Name of Client : Oman Tank Terminal Company (OTTCO)
Estimated Budget : $400,000,000
Facility Type : Oil Storage Terminal
Sector : Oil
Status : Construction
Location : Ras Markaz
FEED : Wood
Main Contractor : China Petroleum Pipeline
Engineering Corporation
(CPPE)
Award Date : Q3-2018
Background
Oman Tank Terminal Company (OTTCO) plans to build a massive crude oil storage hub at Ras Markaz near Duqm. The storage hub will also serve as an alternative export terminal for Omani crude in the event of supply disruptions affecting the nation's only crude export terminal at Mina Al Fahal in Muscat Governorate.
The storage terminal will be developed to mainly store crude oil products, with the possibility to store other products in the future. The total capacity of the park once complete is envisioned at 200 million barrels. The first phase of the park will have a capacity of 6 million barrels.
Project Status
As of January 2021, the two single-point moorings and one submarine manifold of the project have arrived at the project site, Ras Markaz Crude Oil Terminal.
Project Scope
The first phase of the project includes the establishment of 16 tanks with an estimated capacity of 650,000 barrels each; floating platforms for the import and export of oil; a marina for towing boats; 7 km-long undersea pipelines for receiving and exporting oil; a pumping station; laboratories, control rooms, and administrative offices; two parallel 14-km 42-inch subsea oil pipelines; offshore single-point mooring crude oil receiving terminal; submarine manifolds; and other facilities relating to safety and security.
Project Finance
Oman Tank Terminal Company (OTTCO) is the client.
Project Schedules
Feasibility Study 4Q-2012
FEED 1Q-2015
EPC ITB 4Q-2015
E&P 3Q-2018
Construction 2Q-2020
Completion 4Q-2021