Oman's state-run oil and gas company Oman Oil and its partner Orpic Group have officially completed the US$2.7bn Sohar refinery improvement project (SRIP), which increased the total capacity of the Sohar refinery from 116,000 bbl/d to 198,000 bbl/d. The project adds five new units, including a crude distillation unit (CDU), a vacuum distillation unit (VDU), a delayed coker unit (DCU), a hydrocracker unit (HCU) and bitumen blowing unit. It will raise fuel production by 70% (including +90% for diesel, +37% for gasoline, +93% for kerosene, +93% for jet fuel and +91% for LPG). New capacities should help Oman refine different crude mixes and raise the added value of its oil exports.
Oman Oil is working on another refinery project in Duqm. It was launched in November 2018 and is referred to as the Duqm Refinery Project, a joint venture (JV) between the Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI). The 230,000 bbl/d project will be located in the Special Economic Zone in Duqm (SEZAD) along the south-east coast of the Sultanate of Oman and is expected to be commissioned in late 2021 or early 2022. The facilities are expected to include the refinery, an 80 km pipeline and a crude storage facility. The crude will be delivered mostly from Kuwait, with Kuwait Oil expected to provide at least 65% of the refinery supplies.
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