Our Mission Statement
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Suez-Tractebel Operation and Maintenance Oman L.L.C. (STOMO) is a leader in providing value added operation and maintenance expertise at fair and market competitive prices to its customers, this by creating a successful partnership.
Our pledge is to establish lasting relationships with our customers’ base by exceeding their expectations and gaining trust through exceptional performance by every member of the operation and maintenance team.
History
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Suez-Tractebel Operation and Maintenance Oman LLC. (STOMO) was formed as a joint venture between Tractebel Parts and Repair and National Trading Company LLC. (NTC). STOMO is an affiliate of GDF Suez, the world’s third largest power generator and leading power generator in the Middle East - North Africa region. The major shareholder of STOMO is Tractebel Parts and Repair FZE., a company registered in the Dubai free zone and owned 100% by GDF Suez.
STOMO was incorporated on the 1st of February 2007 and commenced the Operations and Maintenance activities of the Al Rusail Power Plant and the Long Term Service Agreements for the gas turbines at the Sohar and Al Ezzel (Bahrain) power plants. On the 1st of October 2007, STOMO initiated mobilization activities at the Barka II project and has successfully generated power during the Early Power Period which started on 29th of July 2008 until 1st of October 2008. The commercial operation of the Barka II plant became effective on 15th November 2009.
On 25th May 2009, NTC divested in STOMO and Sogex Oman LLC. took over the shareholder stake.
Our vision
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Our long term aim and goal is to maintain our position as a market leader in operations and maintenance services of power plants in the Middle East region by leveraging our core strengths to maximum advantage as a customer-driven company.
The second part of our vision is to create a large pool of experts to support the regional demand. This talent pool is identified and rests mainly but not exclusively in our Fleet Maintenance Team. Our experts are trained in a wide spectrum of electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and outage management expertise.
Today
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Since the merger with Sogex Oman LLC. in May 2009, STOMO has become be the largest provider of operation and maintenance services in the Sultanate of Oman with a net installed capacity of approximately 3,890 MW of electricity and a net capacity of 270,000 m3 per day of potable water.
The Assets....
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Barka II Power and Desalination Plant |
The Barka II Power and Desalination Plant is located approximately 50km northwest of Muscat on the Arabian Peninsula. The Barka facility is owned by SMN Barka Power Company SAOC, a subsidiary of SMN Power Holding Company Limited
, itself owned by entities of GDFSuez of France, Mubadala of Abu Dhabi (UAE) and National Trading Company of Oman. SMN and STOMO have entered into an Operation and Maintenance Agreement whereby STOMO assumes the operational and maintenance responsibility of the station for a period of fifteen years. The entire facility came into Commercial Operation on November 15th, 2009. The Barka II Power and Desalination Plant utilizes Reverse Osmosis technology to deliver 120,000 cubic meters per day of potable water to the Oman Transmission System and gas and steam turbines to deliver 678 MW of electrical power to the Sultanate of Oman. The electricity and water produced is sold to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company SAOC.
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Barka III Power Project |
The Barka III Combined Cycle Power Plant
is located approximately 50kms northwest of Muscat on the Arabian Peninsula
beside the Barka-2 IPWP. The plant is owned by Al-Suwadi Power Co., which is a
consortium of IPR-GDF Suez as a lead founder, Multitech LLC, Oman, Sojitz Corporation,
Japan, Shikoku Electric Company, Japan and Public Authority for Social
Insurance, Oman. Al-Suwadi Power Co. STOMO have entered into an Operation
and Maintenance Agreement whereby STOMO assumes the responsibility of O&M
of the station for a period of fifteen years. The Power Plant is under
construction and will have a total capacity of 745MW generated by Siemens Gas
and Steam turbines. The major milestone schedule dates for Early PCOD and COD
is 1st May, 2012 and 1st April, 2013 respectively. The generating capacity for
early power will be 494MW. The EPC contractors are Siemens of Germany and GS Engineering
& Construction of Korea.
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Al Rusail Power Plant |
Al Rusail Power Station is located inland 40 km west of Muscat in the Rusail Industrial Park and is owned by Al Rusail Power Company SAOC, another subsidiary of SMN Power Holding Company Limited. SMN and STOMO have entered into an Operation and Maintenance Agreement whereby STOMO assumes the operational and maintenance responsibility of the station for a period of fifteen years. The station is a 665 MW consisting of eight Frame 9E gas turbines that were installed in four phases between 1984 and 2000 with associated generators and transformers. The station burns natural gas as the primary fuel with distillate fuel oil as a backup. The facility was purchased from entities of the Omani Government in 2006 as a part of a privatization plan with operational responsibilities assumed by STOMO in February 2007. Significant expenditure and remedial work has been carried out since takeover in order to drive up the performance level of the plant, as well as its environmental and codes compliance, and its safety and security features to an industry standard to which it is functioning now.
