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Renewable resources: OPWP completes wind resource assessment for Jaalan Bani Bu Ali and Duqm locationsOman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP), the single buyer of electricity and water output...

A state-owned utility responsible for wastewater services in Oman’s Dhofar Governorate has invited proposals from investors for the development of a first-ever commercial-scale biomethane-based...

The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn) is pressing ahead with plans for the development of Oman’s first integrated vehicle hub at Suhar Industrial City on the Sultanate’s North...

New milestone: Transfer of powers, prerogatives from predecessor entities to new entities comes into effect@conradprabhuOman’s newly restructured and integrated water and wastewater services sector...

A national initiative to rid the Omani market of incandescent light systems, among other energy-inefficient light bulbs, is being formally unveiled tomorrow, June 2, at a virtual forum hosted by the...

Electricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 percent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a year-on-year...

@conradprabhuElectricity consumption dipped a modest, but unprecedented, 1.9 per cent to 33,156 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in 2020, reversing for the first time since the sector was restructured in 2005 a...

The establishment of two new entities to oversee water and wastewater services in the Sultanate will help ensure efficiency and sustainability in the operation of the two sets of networks, according...

A key milestone has been reached in the delivery of the Yibal Khuff project — among the big-ticket integrated Oil & Gas developments of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the project’s principal...

Ambitious goals: Oman anticipates around 30 per cent of its power requirements coming from renewable energy resources by 2030Grid-connected solar PV systems installed by various government, commercial...

Decarbonisation ambitions: Sultanate’s innovation-driven start-up 44.01 to collaborate with Climeworks of Switzerland in exploring carbon capture utilising geological formations in the...

The Oman Green Energy Hub — a giant integrated green fuels project unveiled last week for development across the vast desert settings of the Sultanate’s Al Wusta Governorate — is expected to...

Muscat: Majority state-owned Oman Flour Mills, the biggest flour miller in the Sultanate, is weighing a series of investments and initiatives that will further expand and diversify its presence in the...

MUSCAT, May 13 The Omani government’s plans for the procurement of two major utility-scale solar powered projects in the interior of the country are still on track, although implementation and...

Ripple effects: Shipments bound for African, European markets delayed, cancelled or deferred during week-long canal mishapThe recent week-long blockage of the Suez Canal — one of the world’s...

Oman Airports, the state-owned company operating and managing the international and domestic airports in the Sultanate, has initiated steps to lay the initial building blocks of a new Airport City...

Zero-carbon: Partnership of Fusion Fuel Green of Ireland and CCC Group to invest in clean energy venture to help refining and petrochemical firms achieve their decarbonisation goalsOman is among three...

Majority government-owned Oman Cement Company has announced that it has paused plans for the development of a major cement project at the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Duqm pending confirmation of...

International energy firm Tethys Oil says investments in its expanding portfolio of upstream Oil & Gas assets in the Sultanate are projected at around $47 million in 2021.Oman is presently the Swedish...

As the Sultanate gears up to implement Value Added Tax (VAT) on a variety of goods and services effective from this Friday, April 16, 2021, tourists and business travellers are being assured of a...