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The Public Authority for Privatisation and Partnership (PAPP), set up by Royal Decree last July to spur, among other things, private investment in strategic projects under the...

Key milestone: OQ announces successful test runs at project’s midstream NGL facility in Fahud MUSCAT: Liwa Plastics, the Sultanate’s flagship petrochemicals project nearing completion at Sohar...

Muscat: The development and operation of a National Ports Community System in Oman – an initiative to strengthen the Sultanate’s credentials as a logistics-enabled economy – will now be pursued...

Muscat: Leading oil producers in the Sultanate are preparing to slash output during May and June 2020 in line with a pledge by the OPEC+ alliance, which includes Oman as a signatory, to cut global...

Historic OPEC+ pact: The planned production cuts come as Oman’s crude benchmark – the Oman Crude Futures Contract (OQD) – plummeted to a new low of $16.82 per barrel in trading on the Dubai...

Logistics-enabled economy: Public Authority for Privatisation and Partnership (PAPP) seeks consultant to provide Transaction Advisory Services for development of Port Community System MUSCAT: The...

Muscat: Having undertaken the in-house production of over 20,000 litres of sanitizer for free distribution across its vast concession, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) – the nation’s biggest oil...

Muscat: An article by economists of the World Bank has commended the policy responses of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but underlines the...

Salalah Free Zone (SFZ) – the Sultanate’s first free zone development -- plans to bring into operation 10 new factories and industrial ventures before the end of this year, further strengthening...

Muscat: Around 24 Omani tech startups are participating in a global competition that will see five of the world’s top teams collecting attractive cash prizes, as well as accolades for formulating...

Muscat: The process of rolling out small-scale PV systems on the rooftops of residential buildings in the Sultanate has now entered a key phase in its execution, according to the Authority for...

Makers Oman – the Sultanate’s newest hub for Omani-driven science and technology innovations – has commenced production of a range of locally engineered items designed to strengthen the...

Sohar Port and Free Zone (SOHAR) is embarking on the implementation of its ‘Sohar East Development’ project – the second of three reclamation initiatives that will add new land for industrial...

Muscat: Timely interventions by the Ministry of Manpower have so far helped stave off mass redundancies in Oman’s oilfield industry, which is bracing for sizable spending cutbacks in the wake of a...

Muscat: Timely interventions by the Ministry of Manpower have so far helped stave off mass redundancies in Oman’s oilfield industry, which is bracing for sizable spending cutbacks in the wake of a...

Intaj-Suhar, the first of its kind ‘dies and moulds’ project operating under the auspices of Sohar University, is preparing to ramp up production of face visors for distribution to first...

The Oman Technology Fund (OTF), the Sultanate’s leading venture capital investment fund, has announced funding support for three Omani new startups that will help strengthen the virtual marketplace...

Murtadha M J Ibrahim al Jamalani, Chairman – OCCI’s Finance & Insurance Sector Committee, highlights the indispensability of a strong insurance industry for a country increasingly buffeted by...

An anticipated contraction in the Omani economy in 2020, attributable to the oil price downturn and the public health response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, is expected to give way to...

BP Oman, which operates the prolific Khazzan and Ghazeer gas fields in Block 61, says it is partnering with an Omani SME in the production of 4,000 face shields for distribution to healthcare...