Anas Anani
May 6th, 2005, 02:12 PM
MUSCAT, 5 May 2005 — The government-owned Oman Oil Company (OOC) has announced its plans to construct a $956 million grassroot aromatics complex at the Sohar Industrial Port Area.
According to the state news agency ONA, the basic engineering contract was awarded to the Paris-based Axens at a signing ceremony held at the Ministry of Commerce Industry.
The agreement was signed by Maqbool ibn Ali Sultan, minister of commerce and industry and chairman of Oman Oil Company, and Jean Sentenac, chairman and CEO of Axens, said ONA, adding the basic engineering is scheduled to be completed by the end of September 2005. The front end engineering design (feed) will be undertaken by Jacobs Consultancy in parallel with the basic engineering.
The complex will produce 800,000 mtpa of paraxylene and 210,000 mtpa of benzene using naphtha produced by the Sohar Refinery Company (SRC).
According to the state news agency ONA, the basic engineering contract was awarded to the Paris-based Axens at a signing ceremony held at the Ministry of Commerce Industry.
The agreement was signed by Maqbool ibn Ali Sultan, minister of commerce and industry and chairman of Oman Oil Company, and Jean Sentenac, chairman and CEO of Axens, said ONA, adding the basic engineering is scheduled to be completed by the end of September 2005. The front end engineering design (feed) will be undertaken by Jacobs Consultancy in parallel with the basic engineering.
The complex will produce 800,000 mtpa of paraxylene and 210,000 mtpa of benzene using naphtha produced by the Sohar Refinery Company (SRC).