ORPIC is one of Oman’s largest companies, with over 1,600 employees, and refineries in both Muscat and Sohar. It has a significant capital investment programme with work involving three major projects over the next four years. Work includes a multiproduct fuels pipeline from Sohar to Muscat, the improvement of its Sohar Refinery and the Liwa Plastics Project as well as a large ongoing programme of fabric and equipment maintenance works, material and bulk procurement and plant turnarounds.
KEY INFORMATION
Location: Oman, Middle East
Date started: 2014
Completion date: 2017
Client type: energy and natural resources
Main capabilities: procurement and supply chain
Our contribution
We foremostly provided pre-contract purchasing and procurement support to ORPIC with a team seconded in the ORPIC project offices in Sohar, Oman.
We also assisted in the procurement of a wide variety of oil and gas refinery and pipeline related projects through the procurement process from inception up to contract award.
Our team then worked with ORPIC to develop systems to work within the ORPIC governance and SAP requirements.
Making the difference
With our corporate knowledge and proven technical procurement experience within the oil and gas and contracting industries, we were able to assist ORPIC with their objectives of:
- Procuring best value solutions to their procurement needs
delivering a quality procurement service. - Driving value creation and delivering a step change in performance.
- Developing local Omani personnel within the ORPIC team.
