Oman Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Co. (Orpic) has shuttered its 106,000-b/d Mina Al Fahal refinery near Muscat, Oman, for 45 days of planned maintenance and turnaround activities.
The scheduled shutdown, which began on Oct. 3, will run through Nov. 16 and involve a series of maintenance works aimed at improving operational performance of the refinery, Orpic said.
Undertaken every 4 years, this year’s turnaround will include necessary unit inspections and testing, as well as unidentified debottlenecking, revamp, and catalyst-regeneration projects required to ensure reliability and improved efficiency of all refinery downstream units, the operator said.
Specific work will cover modifications to the existing plant to allow a full integration of the new units, under construction as part of the Sohar Refinery Improvement Project (SRIP) and Muscat Sohar Product Pipeline (MSPP) project, including a distribution depot in Jifnain, that are due for commissioning later this year (OGJ Online, Feb. 24, 2017; Feb. 23, 2016).
Orpic said all product supply during the turnaround period has been meticulously scheduled through the company’s other delivery points to ensure smooth product delivery to all local marketing companies.
Contact Robert Brelsford at [email protected].
