Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) a $150m contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a gas treatment plant at the Lekhwair gas field development.

The project involves the construction of a single train gas plant that will export treated gas to a gas plant in Yibal and condensate and water to the Lekhwair production station.

The scope of works includes the construction of a gas desulphurisation and gas dehydration units, with utilities, a remote manifold station and liquid and gas export pipelines.