Punj Lloyd secures $304m worth contracts with Orpic and OGC in Oman

Punj Lloyd has secured engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts worth Rs20.7bn ($304m) with Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (Orpic) and Oman Gas (OGC).

Under the contract with Orpic, the Indian company will construct a 14" diameter, 300km natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline, which is part of the company’s $6.4bn Liwa Plastic Industries Complex (LPIC).

The pipeline will be laid from the New Fahud NGL Plant to the Steam Cracker Unit at Sohar in Oman.

The company will also construct a 32" diameter, 301km gas pipeline for Orpic.

In order to ensure adequate gas supply, Punj Lloyd will construct another 32" diameter pipeline parallel to the existing 32" diameter Fahud – Sohar pipeline for OGC.

This pipeline will supply gas for North Power station.

As part of the contract with OGC, Punj Lloyd will construct block valve and pigging stations.

Punj Lloyd Pipeline & Tankage president and CEO Atul Jain said: "Our past experience of delivering strategic projects in Oman and our prowess in pipelines globally, both stood testament to our capabilities."

Orpic chairman Sultan bin Salim Al Habsi said: "LPIC will enhance the in-country value of products and will provide the necessary material to grow a downstream sector in the Sultanate, with a focus on the plastics industry.

"LPIC will also enhance the contribution of the industrial sector towards domestic production to 9% by 2020 and will create more than 13,000 new employment opportunities for Omanis."

These two awards follow the company’s contract worth Rs27.8bn ($409m) secured with Tanap Dogalgaz Iletim in January 2016 to construct the 459km pipeline for Tanap Gas Pipeline project in Turkey.