OPWP inviting bids for power project

THE state-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has invited bids from major companies for provision of consultancy services to the Salalah Two Independent Power Plant.

The project, to be located in Raysut near Salalah, Oman, is being implemented on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis under the terms of a power purchase agreement with OPWP.

It comprises a high-efficiency gas-fired power generation plant that can deliver 445 MW of power, reported the Oman Tribune. The ambit of the project includes the design, construction, ownership, financing, operation and maintenance of a high-efficiency facility, which will increase the present power capacity of 273 MW to 600 MW, the report stated.

The power plant is expected to go on stream by the first quarter of 2018, it added.

Seawater supply deal to be awarded

OMAN’S government is set to award an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a major seawater supply project in the Duqm region of the sultanate, said a report.

The Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (Sezad) is likely to issue tenders for the contract to pre-qualified companies in the third quarter. Sezad said the project is aiming at an output of 120,000 cu m per hour with provision to expand in future to 360,000 cu m per hour. The work on the project is scheduled for handover in 2017.

Work on Juffair Heights on target

THE construction work at Juffair Heights, a freehold residential project in Bahrain, is in full swing and on schedule, said its developer Pegasus Real Estate.

Pegasus Real Estate managing director Aziz Mithaiwala said it will be completed by mid-2016 and will be constructed using revolutionary techniques.

Twenty-one slabs have been completed at the South Tower, the first phase of the project, while the second-storey slab has already been laid at the North Tower, the second phase. Construction on the first common area podium level has been completed and it is at the halfway stage on the second and third levels, said the report.

The 28- and 29-storey towers project is being built by Dadabhai Development and Properties Management Company.

Petchem complex Feed finalised

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries (Orpic) has finalised the front-end engineering design (Feed) of its $3.6-billion Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC).

The project will enable Oman, for the first time, to produce polyethylene, a form of plastic that rates highest in terms of global demand and is used in many products that are part of our daily routine.