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Manah Power Plant |
The Manah Power Plant (MPP) is located approximately 180 kilometers Southwest of Muscat and 20 kilometers south of Nizwa. United Power Company SAOG (UPC) and Suez Tractebel Operations & Maintenance Oman (STOMO) have entered into an Operation and Maintenance Agreement on 1st January 2009 whereby STOMO assumes the operational and maintenance responsibility of Manah Power Plant for a period of 12 years through an Operating and Maintenance Agreement. Manah Power Plant commenced its operations in October 1996. This Phase I generates power capacity of 90MW and is comprised of 3 nos of GE frame 6 Gas Turbines. Subsequently, in May 2000, the capacity was augmented by a further 180MW with the commencement of operation of Phase 2, which comprised of 2 nos GE Frame 9E Gas Turbines.The total capacity of the plant is 270MW. The power generated from MPP is sold to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company SAOC, under a Power Purchase Agreement, which will continue until 2020.
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Sohar I Power and Desalination Plant |
The Sohar Power and Desalination plant is located approximately 200km from Muscat on the Batinah Coast of the Sultanate of Oman. The Sohar Power and Desalination Plant is a publicly traded facility fully owned by Sohar Power Company SAOG (Sohar Power).Sohar Power and STOMO have entered into an Operation and Maintenance Agreement whereby STOMO assumes the operational and maintenance responsibility through its subsidiary SOMC of the station for a period of 15 years. The facility came into Commercial Operation on May 27th, 2007. The electricity and water produced is sold to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company SAOC. The facility utilizes Doosan Multi Stage Flash Desalination technology (MSF) designed to produce 150,000,000 cubic meters of potable water per day and a power plant which exports 585 MW of electricity through Siemens SGT5-2000E gas turbines.
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Sohar II Power Project |
Sohar II Combined Cycle Power Plant
is located approximately 200kms from Muscat on the Batinah Coast of Oman beside
the Sohar-1IPWP. The plant is owned by Al-Batinah Power Co., which is a
consortium of IPR-GDF Suez as a lead founder, Multitech LLC, Oman, Sojitz Corporation,
Japan, Shikoku Electric Company, Japan and Public Authority for Social
Insurance, Oman. Al Batinah Power Co.STOMO have entered into an Operation
and Maintenance Agreement whereby STOMO assumes the responsibility of O&M
of the station for a period of fifteen years. The Power Plant is under construction
and will have a total capacity of 745MW generated by Siemens Gas and Steam
turbines. The major milestone schedule dates for Early PCOD and COD is 1st May,
2012 and 1st April, 2013 respectively. The generating capacity for early power
will be 494MW. The EPC contractors are Siemens of Germany and GS Engineering
& Construction of Korea.
This merger allowed STOMO to maximize synergies by using the large reservoir of expertise, optimize centralized purchasing, combine the available tools, having manpower available where needed and reducing the need of external manpower.
| Plant Name |
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Technology |
Megawatts |
M3 Per day |
| Al Rusail Power Plant |
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Open Cycle |
665 |
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| Barka II Power and Desalination Plant |
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CCGT |
678 |
120,000 |
| Barka III Power Plant |
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CCGT |
745 |
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| Manah Power Plant |
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Open Cycle |
270 |
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| Sohar I Power and Desalination Plant |
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CCGT |
587 |
150,000 |
| Sohar II Power Plant |
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CCGT |
745 |
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Total |
3,690 |
270,000 |
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Fleet Maintenance |
STOMO has a dedicated Fleet Maintenance team which consists of highly skilled mechanical experts and technicians. The fleet maintenance department is responsible for the execution of Long Term Service Agreements (LTSA) for ten V94.2 gas turbines in Oman and Bahrain. The team also offers specialized fleet services supporting specialized inspection and third party services throughout the META and region and globally when required. The team is critical within the region for high valued execution and administration of complex maintenance outages. They are also available to support other IPR-GDFSuez entities as required.
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Our synergies are built around 3 areas :
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Employee strength: STOMO has a total employee strength of around 350 team members spread over the six operating assets and fleet maintenance. These employees are cross-trained in various operation and maintenance tasks. The goal is to maintain a flexible staff who can work in any location as and when required. This facilitates knowledge sharing among employees.
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Procurement: STOMO is also not only an operation and maintenance company but also a strong procurement specialist due to our specific advantages. Firstly we do bulk purchases for all our plants in Oman. Secondly, having day to day contacts with the suppliers, we are able to source materials easily. Thirdly, because of our centralized procurement system, we maintain optimized stock levels and this reduces our operating costs.
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Manpower synergy: Having seven businesses under one banner, enables us to use the same set of skilled people for specialized work. This allows optimum utilization of manpower and is very cost effective.
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