Shell International Petroleum Mij. By (SIPM) has let contract to a joint venture of M.W. Kellogg Co., Houston, and JGC Corp., Tokyo, for downstream engineering on Oman's $6 billion liquefied natural gas export project.
SIPM, of The Hague, is technical adviser to Oman Liquid Natural Gas Co., (OLNG), which will own and operate the project's facilities.
The Kellogg-JGC team will provide front end engineering design for the 6 million ton/year gas liquefaction facilities that are central to LNG export program.
This first phase design and engineering, which will delineate design parameters for detailed engineering and construction of the OLNG facilities, has begun at the London headquarters of M. W. Kellogg Ltd. JGC is a minority shareholder of the London company.
Contracts for construction of the liquefaction plant and associated facilities are expected to be awarded in 1996, with first exports by OLNG about the turn of the century.
OLNG partners are the Omani government 51%, Shell 34%, France's Total 6%, Partex of Portugal 2%, and a combine of Japanese companies 7%.
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Issue date: 11/21/94
