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Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has announced that it has awarded an engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) contract for the Saih Nihayda gas compression project to South Korea’s GS Engineering and Construction.
In a statement PDO said that the award also includes the de-bottlenecking of the Saih Nihayda gas processing plant. The value of the contract was not disclosed.
“This is an important project which aims to ensure that the Saih Nihayda field produces gas at an optimum level for a maximum amount of time,” Abdulla al Lamki ,deputy MD, PDO said.
Saih Nihayda was commissioned in 2005 and has been producing gas ever since. The gas is processed at treated at the Saih Nihayda Processing Plant. Located near the field in Central Oman.
“Based on current demand patterns, reservoir pressure is expected to start declining within the next six years. The installation of the new compression facilities will enable PDO to maintain pressure for several years,” the statement said.
“The de-bottlenecking of the processing plant will increase capacity from the current level of 20 million cubic metres a day (m3/day) to 25mn m3/day,” it added.
The award follows a competitive bidding process in which seven international companies participated. PDO produces gas on behalf of the Government of Oman which owns all the gas in PDO’s concession area.
