Oman awards design engineering contract

Feb. 7, 2003
The Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) joint venture awarded Dutch engineering consultant Tebodin BV a 4-year contract to provide design-engineering services for PDO oil and gas developments.

By an OGJ correspondent

NICOSIA, Feb. 7 -- The Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) joint venture awarded Dutch engineering consultant Tebodin BV a 4-year contract to provide design-engineering services for PDO oil and gas developments.

"Tebodin's contract primarily covers the gas plants and the oil and gas pipeline infrastructure part of PDO's operations," said Managing Director Hans Hegger.

The Hague-based Tebodin will execute the contract through Tebodin & Partner LLC, a joint venture of Tebodin Middle East LLC and Middle East Engineering Consultancy LLC, an Omani firm.

It will provide design-engineering services for a variety of developments, including the 48-in. diameter gas pipeline to transport gas as feedstock for the government's third LNG train at Qalhat. The pipeline will run some 250 km to that site from the Saih Nihayda gas plant being built under a $100 million contract awarded in July 2002 to a joint venture of SNC Lavalin of Canada and Al Hassan Engineering Co. of Oman. Tebodin also will undertake the engineering design for the second phase of the Yibal Depletion Compression project, which is to boost gas recovery by 30%.

PDO, which is responsible for about 95% of Omani oil production, is a joint venture of the Oman government 60%, Royal Dutch/Shell Group 34%, TotalFinaElf SA 4%, and Partex Oil & Gas (Holdings) Corp. 2%.