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Al Hassan Engineering Co. SAOG celebrates several milestones (16 Feb. 2010)

32 million man-hours without LTI since 2007

Burhan Pipeline EPC contract completed 4 months ahead of schedule

2 major Petrochemical Projects safely completed in time

Largest Power Plant successfully completed

Only Omani Company nominated for GCC Contractor of the Year 2009 by Construction Week, Dubai

Al Hassan Engineering Co. SAOG (AHEC), achieved unique milestone of completing 32 million man-hours without lost-time injury since 2007. This and several other milestones in 2009 were celebrated by the company on Tuesday, 16th February at the Grand Hyatt. The function was attended by a large number of dignitaries including H.E. Mohammed Abdullah Al Mahrouqi, Chairman – Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW), H.E. Pan Weifang, Chinese Ambassador, several Directors and Managers of PDO, media representatives, representatives from leading design and consultancy companies, members of BoD and a number of senior staff from AHEC.

In his welcoming address, Mr. Hassan bin Ali Salman, Chairman of AHEC, touched upon some of the important achievements of the company since its inception in 1982, not only in the area of health, safety and environment (HSE) but also Omanisation, Quality and trusted service to its customers. He stressed that AHEC had grown into an organisation of 4500 employees with one of the highest percentage of Omani nationals. He further said that over last 3 decades, AHEC have successfully completed almost 100 small/ medium/ large sized contracts in the key Industrial Areas of Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Power, Water and Wastewater for leading Omani organizations such as PDO, ORPC, OGC, MHEW, OETC, Haya Water as well as International contractors such as GS E&C , SNC Lavalin, Stone & Webster, etc.

Presenting a brief outline of the unique milestones of AHEC, Mr. Peter Hall, Chief Executive Officer, said: "In 2009 AHEC worked 12.3 million man-hours and drove 14.6 million km without any LTI. This feat is achieved for second year in succession".

"We are celebrating 32 million accident-free man-hours for various contracts. These are the Sohar Aromatics Project for GS E&C (10.2 million LTI Free man-hours) - Oman’s first Aromatics Project, 1000 MW Sohar Aluminium Captive Power Project for Alstom (6.6 million LTI free man-hours) - the largest Power Plant in Oman, Salalah Methanol Project (6.5 million LTI free man-hours), Nimr-C Full Field Water Injection Project for PDO (2.7 million LTI free man-hours), Burhan–Harmal Pipeline Project (1.5 million LTI free man-hours), ORPC Power Project (1 million LTI free man-hours), A’Seeb Waste Water Project (1 million LTI free man-hours).

These 32 million man-hours cover several jobs on pipelines, overhead lines, all types of civil/ structural ,mechanical/piping electrical and instrumentation works and pre-commissioning activities. These man-hours were achieved maintaining high levels of Omanisation."

2009 was a particularly good year for AHEC in terms of various milestones. AHEC was the only Omani Company to be nominated among the top four finalists by an independent panel in the "Contractor of the Year" Award category, announced by Construction Week, Dubai, for its ability to safely deliver projects on time and within budget.

In the Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals sector, AHEC was selected by Petrofac E&C to execute the construction contract for PDO’s Phase II Expansion of Kawther gas-field depletion-compression project. For the Korean Company, GS Engineering & Construction, AHEC completed two major Civil, Mechanical and Pipework Contracts, one at Sohar on the Sohar Aromatics Plant and the second at Salalah on a Methanol plant. In the beginning of 2009, AHEC secured a multi-million dollar contract for the Burhan West and Harmal Pipeline Project from the Government Gas Department. This contract on EPC basis was completed 4 months ahead of Schedule in Jan. 2010. What makes this achievement even more significant is the fact that this is the first PDO Project to include a 33 kV Overhead Line using Concrete Poles (instead of usual wooden poles).

As far as Power Sector is concerned, AHEC has an extraordinary record in the field of power generation, having installed approximately 40% of the total generating capacity of Oman. Working with the French EPC contractor Alstom, AHEC completed the 1000 MW Gas Turbine based Combined Cycle Power Plant for Sohar Aluminium, the largest power plant in Oman. In the second half of 2009, we were awarded the Amal Power Plant Project from PDO on EPC basis. This is the first time that any Omani Company will be undertaking a Power Plant Project on EPC basis.

In 2009, AHEC made its entry into the regional international market, securing an order from Siemens to undertake Civil Works associated with a new Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) 400/132 KV Substation in Dubai. Work is progressing in line with the agreed Project Programme for the contract to the satisfaction of both Siemens and DEWA, the end customer.

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