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MUSCAT: Leading local and international consultancy firms are preparing to bid for a key tender floated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the Sultanate of Oman for the master-planning and...

MUSCAT: Minerals Development Oman (MDO), the country’s leading mining sector player, has announced the successful completion of its landmark Airborne Geophysical Survey project – a two-year...

Muscat: Development of the Muttrah Square project – a landmark initiative to embellish the appeal of the popular Muttrah waterfront in Muscat Governorate – is set to get underway in earnest with...

MUSCAT: Sparklo, a global Al-driven cleantech company, has commenced the installation of an initial batch of its innovative Sparklomat reverse vending machines to help support the recycling of plastic...

MUSCAT: A high-level delegation representing government and public sector entities responsible for delivering Oman’s national food security strategy, visited Khazaen Economic City to conduct a...

MUSCAT: Oman Oil Marketing Company SAOG (OOMCO), a subsidiary of OQ Group, has announced the successful installation of 12 EV charging stations at strategic locations around the Sultanate of Oman –...

Muscat: A decarbonisation pathway unveiled OQ Gas Networks (OQGN), the exclusive operator of Oman’s gas transportation network, envisions a wide array of clean energy and electrification...

MUSCAT: The Spain Oman Private Equity Fund (SOPEF), a joint venture between the Oman Investment Authority (OIA) and Spanish state-owned trading company Cofides, has announced plans to fund the growth...

MUSCAT: Commercial banking credit to the Omani household sector grew 4.8 per cent to top RO 11.4 billion in 2023, according to the Central Bank of Oman (CBO). This compares with a growth rate of 2.8...

MUSCAT: Integrated Gas Company (IGC), the sole aggregator and supplier of natural gas in the Sultanate of Oman, has invited existing end-users to bid for short-term gas supplies in the first such...

MUSCAT: Wholly state-owned Nama Electricity Distribution Company (NEDC), created out of the merger of local distribution and supply entities, has seen assets grow to RO 2.16 billion in value by the...

MUSCAT: The phenomenon of bounced cheques – a serious legal offence in the Sultanate of Oman – continues to track downward in significant part because of the increasing popularity of digital...

MUSCAT: Abdullah bin Ali al Amri, Chairman of Oman’s Environment Authority, presided over the inaugural meeting of the Executive Committee overseeing the delivery of the first edition of the Oman...

MUSCAT: Seeking to jumpstart the growth of a domestic semiconductor industry, Invest Oman – the premier investment facilitation arm of the government – has invited international investors...

MUSCAT: The joint venture of French energy group TotalEnergies and Omani state-owned integrated energy group OQ has received the European Commission’s (EC) green light to proceed with the execution...

MUSCAT: Authorities at the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD) have begun preparing the groundwork for the establishment of an Integrated Cold Chain Cluster at the SEZ – part of a strategic bid to...

Biodiesel production from Used Cooking Oil (UCO) and other biowaste streams has the potential to grow exponentially in the Sultanate of Oman thanks to two key drivers: Firstly, burgeoning...

MUSCAT: Energy major BP is acquiring a 49-per cent stake in Hyport Duqm, a gigawatt-scale green hydrogen and green ammonia project planned for implementation at Duqm in the southeast of the Sultanate...

MUSCAT: Underscoring Oman’s increasing reliance on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) to sustain oil and gas production, SNF — the world’s leading provider of integrated solutions for chemical-EOR —...

MUSCAT: Prominent US based drilling services provider Helmerich & Payne (H&P) has confirmed that it has acquired leading drilling services contractor KCA Deutag International Limited in a deal worth...