Petroleum Development Oman completes key energy plant
MUSCAT, December 9, 2021
Oman's Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has announced the successful completion of the Yibal Khuff project which will be delivering five million cu m of gas per day and around 20,000 bpd of crude, in addition to extracting 235 tonnes of sulphur per day.
Located on a 1.68 sq km area within the sultanate's Yibal cluster area, YKP is the Omani group's second largest project.
With Covid-19 adding another layer of complexity over the past two years of construction and commissioning activities, it became the most technically complex project in PDO’s history, reported the Times of Oman.
The project has also delivered one of PDO’s first steam turbine generators, taking the heat from some of the facilities’ processes and using it to generate steam.
The plant will be able to generate 13MW of electrical power, supplementing the 45MW of the Yibal Khuff Power plant, said the report.
This national mega and technically complex project involved Omani skilled workforce who worked on the design, construction and commissioning as well as awarding contracts to Omani companies for the provision of goods and services, it added.
