Clean gas from the Omar plant is transported to the 630 MW power
station of Mhardeh. This is done through a 220-km, 18 inch, spur line to
the main national gas grid. The link is at a junction in the Palmyra
area.
In addition, LPG from the Omar plant is transferred by tanker
trucks to cylinder-filling stations for distribution to households
throughout the country. The condensates produced at the Omar plant are
blended with the crude oils of AFPC and BOS to lighten their export mix.
The treatment and processing plant at Omar was built by Brown &
Root of the US, which did the engineering work as well. The US
contractor also built the gas gathering network. The Syrian Military
Housing Establishment (Milihouse) built the 440-km pipeline to the
Tishreen power plant.
PetroFac Int'l of the UK built a gathering at al-'Izba
field for recovery of 80 MCF/day of associated gas and transmission
facilities to the Omar plant, which were completed in early 2000.
A pipeline is under construction to link the Omar-Tishreen line and
two gas fields being developed in the Palmyra region, ash-Sha'er
and Cherrife by Petro-Canada for a combined capacity of 22.5 MCM/day to
be reached by end-2009. The two fields were discovered by Marathon of
the US, which has left the country (see gmt11SyriaFieldsMar10-08). These
two fields, which are also to produce crude oil, will also be linked to
the Banias and Mahrada power stations.
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