MOSCOW (MRC) -- Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has installed a new hydrocracker reactor, reaching a height of 42 metres, and weighing approximately 950 metric tonnes, said Constructionweekonline.
Extensive preparatory works were underway two months prior to the installation of the hydrocracker, with actual installation transpiring in a single day with the assistance of two cranes, and a heavy lift team comprising 36 personnel.
One of the key elements of Orpic's Sohar Refinery Improvement Project (SRIP), the hydrocracker, which is a two-stafe unit, is one of the most critical units for Orpic's future Sohar Refinery operations.
Operated at a pressure of 160 Bar, and temperature of around 400 degrees celsius, the design of unit includes built-in features that enable a quick response to various emergency situations.
This will enable Orpic to meet increasing demand of petroleum products in the Sultanate, as well as reducing refinery emissions and improving refinery margins.
Operation of the hydrocracker unit requires a high level of skill; therefore specialist training, by a process licenser and operator, is being provided to Orpic.
As MRC informed earlier, Orpic received five technical bids for a polymers plant in Sohar industrial area and three technical bids for an NGL extraction plant in Fahud, which are part of its mega petrochemical project -- Liwa Plastics Industries Complex.
Orpic (Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company) is one of the leading companies in Oman and has two refineries in that country, in Sohar and Muscat. Orpic is owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil Company SAOC, the trading company created by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman for managing investments in the energy sector.
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