International engineering and consultancy services firm Tebodin & Partner LLC has won a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services contract linked to the development of strategic fuel storage and logistics infrastructure in Oman.

Implementation of the project is being overseen by Orpic Logistics Company (OLC), a partnership of Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC (Orpic), the Sultanate`s refining and petrochemicals flagship Orpic, and Spanish fuel transportation and storage giant CLH. Total investment in the venture is estimated at $320 million.

The landmark venture, which is also known as the Muscat-Sohar Product Pipeline (MSPP) project, will secure Oman`s fuel requirements in the event of contingencies in supply. Omani engineering firm Gulf Petrochemical Services (GPS) has commenced work on the project under an engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contract to build the multiproduct pipeline network and storage terminal, supported by Abantia, a Spanish Construction company, and Diseprosa, a Spanish engineering firm.

At the heart of the project is a national fuel storage terminal to be constructed at Al Jifnain, along the route of the existing crude oil pipeline that connects Orpic`s Mina Al Fahal (Muscat) and Sohar refineries.