Svitzer announced on Wednesday that it had signed a “large” 9-year terminal towage contract with Oman LNG.
The tug operator did not provide the price tag of the deal.
Svitzer said the new contract covers time charter of four newbuild 65-ton bollard pull azimuth stern drive tugs to support the berthing and unberthing of LNG and NGL tankers at the jetty in Qalhat LNG terminal.
In addition to towage services, Svitzer will provide firefighting capabilities, escort duties, pilot boarding, and dive support.
Svitzer’s operations for Oman LNG are planned to start at the beginning of 2026.
The tug operator has been a “key” towage and marine services provider in Oman since 2005
Oman LNG expansion
In November last year, US engineer KBR secured a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the expansion of Oman LNG’s Qalhat LNG complex in Sur.
Under the FEED contract, KBR will provide engineering services for the complex’s fourth LNG train, which will have a capacity of 3.8 million tons per annum.
The project will involve the addition or expansion of utilities, an LNG tank, the jetty, and associated infrastructure.
In July, Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals said Oman LNG plans to add a new liquefaction train at its three-train Qalhat complex by 2029.
The new train will boost Oman’s LNG production to 15.2 mtpa.
Last year, Oman LNG signed shareholding deals with international companies, including Shell and TotalEnergies.
Besides Oman LNG and Qalhat LNG shareholding agreements, Oman LNG, in which the government of Oman holds 51 percent, also signed a gas supply agreement with state-owned Integrated Gas Company (IGC) to extend the gas supplies beyond 2024.
Oman LNG in collaboration with its shareholders, approved the extension of the company’s operations beyond 2024 that linked these key agreements for a period of 10 years from 2025 to 2034 for Oman LNG and 2026 to 2029 for Qalhat LNG.
As a result of these deals, Oman LNG secured sales term commitments up to 10.4 mtpa through the execution of term sheet agreements with several buyers and shareholders, expanding the company’s footprint into new regions across Asian and European markets.
