Duqm Refinery’s recent appointment of AMEC Foster Wheeler Engineering Consultancy LLC (AFW) as the Project Management Contractor (PMC) for the Refinery’s EPC phase was marked by an official signing ceremony held on 17 August at the Duqm Refinery offices. The ceremony was attended by senior personnel and shareholders of Duqm Refinery along with senior members of AFW.

The award of the PMC contract to AFW has been a follow up to the recent announcements of the issuance of conditional intention to award notifications to and in respect of the following EPC contracts:

1. EPC 1 (Process Units): Tecnicas Reunidas SA & Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd JV

2. EPC 2 (Utilities and Offsites): Petrofac International Limited & Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd JV

3. EPC 3 (Offsite facilities): Saipem S.p.A

AFW’s scope of work includes PMC Services to be delivered as part of an Integrated Project Management team (IPMT). Duqm Refinery and AFW will jointly establish the IPMT consisting of Duqm Refinery personnel and those of AFW to provide management, administration and supervision of Duqm Refinery contracts related to the project.

The IPMT will monitor the EPC contractor’s performance and verify compliance with the EPC contracts, project specifications, project master schedule and project procedures in accordance with the standards set by the Duqm Refinery and ensure that the EPC contractors perform all work and services to meet their obligations.

Amec Foster Wheeler designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors. The company operates across the oil and gas industry from production through to refining, processing and distribution of derivative products and in the mining, power and process, pharmaceutical, environment and infrastructure markets.

About Duqm Refinery

Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company L.L.C is a Joint Venture (JV) between Oman Oil Company (OOC) and Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI). This strategic partnership between OOC and KPI has been established in the incorporation of Duqm Refinery, based in Al Duqm located in the South East Al Wusta Governorate of the Sultanate of Oman. This gives the project a strategic maritime location and a competitive advantage being in the path of international shipping lines in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea thus easing the process of transport in and out of the region.

About Amec Foster Wheeler

Amec Foster Wheeler (www.amecfw.com) designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors.

Employing around 35,000 people in more than 55 countries and with 2016 revenues of £5.4 billion, the company operates across the oil and gas industry – from production through to refining, processing and distribution of derivative products – and in the mining, power and process, pharma, environment and infrastructure markets.

Amec Foster Wheeler offers full life-cycle services to offshore and onshore oil and gas projects (conventional and unconventional, upstream, midstream and downstream) for greenfield, brownfield and asset support projects, plus leading refining technology.

Amec Foster Wheeler shares are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and its American Depositary Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Both trade under the ticker AMFW.