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Eight firms prequalified for Salalah ammonia project

MUSCAT, October 6, 2015

A total of eight prominent international engineering firms have been prequalified by Salalah Methanol Company (SMC) to bid for a contract to build a major ammonia plant near its facilities in Salalah Free Zone in Oman, a report said.

The state-run petrochemical company, jointly owned by Oman Oil Company (90 per cent) and Takamul Investment Company (10 per cent), plans to develop a 1,000 tonnes per day (tpd) capacity ammonia plant using rich hydrogen purge gas fed from the adjacent 3,000 tpd methanol plant, added the Oman Daily Observer report.

Analysts have estimated the cost of the ammonia project at a ballpark $750 million.

Making the cut in the prequalification round are: Samsung Engineering Company, Daelim Industrial Company, Hanwa Engineering & Construction, GS Engineering & Construction Corp, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, CTCI Corporation, SNC-Lavalin, and Tecnicas Reunidas.

SMC noted that the selected companies were finalised following a comprehensive bid evaluation process.

An ‘invitation to bid’ is due to be floated in the current quarter, with efforts under way to finalise the tender documentation and obtain the necessary approvals, said the report.

It follows the completion of the project’s environmental impact assessment, it noted.

The successful bidder will secure a contract for the engineering-procurement-construction-commissioning (EPCC) of the ammonia project.

The proposed project, it said, has been conceived as part of the company’s growth strategy with the goal of contributing to value addition, as well as the nation’s economic diversification, added the report.




Tags: | Ammonia | Salalah | plant | Free | zone |

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