Project Details
The Sohar Refinery Improvement Project (SRIP) is a $2.1bn expansion project being undertaken by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC). ORPIC broke ground for the construction of the SRIP in June 2014.
The project is being implemented to upgrade the existing capabilities of Sohar refinery to meet the growing demands for petroleum products in the region. The upgraded refinery is expected to be commissioned by late-2016.
Once fully operational, the improvement project is expected to increase the output of the refinery by more than 70%.
Details of Sohar refinery improvement
The SRIP includes the addition of five new units, including crude distillation unit (CDU), vacuum distillation unit (VDU), delayed coker unit (DCU), hydrocracker unit (HCU) and bitumen blowing unit (BBU) to the existing Sohar refinery.
It also involves the construction of a desalination facility, which will be installed with three multiple-effect distillation-thermal vapour compression (MED-TVC) units having a capacity of 5,352m³ a day, three fractional electro-deionisation (FEDI) demineralisation units, each with a capacity of 3,360m³ a day of ultra-pure water for boiler feed and two re-mineralising dosing skids for service water and potable water production.
The facility will also integrate eight Vent-Scrub VSC-200 units, four VSC-2000 units and two VSC-8000 vapour phase carbon adsorption systems, to treat malodorous and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.
Two identical parallel sulphur recovery unit (SRU) trains will be installed to process amine acid gas and sour water stripper acid gas, and separate acid gas feedstock. The tail gas treating unit will utilise generic methyl diethanol amine for efficient sulphur recovery.
These additional units and facilities will add up to 82,000 barrels a day (bbl/d) to the existing 116,000bbl capacity of Sohar Refinery, boosting its overall capacity to 198,000bbl/d.
The new units are being built in compliance with local and EU environmental regulations to enhance the environmental performance and reduce the emissions from capacity pressure. They will also increase the performance efficiency and operational utilisation, and decrease the chances for technical failure.
The project is expected to create economical benefits to the government and local businesses, as well as generate approximately 300 permanent jobs, 900 indirect jobs and 2,400 Omani contract jobs throughout its lifetime.
Source: Hydrocarbon Technology
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Al Nahdha Overseas provided turnkey solutions to various contractors for the Sohar Refinery Industrial Project which as follows:
| Clients | Scope of Work | Job Duration | Approx Job Value (USD) |
| Petron Gulf | Blasting & Painting of Fabricated Pipe Spools, Straight Pipes, Fittings with the System A1-A4, A1-A3, C1-C3,C1-C2 | 9 Months | 389,610 |
| Petron Gulf | Supply of scaffolding Materials, Erection/Dismantling of Tower , Suspended Scaffolding and tagging at various height for Vessel, Equipment, Column, Exchanger | 30 Months | 2,389,610 |
| Indian Oil Tanking | Supply of scaffolding Materials, Erection/Dismantling of Tower , Cantilever Scaffolding and tagging at various height for Storage Tank | 12 Months | 467,532 |
| Inco Engineering | Supply of scaffolding Materials, Erection/Dismantling of Suspended, Cantilever, Tower Scaffolding and tagging at various height for Structure, Equipment, column, Vessel, Pipe Line | 12 Months | 649,350 |
| Daelim Petrofac Joint Venture | Supply of scaffolding Materials, Erection/Dismantling of Tower , Suspended, Cantilever Scaffolding and tagging at various height for Vessel, Equipment, Column, Exchanger, Manhole,Commissioning | 24 Months | 2,597,402 |
| Inco Engineering | Supply of scaffolding Materials, Erection/Dismantling of Suspended Scaffolding and tagging for Structure, Equipment | 4 Months | 207,792 |
| Suez International SAS | Supply of scaffolding Materials, Erection/Dismantling of Suspended, Tower Scaffolding and tagging for Structure. | 6 Months | 259,740 |
| Dae Myung | Supply of scaffolding Materials, Erection/Dismantling of Suspended Scaffolding and tagging for Structure, Equipment | 9 Months | 519,480 |
| Inco Engineering | Application of Hot Insulation Single Layer (Mineral wool) & Cladding on Pipe Line | 3 Months | 519,480 |
| Bahwan Engineering Company LLC | Supply and Application of Hot Single Layer Insulation (Mineral wool) & Cladding, PP Insulation, Acoustic Insulation on Equipment (Exchanger, Vessel, Column, Reformer), Pipe Line, Vendor Piping, SS Band, TML Pocket | 14 Months | 2,077,922 |
| Daelim Petrofac Joint Venture | Rental of Equipments (Crane, Bobcat, Generators, Tower Light, Hiab, Water Tanker, Forklift, Manlift, Hydro Carbon Tanker, Boom Truck, Prime Mover, Kneel Bed Trailer, Welding Machine) |
18 Months | 2,597,402 |
| Bahwan Engineering Company LLC | Supply and Installation of Lightweight Cementitious Typr Fireproofing Material on Structural Steel and Equipment Skirts (Fireproofing Area : Approx. 30,000 Sqm.) | 19 Months | 1,948,051 |
| Bahwan Engineering Company LLC | Assembly, Alignment & Erection of Coke Surveyor at SRIP Site | 05 months | 448,182 |
| Bahwan Engineering Company LLC | Erection of Structural Steel | 14 Months | 656,111 |
| Daelim Petrofac Joint Venture | Support Services for Construction Works (Supply of Skilled, Semi-Skilled and Unskilled labour to carry out various activity in the field of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation jobs) |
24 Months | 4,155,844 |
| Total Value | 19,883,507 |
