Muscat - Talal bin Hamed Al Aufi, CEO of OQ Group, said that the Duqm Refinery project is progressing at a good pace, despite the great challenges faced due to the Covid-19 pandemic as engineering companies couldn't execute their work plans due to the shortage of workers.
Al Aufi said that the project consists of three different packages implemented in several phases, and the average completion of the project is currently about 90 percent, and its trial operation is expected in the first quarter of 2023.
The Duqm Refinery project, whose cost exceeds $8 billion is the largest project in the field of refineries and petrochemicals and a 50-50 joint venture between Oman's OQ Group and Kuwait Petroleum International.
The first package is the main processing units of the refinery, the second package includes facilities and services that support the operations of the refinery, while the third package includes storage and export facilities for liquid and bulk petroleum materials in the port of Duqm and crude oil storage facilities for the refinery in Ras Markaz and a 80 km long pipeline for transporting crude oil from Ras Markaz to Duqm Refinery.
When the Duqm Refinery starts its operations, the refining capacity of the Sultanate of Oman will go up by 230,000 barrels of crude oil products per day, covering the daily regional and global needs of various energy products.
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