Times of Oman
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company’s Sohar project to start production by Aug. 2013
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Muscat: The work on building Oman Aluminium Rolling Company’s 160,000-tonnes per annum project in Sohar is progressing and the venture will be ready for commissioning by August 2013, said a top-level official of the EPC contractor.
“We are now pushing on completing civil and building works. The equipment have been purchased. We will start receiving shipments of equipment in May,” said Anthony Tropeano, Chief Executive Officer of FATA EPC. Tropeano was in Muscat to attend the Oil and Gas West Asia conference and exhibition.
“We have around 800-900 people on the site, which will go up to 1,500-1,600 at the peak of construction in September-October this year.”
Tropeano said partial hand over is scheduled for August 2013 and the initial production will be around 140,000 tonnes per annum (tpa). “Then we go to a process of production ramp up, which will take the production to ist full design capacity of 160,000tpa, after twelve months in 2014.” Teejan Construction is FATA EPC’s local partner for civil contract work for Oman Aluminium project.
The $396 million-venture envisages setting up of manufacturing facilities for 160,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum and will be the largest downstream buyer of Sohar Aluminium.
Continuous Casting, the latest technology in aluminium rolling will enable the project to use molten aluminium supplied by Sohar Aluminium for manufacturing rolled coils. This will enable the company to produce aluminium sheets of very thin gauges and high surface quality with shorter product delivery time and lower energy cost.
The FATA official also said that his company is seriously looking for contracting opportunities in Oman, especially in oil and gas field. “In two projects, we are one of the potential EPC contract bidders,” he said. One of the projects is for building a gas processing plant in Central Oman for a leading oil company. The company, in association with its local partner Teejan Construction, is planning to submit its bid by the end of May.
‘Business opportunities’ “We are now developing business opportunities in association with our local partner Teejan.” Elaborating on the company’s commitment for Omanisation, he said, “when we started our operation, our Omanisation target was 35 per cent. However, we have achieved 50 per cent Omanisation now.”
“FATA EPC is further aiming to strengthen our presence across the Middle East in view of the growing opportunities in the GCC’s biggest industry and is further expanding its Omani operations as an EPC contractor, operating in different industrial sector,” noted I Monaco, chairman of FATA group, which is based in Italy.
Tropeano said his company has completed the second phase expansion (150,000tpa) of IMIDRO, a primary aluminium producer, in Iran.
The company also implementing two major EPC contracts for Qatar’s Qatalum, which are related to capacity expansion of smelter project.
“We are now pushing on completing civil and building works. The equipment have been purchased. We will start receiving shipments of equipment in May,” said Anthony Tropeano, Chief Executive Officer of FATA EPC. Tropeano was in Muscat to attend the Oil and Gas West Asia conference and exhibition.
“We have around 800-900 people on the site, which will go up to 1,500-1,600 at the peak of construction in September-October this year.”
Tropeano said partial hand over is scheduled for August 2013 and the initial production will be around 140,000 tonnes per annum (tpa). “Then we go to a process of production ramp up, which will take the production to ist full design capacity of 160,000tpa, after twelve months in 2014.” Teejan Construction is FATA EPC’s local partner for civil contract work for Oman Aluminium project.
The $396 million-venture envisages setting up of manufacturing facilities for 160,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum and will be the largest downstream buyer of Sohar Aluminium.
Continuous Casting, the latest technology in aluminium rolling will enable the project to use molten aluminium supplied by Sohar Aluminium for manufacturing rolled coils. This will enable the company to produce aluminium sheets of very thin gauges and high surface quality with shorter product delivery time and lower energy cost.
The FATA official also said that his company is seriously looking for contracting opportunities in Oman, especially in oil and gas field. “In two projects, we are one of the potential EPC contract bidders,” he said. One of the projects is for building a gas processing plant in Central Oman for a leading oil company. The company, in association with its local partner Teejan Construction, is planning to submit its bid by the end of May.
‘Business opportunities’ “We are now developing business opportunities in association with our local partner Teejan.” Elaborating on the company’s commitment for Omanisation, he said, “when we started our operation, our Omanisation target was 35 per cent. However, we have achieved 50 per cent Omanisation now.”
“FATA EPC is further aiming to strengthen our presence across the Middle East in view of the growing opportunities in the GCC’s biggest industry and is further expanding its Omani operations as an EPC contractor, operating in different industrial sector,” noted I Monaco, chairman of FATA group, which is based in Italy.
Tropeano said his company has completed the second phase expansion (150,000tpa) of IMIDRO, a primary aluminium producer, in Iran.
The company also implementing two major EPC contracts for Qatar’s Qatalum, which are related to capacity expansion of smelter project.
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