The Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (SEZAD) is overseeing the competitive tendering process for the prestigious contract, in line with its broader mandate to develop a mega industrial and maritime hub at Duqm on the Sultanate’s Wusta coast.
Making the cut in the latest phase of the bid process for this project are: Boskalis Westminster Middle East Oman, Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co, Van Oord Oman; Dredging International, Tecnicas Reunidas, Consolidated Contractors Co, China Harbour Engineering Co, Huta Marine Works, and Penta Ocean Construction Co.
The successful bidder will secure a contract, potentially worth around $1 billion, to undertake the detailed design (based on owner-provided front-end engineering design), dredging, reclamation, and jetty works for the new Bulk Liquid Berths Terminal in the Port of Duqm.
The contract, encompassing primarily the marine infrastructure facilities, represents Package 1 of the Bulk Liquid Berths Terminal project. Topside facilities, including the installation of product storage tanks, dry bulk facilities, pipelines, buildings, road and other infrastructure, will be covered in the second package, due to be tendered out later.
According to SEZAD, the terminal will serve as the outgo port for Duqm Refinery, an ambitious 230,000 barrels per day capacity greenfield project that is currently under development at an adjoining location. Consequently, construction of the Liquid Terminal will be schedule-driven, with handover planned in advance of the refinery’s scheduled start-up in early 2019.
Significantly, bulk liquid terminaling and storage is a key component of the infrastructure being developed at Duqm Port to support the growth of a major liquids hub as part of the SEZ’s logistics offerings.
A dedicated area along the Northern Lee Breakwater has been earmarked for the development of a number of terminals designed to the handle the SEZ’s substantial component of liquid cargoes.
International engineering consultancy services firm WorleyParsons is currently undertaking the front-end engineering design (FEED) of the Bulk Liquid Berths project, at the heart of which is a refinery products terminal with six liquid berths, and a Pet Coke berth.
The first of these terminals will be built on behalf of Duqm Petroleum Terminal Company (DPTC), which is a partnership of Oman Oil Company (90 per cent) and Port of Duqm (10 per cent). DPTC’s facilities will handle all of the volumes flowing into and out of the refinery, as well as other related petrochemical investments at the SEZ. The company intends to build a 1 million cubic metres tank storage terminal to support the jetty’s operations at the Port of Duqm.
