Oman LNG
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Oman LNG is a LNG plant in Qalhat near Sur, Oman. The construction was launched in November 1996, and the plant was commissioned in September 2000. The main shareholder is the Government of Oman (51%) in cooperation with Royal Dutch Shell (30%), Total S.A. (5.54%), KOLNG (5%), Partex (2%), Mitsubishi (2.77%), Mitsui (2.77%), and ltochu (0.92%).
The LNG plant is supplied from the gas gathering plant at Saih Rowl in the central Oman gas field complex through 360 kilometres (224 mi) long 48-inches pipeline with a capacity of 12 billion cubic meters per annum of gas, operated by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). The gas origins from Barik, Saih Nihayda and Saih Rawl gas fields.
The LNG plant consists two 3.3 mtpa liquefaction trains, which were constructed by Chiyoda-Foster Wheeler. The total construction costs were US$2 billion.