Estate Service Asset - PDO

Petroleum Development Oman
Estate Services Asset
Environmental Assessment
2002 Review and Update
In addition to the seven production assets, there are eight service assets in PDO,
which provide technical, analytical, engineering, supply and transportation support to
the production assets. A brief description of the services assets is presented below in
Table 1.2.
Table 1.2: Description of Service Assets in PDO
Service Asset
GeoSolutions
Asset
Well Engineering
Asset
Infrastructure
Asset
Main Activities and Areas of Operation
- Provide geo-services to frontier exploration and production assets for the
identification and development of hydrocarbon reserves within PDO’s
concession area
- The areas of technical service include seismic data acquisition & processing;
geological support & laboratory services; geomatics support; sub-surface
information management & technology support; services; and reservoir
characterisation.
- Prepare and update preliminary and detailed designs for new oil wells
throughout PDO’s concession area
- Prepare new oil well construction and completion programmes throughout
PDO’s concession area
- Construct new oil wells and modifying any existing wells as required
throughout PDO’s concession area
- Close out non-producing wells and restore abandoned well sites throughout
PDO’s concession area
TERMINAL OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
- Operate and maintain the Mina Al Fahal Tank Farm consisting of 10 crude
oil storage tanks with a total storage capacity of 5 million barrels
- Operate and maintain the offshore oil export facilities in Mina Al Fahal
consisting of three single point moorings and two coastal buoy moorings
- Operate and maintain the oil export metering systems and offshore oil
pollution combating equipment in Mina Al Fahal
POWER SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT
- Operate and maintain ten power stations consisting of 22 gas turbines
throughout PDO’s concession area
- Operate and maintain twenty-two 132 kV substations throughout PDO’s
concession area
- Operate and maintain 1276 km long 132 kV overhead electrical transmission
lines throughout PDO’s concession area
Gas Asset
PIPELINE DEPARTMENT
- Operate and maintain 1510 km long main oil line for transportation of liquid
hydrocarbons from all production assets to the export terminal in Mina Al
Fahal
- Operate and maintain 670 km long south Oman gas line for transportation of
dry sweet gas hydrocarbons from Saih Nihayda (Qarn Alam Asset) to
Marmul asset
- Operate and maintain the main oil line booster stations in Hubara (Nimr
Asset), Sahma (Bahja Asset) and Nahada (Fahud Asset)
- Operate and maintain, on behalf of the government, gas treatment facilities
(government gas plant, government butane plant and butane storage and
loading facility) in Yibal
- Operate and maintain, on behalf of the government, liquefied natural gas
upstream facilities in Saih Rawl, Barik and Saih Nihayda
- Operate and maintain, on behalf of the government, natural gas pipeline
system from Yibal to Murayat (296 km long), from Murayat to Al Ghubra
(29 km long) and from Murayat to Sohar (225 km long) as well as spur lines
- Operate and maintain, on behalf of the government, pressure reducing
terminals for natural gas customers throughout Oman
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