Oman and Iran have finalised the route for export of Iranian gas to the former after studying four possible paths
Tehran will export gas to Oman through a 176-km gas pipeline and it could plunge as deep as 290 metres from the sea surface before reaching Oman’s shores. In 2013, the Muscat and Tehran has signed a contract to export gas to Oman. The US$60bn contract was for a duration of 25 years and the two countries have signed basic agreements based on which Iran will export a daily amount of 28mn cu/m of gas to the country.
Almost a third of the gas will be used in spare liquefaction at the Oman’s Qalhat plant and the rest will be consumed in the domestic market. The Qalhat plant has the capacity to liquefy 10.4mn tonnes of LNG per annum. The Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company (IOECC) completed the draft study of the Oman-Iran gas pipeline and started producing basic engineering documents related to the land part of the project. The company announced that it held meetings with contractors and reviewed the technical proposals on survey operations to finalise the route for laying the pipeline.
A South Korean company had shown its readiness to carry out the offshore pipeline work of the project.
