10 June 2015
MUSCAT: International engineering and consultancy services firm Tebodin & Partner LLC has won the prestigious Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services contract linked to the development of strategic fuel storage and logistics infrastructure in the Sultanate.
Implementation of the project is being overseen by Orpic Logistics Company (OLC), a partnership of Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (Orpic), the Sultanate's refining and petrochemicals flagship Orpic, and Spanish fuel transportation and storage giant CLH. Total investment in the venture is estimated at $320 million.
The landmark venture, which is also known as the Muscat-Sohar Product Pipeline (MSPP) project, has been billed as indispensable to securing the nation's fuel requirements in the event of contingencies in supply.
Local Omani engineering firm Gulf Petrochemical Services (GPS) has already commenced work on the project under an engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contract to build the multiproduct pipeline network and storage terminal. GPS is supported by Abantia, a Spanish Construction company, which is experienced in terminal construction, and Diseprosa an engineering company based in Spain.
At the heart of the project is a national fuel storage terminal to be constructed at Al Jifnain, on the outskirts of the capital, along the route of the existing crude oil pipeline that connects Orpic's Mina Al Fahal (Muscat) and Sohar refineries.
The terminal itself comprises a cluster of 12 tanks offering a total of 171,000 cubic metres of capacity for the storage of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. A system of 18 loading bays will allow for fuel trucks, operating by fuel marketing companies, to be loaded in quick succession.
Feeding the Al Jifnain Terminal will be a network of pipelines -- totalling 290 kilometres in length -- that will carry oil products from the Sohar and Mina Al Fahal refineries. Unique in concept, these multiproduct pipelines will be designed to transport different oil products -- one after the other -- through the same pipeline without any risk of contamination. Another pipeline, dedicated to the supply of jet fuel, will connect the terminal to Muscat International Airport.
Tebodin's remit covers the provision of project management, construction supervision, detailed design review, quality, schedule and budget control services during the EPC phase.
Tebodin (part of the engineering and services company Bilfinger SE) is an international engineering & consultancy company, operating with around 5,000 employees from 50 offices in 25 countries. Its Oman subsidiary, Tebodin & Partner, launched operations in 2002, and currently employs around 900 professional engineers, designers, specialists, consultants and supporting staff.
MUSCAT: International engineering and consultancy services firm Tebodin & Partner LLC has won the prestigious Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services contract linked to the development of strategic fuel storage and logistics infrastructure in the Sultanate.
Implementation of the project is being overseen by Orpic Logistics Company (OLC), a partnership of Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (Orpic), the Sultanate's refining and petrochemicals flagship Orpic, and Spanish fuel transportation and storage giant CLH. Total investment in the venture is estimated at $320 million.
The landmark venture, which is also known as the Muscat-Sohar Product Pipeline (MSPP) project, has been billed as indispensable to securing the nation's fuel requirements in the event of contingencies in supply.
Local Omani engineering firm Gulf Petrochemical Services (GPS) has already commenced work on the project under an engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contract to build the multiproduct pipeline network and storage terminal. GPS is supported by Abantia, a Spanish Construction company, which is experienced in terminal construction, and Diseprosa an engineering company based in Spain.
At the heart of the project is a national fuel storage terminal to be constructed at Al Jifnain, on the outskirts of the capital, along the route of the existing crude oil pipeline that connects Orpic's Mina Al Fahal (Muscat) and Sohar refineries.
The terminal itself comprises a cluster of 12 tanks offering a total of 171,000 cubic metres of capacity for the storage of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. A system of 18 loading bays will allow for fuel trucks, operating by fuel marketing companies, to be loaded in quick succession.
Feeding the Al Jifnain Terminal will be a network of pipelines -- totalling 290 kilometres in length -- that will carry oil products from the Sohar and Mina Al Fahal refineries. Unique in concept, these multiproduct pipelines will be designed to transport different oil products -- one after the other -- through the same pipeline without any risk of contamination. Another pipeline, dedicated to the supply of jet fuel, will connect the terminal to Muscat International Airport.
Tebodin's remit covers the provision of project management, construction supervision, detailed design review, quality, schedule and budget control services during the EPC phase.
Tebodin (part of the engineering and services company Bilfinger SE) is an international engineering & consultancy company, operating with around 5,000 employees from 50 offices in 25 countries. Its Oman subsidiary, Tebodin & Partner, launched operations in 2002, and currently employs around 900 professional engineers, designers, specialists, consultants and supporting staff.
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