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Oman’s authorities are moving to address deficiencies in the country’s cold-chain infrastructure to help optimise value generation from the Sultanate’s increasingly lucrative agriculture,...

In a major boost for Oman’s aspirations to position itself as an international logistics hub, the world-renowned UK based multi-brand, multi-channel retailer Sainsbury’s is preparing to establish...

A Request for Proposals (RfP) has gone out to international consortiums and developers that have been prequalified by Oman’s authorities to compete for contract awards to build the country’s...

Oman’s power authorities have pared their expectations of electricity demand growth over the next seven years spanning the 2020 – 2026 timeframe, citing in part the economic downturn sparked by...

Oman Drydock Company (ODC), which owns and operates one of the region’s largest ship repair and maintenance yards at Duqm, is preparing to add an important capability to its expanding portfolio of...

The Omani government’s recent decision to restructure and consolidate all of its sovereign wealth funds and investments in public sector enterprises under one all-encompassing umbrella – Oman...

Longstanding efforts by Oman’s power distribution companies to cut ‘system losses’ across the country’s main grid have resulted in savings aggregating RO 794 million since 2004 when the sector...

The globally renowned British Standards Institution (BSI), which has played a key role in the drafting of national and international standards for industry products and services for over a century,...

A promising offshore oilfield – the first to be discovered off Oman’s eastern seaboard – has been greenlighted for commercial development, a key stakeholder in the concession announced over the...

Occidental of Oman Inc (Oxy), ranked only second to Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) as the largest producer of crude in the Sultanate, racked up 16 new hydrocarbon discoveries across its large...

China, long the principal market for Omani crude exports, saw its share dip slightly to 78.4 per cent of total exports in 2019, down from 83 per cent a year earlier, according to Oman’s Ministry of...

Oil exporting member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), having been severely impacted by the global economic slowdown and the pandemic, are expected to see the contribution of hydrocarbons...

Notwithstanding a “perfect storm” of developments currently buffeting the company, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) – the country’s biggest oil and gas producer – has earmarked a capital...

Government funding support for Oman’s electricity sector is estimated at RO 605.2 million in 2020, representing a marginal increase over the actual subsidy of RO 601.9 million paid to the sector in...

Parts of the ‘Ministries District’ in Al Khuwair in Muscat Governorate have been designated a ‘Green Zone’, serving to exemplify the Omani government’s ambitions in championing the adoption...

Fatal electrocutions blamed on faulty outdoor water-coolers claimed three lives in separate mishaps reported around the Sultanate last year, according to the Authority for Electricity Regulation (AER)...

Oman Environmental Services Holding Company SAOC (be’ah), the Sultanate’s solid waste management flagship, has embarked on a plan to harness the potentially prodigious quantities of used cooking...

Relief measures unveiled recently by Oman’s Tax Authority offer a measure of welcome respite to businesses hit hard by the pandemic, as well as the accompanying economic downturn. They are the...

Construction work is set to shortly commence on a pair of major dam projects that are key to securing key economic and civilian infrastructure in Salalah from catastrophic flooding of the kind that...

Investments in last-mile logistics, encompassing the final step of the delivery process from a distribution facility to the end-user, are projected to grow dramatically in the Sultanate as growing...