Petrojet wins gas pipeline deal in Oman

Oman Gas Company (OGC), a leader in gas transportation, has awarded its Salalah Gas Loop Line project, which aims to boost natural gas supply to Dhofar Governorate, to Egypt-based Petrojet, a top construction firm.

Petrojet will lay a 32-inch diameter pipeline that starts at OGC’s Gas Compressor Station in Nimr, added the Oman Observer report.

The new 85-km pipeline will tie in with an existing pipeline at Marmul that runs all the way south to Salalah in Dhofar Governorate, according to the report.

Petrojet will undertake the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the loop line project based on a front-end engineering design (FEED) provided by OGC and enhanced by Tebodin Oman.

“We are currently focused on preparing the detailing engineering design, upon the completion of which we hope to get started with the actual construction of the pipeline tentatively by February 2016,” an official was quoted as saying in the report.

“Pipes for the project have already been procured by OGC under a separate tender, but there are associated utilities like valve stations, isolation joints, and other fittings that are part of Petrojet’s brief,” he said.

The project is likely to be completed in 12 months, the report noted.