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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Inauguration of PDO’s Miraah Solar Plant today

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MUSCAT, FEB 11 - The official inauguration of the Miraah Solar Plant, a historic project uniting renewable and conventional energy to produce oil more sustainably, will take place today at Amal under the auspices of Eng Salim al Aufy, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Oil & Gas. Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and GlassPoint Solar, the global leader in solar energy for the oil and gas industry, have completed construction on the first block of the Miraah solar plant safely on schedule and on budget, and has successfully delivered steam to the Amal West oilfield.


Upon completion, Miraah will be among the world’s largest solar plants delivering 1,021 MW of peak thermal energy to generate 6,000 tonnes of steam per day used for heavy oil production. GlassPoint is building Miraah using a sequenced construction process, whereby the development of each greenhouse-enclosed system, or “block,” is broken into standard steps deployed in a continuous sequence. The sequenced approach speeds deployment and allows each block to begin operations as soon as construction is complete, rather than waiting for the whole project to be built. This allows PDO to benefit from solar steam now and gradually ramp-up production to meet the field’s steam demand.


PDO and GlassPoint aim to integrate steam into the Amal network from three additional blocks by the end of the year. This milestone is the latest in the collaboration between PDO and GlassPoint that began six years ago when they built the first solar EOR project in the Middle East. The 7 MWt pilot project proved the effectiveness and cost efficiency of GlassPoint’s technology and lead to significant learnings and design improvements as the technology scales.


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