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PDO to invest in sulphur extraction and recovery facilities

MUSCAT, February 17, 2016

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the majority government-owned oil and gas producer, has planned to invest in an advanced sulphur extraction and recovery facilities with a capacity of 85,000 tonnes per annum, said a report.

The investment is a part of PDO’s efforts to harness the hydrocarbon potential of the Yibal Khuff Sudair, a deep oil and associated sour gas deposit located in the west of the sultanate, added the Oman Daily Observer report.

According to experts, the investment is dictated not so much by commercial considerations as by a desire to bringing on stream a highly sour field that is central to the company’s goal of sustaining oil production over the long term, while utilising the associated gas for power generation and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations, it said.

Last year, British engineering firm Petrofac was awarded a $900 million engineering and procurement contract linked to the execution of the mega project.

Construction work on the massive integrated oil and gas facility is expected to begin in earnest in the second quarter of this year with commissioning targeted in the first quarter of 2019. Average peak production is projected at 20,000 barrels per day when the facility commences commercial operations in 2020, while associated gas output is envisaged at 6 million cubic metres per day, added the report.




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