Orpic to conduct ground breaking ceremony at Liwa Plastics Industries Complex at Fahud

24-Apr-17

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) will conduct a ground breaking ceremony to start work on its Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) on April 27, 2017 at Fahud in the Wilayate of Ibri, as per timesofoman.com.
The engineering and procurement and construction (EPC 3), worth US$688 mln, brings for the first time to Oman the Natural Gas Extraction Plant- a consortium of two corporations namely GS Engineering and Construction, and Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

LPIC will firmly reinforce Orpic as a recognised player in the international petrochemicals marketplace – enabling Oman, for the first time, to produce polyethylene and increase the current production of polypropylene. LPIC is the largest of the three strategic growth projects undertaken by Orpic to fulfil its vision of building an Omani integrated refining and petrochemical business. Upon commissioning in 2020, Liwa Plastics Industries Complex will transform Orpic’s product mix. This project will be the first-of-its-kind in the Sultanate and will enable Oman to take the downstream plastics industry to the next level.