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MUSCAT: InvestOman, the government’s preeminent investment facilitation arm, has announced the signing of a commercial agreement with Green Ferro Alloy (FZC) LLC, which is establishing a...

MUSCAT: A delegation representing Taiwan’s semiconductor manufacturing sector recently wrapped up week-long talks aimed at exploring opportunities for collaboration in this strategically important...

24 Dec 2024 MUSCAT: OQ, the integrated energy group of Oman, raised around $2.5 billion from initial public offerings (IPOs) of two of its subsidiaries OQ Exploration & Production (OQEP) and OQ Base...

MUSCAT: The rollout of electricity smart metres and prepaid metres — part of a strategy to enhance the overall efficiency of power supply and distribution — has intensified in recent months, with...

MUSCAT: Norwegian sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) producer Nordic Electrofuel has revealed that it has ambitions to establish an e-SAF plant in the Sultanate of Oman, utilising renewable hydrogen as...

MUSCAT: Hysata, the Australian manufacturer of electrolyers billed as among the world’s most efficient, foresees a significantly enlarged role for itself in Oman’s emerging green hydrogen...

MUSCAT: Leading Chinese firm JA Solar Technology plans to set up a major solar cell and module production plant in the Sultanate of Oman with an investment of around $540 million. The new investment,...

MUSCAT, DEC 19 The rollout of Digital Tax Stamps – which must be affixed to merchandise liable for Excise Tax in the Sultanate of Oman – will be expanded to cover all imports of excisable...

MUSCAT, DEC 18 EDF Renewables, the wholly-owned subsidiary of French utility EDF Group, has announced that its 500 MW solar PV project, Manah-1, currently nearing completion in Oman’s Al Dakhiliyah...

MUSCAT, DEC 18 Italian-based global engineering and certification services specialist RINA has been tapped by a key contractor for the Hafeet Rail project to provide an array of system integration...

MUSCAT, DEC 17 The Italian Navy’s training ship, Amerigo Vespucci, billed as ‘The Most Beautiful Ship in the World’, is set to call at Port Sultan Qaboos in Muscat next month – a landmark...

MUSCAT, DEC 15 A landmark project to extract valuable copper from massive stockpiles of tailings — a legacy of state-owned Oman Mining Company’s (OMCO) copper mining operations during the 80s and...

MUSCAT: A new solar PV based Independent Power Project (IPP), set to come up at Ibri in Al Dhahirah Governorate, is expected to be integrated with utility-scale battery storage in a first for Oman’s...

MUSCAT: A pair of wind power projects, announced last week to advance the decarbonisation goals of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), will feature a total of 36 wind turbines each capable of generating...

MUSCAT: In one of its biggest capacity procurements to date, Nama Power and Water Procurement Company (PWP) – the sole procurer of new power generation capacity – has announced plans for the...

MUSCAT: Thyssenkrupp Nucera, a global technology leader in the green hydrogen industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hydrom, the orchestrator of Oman’s green hydrogen sector,...

MUSCAT, DEC 11 The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has launched a competitive tender to procure the services of a private Omani firm to develop and operate the Oman Business Platform (OBP) project — an...

MUSCAT, DEC 10 The Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR), the regulator of Oman’s power sector, among other utilities, is contemplating a number of landmark measures aimed at liberalizing...

MUSCAT, DEC 9 Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the nation’s biggest oil and gas producer, is set to award contracts later this week for a new solar Independent Power Project (IPP), as well as a...

MUSCAT, DEC 9 OQ Gas Networks (OQGN), the operator of Oman’s natural gas transportation network, says its partnership with Belgium-based energy infrastructure group Fluxys will help contribute to...