Fahud-Sohar NGL Pipeline

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Fahud-Sohar NGL pipeline is a natural gas liquid pipeline under construction in Oman.

Location

The pipeline runs from the New Fahud NGL Plant to the Steam Cracker Unit at Sohar.

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Project Details

• Operator: Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company
• Parent: Sultanate of Oman; Oman Oil Company SAOC
• Current capacity:
• Length: 300 kilometers
• Diameter: 14 inches
• Status: construction
• Start Year:
• Cost: US$303 million
• Associated Projects: Fahud-Sohar gas pipeline

Background

The Fahud-Sohar pipeline is a part of the Liwa Plastics project.

On February 26, 2016, Punj Lloyd group announced that it won contracts for the "construction of a 14” dia, 300 km natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline and a 32” dia, 301 km gas pipeline." It stated "both the pipelines need to be completed within 38 and 35 months respectively."