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The latest ‘Economic Diversification Report 2020’ produced by the Oman Vision 2040 Implementation Follow-up Unit – the successor of the Implementation Support & Follow-up Unit (ISFU) –...

@conradprabhu - Value creation: Used cooking oil, wood waste, glass waste and end-of-life tyres added to list of recyclable waste streams restricted for export Locally generated used cooking oil...

Nature conservation: Two specially-designed feeding sites to be established at be’ah facilities during 2021 @conradprabhu Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (be’ah), the...

Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (be’ah), the nation’s solid waste management entity, says it will oversee the roll-out of at least 25 reverse vending machines (RVMs) at key locations...

@conradprabhuEnergy Development Oman (EDO), the wholly state-owned energy company set up to represent the government’s majority stake in Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) – the Sultanate’s...

International bidding has commenced for three hydrocarbon blocks offered by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals as part of the Oman Licensing Round 2021. The roughly four-month-long competitive...

Countries of the Arabian Peninsula, which includes the Sultanate of Oman on its southeastern edge, will unlikely be spared any of the dire weather-related predictions made by the UN’s...

An expanding portfolio of industrial clusters and innovation assets distributed around the country is proving beneficial to the realisation of Oman’s ambitious Smart City agenda, according to a key...

Oman Food Investment Holding Company (OFIC) — the government’s food sector investment and development arm – has revealed that it is offering an equity stake of up to 35 per cent in its flagship...

As many as 16 industrial cities and related manufacturing zones are expected to form part of Oman’s expanding industrial base by the year 2040 — up from 11 presently — with the non-oil economy...

In conjunction with ambitious strategies for the development of, among other sectors, infrastructure, transport, green energy resources, and agriculture and food, the landmark National Spatial...

@conradprabhu -By 2040, the Sultanate’s eleven governorates are envisioned to evolve into economic hubs in their own right, each with their own distinctive forte based on their competitive...

Key trends: Capex budget cut by 35 per cent as part of urgent measures to maintain cash-flow; Hotel metal production hits new record Sohar Aluminium (SA), owned 40 per cent by OQ – the...

@conradprabhu - Key factors: Proximity to maritime gateway, raw materials and temperature-controlled warehouses, as well as connectivity with global markets offer competitive advantages to investors:...

Strategic project: Plan to link Raz Markaz terminal with Main Oil Line under study@conradprabhu -Phase 1 of a world-scale Crude Oil Storage Terminal, currently nearing completion at Ras Markaz on the...

@conradprabhu -Synergies: Facility to capitalize on polymer output from Liwa PlasticsA new cluster targeted at downstream plastics-related investments is being established at Suhar Industrial City –...

@conradprabhu - With air-conditioning systems operating at full throttle amid Oman’s peak summer season, the impact on electricity bills stripped of subsidy is driving many homeowners to consider...

PROMISING POTENTIAL: Muscat-based growth stage venture capital fund OTF Jasoor Ventures among early investors in SwvlAn Oman-backed regional transportation platform, Swvl, has announced plans to be...

Having established a Smart City Platform as a hub for knowledge sharing, solution enablement and capacity building, Oman is now looking to replicate this success at the national level is support the...

Hydrogen Rise AG, a well-known German firm specialising in hydrogen fuel technologies, says it is keenly exploring opportunities for the development of module-scale green hydrogen schemes in the...