THE ECHO - Ferrostaal

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projects & contracting
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METHANOL PLANT IN OMAN
OFF TO A GOOD START IN OMAN
PROJECT DATA MO3000
Project Company: Oman Methanol Company LLC (OMC)
Owners:
>> 50% MHIL (Methanol Holdings International Ltd.)
>> 30% OMHC (Oman Methanol Holdings Company Ltd.)
>> 20% FMIL (MAN Ferrostaal Methanol International Ltd.)
Plant capacity: 3,000 ton per day (1,050,000 tons per year)
Operation/License: Johnsson Matthey/PLC
Low pressure methanol synthesis processes
Main Plant Units:
>> Process unit
>> Operating material systems
>> Methanol tanks
>> Buildings
>> Natural gas measuring station
Work on the first methanol plant (M03000) in Oman is in full
swing. MAN Ferrostaal is responsible for the engineering and procurement
of the 523 million dollar project. After its completion,
the MO3000 plant in Oman will produce more than 1 million tons
of methanol per year. Engineering, procurement, construction
and assembly are all running to schedule. After the financing
contracts were signed and the project contracts came into effect
in March 2005, the hot phase of the procurement of critical plant
equipment began. The prerequisite for punctual ordering was for
the engineering to be started early by the Japanese engineering
company Toyo.
Specifically, the following progress was made in the early summer
of 2006: buildings 80 percent completed, roads 90 percent completed
and foundations for the reformer, waste heat boiler, reactor
and refinery column 100 percent completed. The installation
of the main pipe bridge as well as the assembly of the methanol
storage and water tanks is also completed. The mechanical completion
of the plant is scheduled for the start of the third quarter
of 2007.