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(plastemart) -- Plans are progressing for a major
Caustic Soda and ethylene dichloride (EDC) complex at Salalah Free Zone (SFZ).
Promoters are set to break ground on the project before the end of 2012 and
commission it by 2014-end. The project is being developed by Saltic FZCO
(formerly known as Oswal Oman Caustic FZCO). Total investment in the venture is
estimated at USD400-500 mln.
According to officials at Salalah Free Zone,
the project has two key components: a 1,000 tons per day (tpd) capacity caustic
lye plant alongside a 1,231 tpd ethylene dichloride facility. Significant
progress has been made on the engineering design of the grassroots venture.
Technology for the caustic soda plant will be provided by Chlorine Engineers
Corporation of Japan, while Ineos of Europe will provide the know-how for the
EDC facility. SNC Lavalin Engineering India and STX Korea have also been
involved in the detailed engineering of the project.
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