Engineering contractor Wood has been tapped by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company (DRPIC), a joint venture between Oman Oil Company and Kuwait Petroleum International, to carry out front-end engineering design for a proposed onshore petrochemicals facility at the Special Economic Zone Area Duqm (SEZAD) in southern Oman.

Neither the contract value nor the planned cost of the project has been disclosed.

Aberdeen, Scotland-based Wood said it has already delivered associated studies for the complex, which will include a world-scale steam cracker, production facilities for hydrogen, syngas, methanol and other petrochemicals, along with associated utilities.

The project will be delivered by the company’s capital projects teams based in Oman and the UK by the third quarter of 2020. Dave Stewart, CEO of Wood’s Asset Solutions business in Europe, Africa, Asia & Australia, said the award demonstrates DRPIC’s confidence in the contractor’s ability to successfully execute key design projects and underscores the continued growth potential of the SEZAD.

In 2018, Wood won the contract to provide two Terrace Wall double-fired delayed coker heaters at Duqm Refinery, following delivery of the facility’s pre-FEED, FEED, and ongoing project management. After completion, the refinery and petrochemical complex will be able to process around 230,000 bbl of crude per day.