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Sohar refinery expansion to begin ops by Q2

MUSCAT, December 1, 2016

Capacity expansion at Sohar Refinery will be operational by the second quarter of 2017, a report said.

The expanded capacity of the Sohar Refinery Improvement Project (SRIP) will be stabilised for sustained operations by the end of the same quarter, reported the Times of Oman.

“Construction activities are in the advanced stage of completion for major units and likely to be completed by end of 2016. Commissioning activities have already been started for utilities facilities,” Christiaan van der Wouden, chief operating officer of Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic), was quoted in the report.

“Once SRIP becomes fully operational, crude processing capacity of Sohar Refinery will increase by around 70 per cent and production of major high value products will increase from 34 per cent to 159 per cent,” he added.

After completing the project, crude refining capacity will surge ahead by 72 per cent to 28,222 metric tonnes per day, while production of gasoline (petrol) and gasoil (diesel) will grow by 43 per cent and 141 per cent, respectively, the report said.

Also, production of LPG, naphtha, kerosene and propylene will increase by 93 per cent, 159 per cent, 98 per cent and 56 per cent, it added.




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