Sohar Refinery Project
Summary Information
- Ownership: ORPC
- Website: http://www.orpc.co.om/
- Wiki Page: Sohar Refinery
- Location: Oman
- Capacity:
- Before: 5.8 million tons/annum & 116,400 bbl/day
- After : 9.8 million tons/annum & 187,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage: Planning
- Expected Completion: 2015
- Budget:
The Project
- Project Type: Expansion & Upgrade
- Project Summary: The project will increase the capacity of the existing Sohar Refinery from 116,000 to 187,000 barrels per stream day by installing various clean fuels units, as well as increasing capacity and debottlenecking existing units in the refinery
- Main Contractors: CB&I was awarded a contract for the front end engineering and design (FEED) and project management services
- UOP/Foster Wheeler will provide Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) process technology
- UOP/Foster Wheeler will provide a basic engineering design package for a solvent deasphalting (SDA) unit
- Chevron Lummus Global licence for the Hydrocracking unit
- Black and Veatch licence for the Sulphur Recovery unit
Refining Units
- Crude Distillation Unit - 71,500 bpd
- Vacuum Distillation Unit - 96,800 bpd
- Once-Through Hydrocracker Unit - 66,400 bpd
- Solvent De-Asphalting Unit - 42,400 bpd
- Sulphur recovery unit,
- Sour water stripper units,
- Amine regeneration unit,
- Isomerisation unit
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Omani Crude and residue from the Mina al Fahal Refinery
Products Produced
- This project with allow Orpic to significantly increase its yields of transportation fuels
- liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and propylene
History
Other Information
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Relevant Links
- Major expansion and upgrade of Sohar Refinery
- India's Larsen & Toubro eyes Oman refinery deal
- CB&I Lummus wins contract for Sohar Refinery expansion
- CB&I Awarded FEED Contract for Sohar Refinery in Oman
- Honeywell’s UOP & Foster Wheeler Technology Selected for Oman Refinery Expansion
- Honeywell UOP/Foster Wheeler Technology Selected for Oman Refinery Expansion
- Sohar Refinery expansion gains momentum
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