March 4, 2015 [Times of Oman] - Pre-qualification deadline for international engineering firms to submit applications to participate in a tender to design and build a major bulk liquid berths terminal at Duqm port has been extended from March 10 to April 7.
The world-class liquid berth will come up alongside the targeted launch of a major refinery.
The facility will be suitably equipped to handle liquid volumes, mainly refined petroleum products, chemicals and petrochemicals that will be generated when the refinery and other petrochemical plants, come on stream at the adjoining economic zone.
EPC contract
The Special Economic Zone Authority, which is developing the liquid berth, said that an invitation to tender will be issued to pre-qualified companies in the second quarter of 2015 for awarding an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract.
Commencement of the work at Duqm port is planned in the fourth quarter of 2015, with terminal handover scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018.
“The terminal will be the outbound port for the proposed Duqm Refinery, which will be built adjacent to the terminal and accordingly, construction of the terminal will be schedule-driven,” stated a tender notification issued by the authority.
The capacity of the liquid terminal will be large enough to handle the import and export requirements of a 230,000 barrels per day capacity refinery proposed at Duqm, as well as liquid volumes that will be generated by a future oil and petrochemical based industry and tank farm expected to take root in Duqm.
