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Orpic marks groundbreaking of LPIC’s $688m Fahud unit

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Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) on Thursday celebrated the groundbreaking of its Natural Gas Liquids extraction plant in Fahud in Ibri — a unit that represents the upstream component (Package 3) of its $6.4 billion Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex (LPIC) project.


The consortium of GS Engineering & Construction and Mitsui & Co Ltd has been selected by Orpic to undertake this package at a cost of $688 million. The groundbreaking follows the successful foundation laying for EPC Package 1, covering the construction of the $2.4 billion Steam Cracker Unit, and EPC Package 2, pertaining to the construction of the $888 million polypropylene and polyethylene units last year. The latter two EPC packages are being executed at the industrial port in Suhar.


The Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Extraction Plant will be linked via a pipeline with the project’s main plants in Suhar as part of an integrated complex. The project will contribute to integrated refinery and petrochemical operations and will enable the company to extract the maximum value from Oman’s oil and gas.


The Liwa Plastics project is the largest of the three strategic growth projects undertaken by Orpic, namely the Suhar Refinery Improvement Project (SRIP), Muscat-Suhar Pipeline (MSPP) and Al Jifnain Terminal to fulfil its vision of building an Omani integrated refining and petrochemical business.


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