VOL. XLVII

No 16

19-April-2004

OMAN

Foundation Stone Laid For $1.2Bn Sohar Refinery/Polypropylene Project

Omans Minister of National Economy Ahmad Makki on 10 April laid the foundation stone for the $1.2bn project to establish an oil refinery and polypropylene plant at Sohar Industrial Estate. The refinerys facilities will include an atmospheric distillation unit (116,400 b/d capacity), a residue fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) unit (75,260 b/d), an LPG Merox unit, a gasoline desulfurization unit,...