Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I),the energy infrastructure group,  said its joint venture with Taiwanese group CTCI Corporation has won a $2.8 billion contract from Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for its plastics industrial complex project. With 125 years of experience and the expertise...

The Oman-based  company, Al Hassan Engineering Group has won construction contracts worth $20 million relating to energy-related projects from the Gulf region, said a report. Its subsidiary Al Hassan Engineering Company has won a $12-million deal from Petroleum Develpment Oman (PDO) for the implementation of the ‘Mabrouk Pipeline Construction Project,’ reported the Oman Observer, citing...

A JV of Oman’s Hasan Juma Backer Trading & Contracting and India-based Tatva Global Environment has been awarded a contract worth $20 million for the design and construction of a waste treatment facility in the Duqm Special Economic Zone. The joint venture will include the Phase One development of the waste treatment storage and disposal...

Energy Recovery has won an order worth $3.96 million to deploy its PX Pressure Exchanger technology in an independent water plant located in Qurayyat, Oman. The contract was awarded by Hyflux, a global environmental solutions company headquartered in Singapore. Energy Recovery said it had previously completed additional mega projects with Hyflux, including the 500,000 million...

Construction group Carillion has stated that one of its units has won a $124.2-million contract from BP for the construction of a residential complex at the Khazzan tight gas project site within Block 61 in  Oman. A leading integrated support services company, UK-based Carillion has a substantial portfolio of public private partnership (PPP) projects and...

MAN Diesel & Turbo has been awarded the  Sohar Refinery contract in Oman.   According to the reports, Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company awarded the German power and engineering specialist MAN Diesel & Turbo (MDT) a contract for the maintenance of Sohar Refinery, which is due to be carried out in the first quarter...

Petrofac reported that it has won about a $900 million contract from state-controlled Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to provide services at a field south west of Muscat. They have said it would provide engineering and procurement services at PDO’s Yibal Khuff project under the four-year contract. Oil and gas majors, hit by a oil price...

Aecom has been awarded a contract from Duqm Development Company (DDC) to develop the feasibility study, master plan and detailed design for Phase II of the Duqm Frontier Town in Oman. The first stage of the contract includes a feasibility study and multiple concept master plans, reported the Times of Oman. Aecom will be responsible...

Pöyry has been awarded owner’s engineer services assignment for 120 MW Musandam Independent Power Plant Project in Oman. The Musandam Power Company has awarded Pöyry with the owner’s engineer services assignment for the Musandam IPP (Independent Power Plant) Project. The assignment includes the design review of the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor documentation as...

Oman plans to more than double the output of its oil refineries by 2019 by upgrading its plants and building a new one. The move is expected to increase the country’s refining capacity by 312,000 bbl/day by 2019, enabling the country to boost exports and compete with OPEC countries for a larger chunk of the...

Euroconsult Engineering Group announced that it has won a design contract worth €500,000 from the Oman government for the widening of a 36-km highway linking the cities of Ibri and Yanqul. Euroconsult Group along with its Omani joint venture partner Artistry Omani Engineering Consultancy, will also provide supervision for refurbishment of three branches of the...

BP Oman Khazzan project … a big win for Galfar. Oman-based Galfar Engineering and Contracting said it has been awarded a $10.05-million construction contract by BP Exploration (Epsilon) for the installation of a 26-km overhead line in the sultanate. The scope of work at Oman Khazzan 132-kV project includes the installation and commissioning of a...