Fahud-Sohar Gas Pipeline
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The Fahud-Sohar Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in Oman.[1]
Location
The main pipeline runs from the Fahud Compressor Station to the Steam Cracker Unit at Sohar. The loop line runs from the Fahud Compressor Station to Block Valve Station (BVS-06).[2][3]
Project details
Fahud-Sohar Gas Pipeline
- Operator: OQ Gas Networks[4]
- Owner: OQ Gas Networks[4]
- Parent: Government of Oman[5]
- Capacity:
- Length: 301 kilometers[2]
- Diameter: 32 inches[2]
- Status: Operating[6]
- Start year: 2021[7]
- Cost:
- Associated Projects: Fahud-Sohar NGL Pipeline
Fahud-Sohar Loop Line
- Operator: OQ Gas Networks[8]
- Owner: OQ Gas Networks[8]
- Parent: Government of Oman[5]
- Capacity: 9 million standard cubic meters per day[9]
- Length: 193 km[8]
- Diameter: 42 inch[10]
- Status: Proposed[9]
- Start year: 2027[9]
- Cost: US$273 million[9]
Background
The Fahud-Sohar pipeline is a part of the Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex (LPIC), which will manufacture polyethylene a key ingredient in plastics manufacturing.[11]
On February 26, 2016, Punj Lloyd group announced that it won contracts for the construction of a 14-inch diameter, 300-kilometer natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline (Fahud–Sohar NGL Pipeline) and a 32-inch diameter, 301-kilometer gas pipeline as part of the project. It stated that the pipelines need to be completed within 38 and 35 months, respectively.[12]
In May 2020, construction on the LPIC was nearly complete and the complex had begun testing.[13] It began operations in December 2021.[7]
In 2022, technical bids for the Fahud-Sohar Loop Line project were being accepted. The scope of work was shared to be a 42 in pipeline from Fahud compressor station to Block Valve Station (BVS-06) with a total length of 193 km and Block Valve Station (BVS-04) with the length of 128 km. It was planned to run parallel to the existing 32 inch Fahud-Sohar Pipeline with the goal of supplying gas to the North Power station. It was planned for completion in Q4 in 2025.[10]
The commercial bid date was postponed to October 2024, with the plan shared to be just the 42 in, 193 km loop line form Fahud compressor station to Block Valve Station (BVS-06), with an alternative scope of extending only 128 km to Block Valve Station 4 (BVS-04) for cost optimization.[3]
In November 2024, OQ Gas Network received regulatory approval for the 193 km loop line, with completion scheduled for 2027. The pipeline planned to increase the capacity of the northern gas network by 9 million standard cubic meters a day.[8]
In June 2025, OQ Gas Networks awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction contract to Egypt-headquartered Petrojet for US$273 million. Completion was expected in 24 months. It was also announced that the supply of the 193 km pipelines was awarded to Jindal SAW.[9]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Liwa Plastics project in Oman is on track for 2020 completion | Market Report Company - analytics, Prices, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinylchloride, polystyrene, Russia, Ukraine, Europe, Asia, reports". www.mrcplast.com (in русский). Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Oil & Gas News (OGN)". www.oilandgasnewsworldwide.com. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Oman's OQ Gas Networks likely to award EPC contract for Fahud-Sohar Loop Line in Q1 2025". Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "OQ Gas Networks– Initiation of Coverage" (PDF). UCapital. 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "OQ (company) - Wikipedia". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ↑ "Get free Access 100,000+ Middle East & North Africa construction projects". www.bncnetwork.net. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Oman to inaugurate $7bn Liwa Plastics project next week". argusmedia.com. 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Gulam (2024-11-17). "OQGN gets approval for 193km Fahud-Sohar loop line project". Muscat Daily. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "Oman's OQGN awards EPC contract for $273mln Fahud - Suhar Loop Line project". Retrieved 2025-08-18.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Oman's OQ expected to award Fahud-Sohar second loop construction contract in Q3". Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ "Liwa Plastics set for commercial launch by end-Q3". Oman Observer. 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ↑ Punj Lloyd (February 6, 2016). "Punj Lloyd wins Pipeline contracts worth Rs. 2,070 crores (US$ 304 million) in Oman" (PDF). punjlloydgroup.com. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "OQ's Liwa Plastics Industries Complex Starts Commissioning | OQ". oq.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
