VOL. XLVI

No 44

3-November-2003

OMAN

LG Caltex Wins Sohar Refinery Services Contract

Oman on 22 October signed an OR17.38mn ($45mn) contract with South Koreas LG Caltex for the provision of operation and maintenance services to the oil refinery under construction in Sohar Industrial port. Last May, JGC and Chiyoda won an $880mn contract to construct the refinery (MEES, 26 May). Its facilities will include an atmospheric distillation unit (116,400 b/d capacity), a residue fluid catalytic cracking...