Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has invited bidders to prequalify for projects linked to the US$3.6bn Liwa Plastics Project (LPP)
There are four engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects, comprising a steam cracker, polymer unit, a Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) extraction unit and a 300 km-long pipeline, said officials from LPP.
Prequalification of bids for these projects will be executed in two stages. By the end of the second stage, the conception of joint consortia will also be finalised.
Orpic plans to issue invitations to prequalified applicants, to tender for the four projects by the end of 2015 once the front-end engineering design (FEED) has been finalised.
LPP will be established adjacent to the Sohar Refinery Improvement Project (SRIP), which is currently under construction in Sohar. The project features a 900,000 tonnes per year ethylene cracking plant, HDPE plant, LLDPE plant, new polypropylene plant, MTBE plant, butene-1 plant and associated utility and offsite facilities. A NGL extraction facility will also be built at Fahud and linked to the SRIP via a 300 km pipeline, stated local reports.
