power station. Tebodin & Partners, the local joint venture of Tebodinof the Netherlands, carried out the front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies and prepared the tender documents.

The client is Petroleum Development Oman. Total project costs are estimated at $300 million (Oil & Gas, MEED Special Report, 28:11:03, pages 44-45).

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