FDO participates in Oman Maritime Confex
Muscat - Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) is participating in Oman Maritime Confex, which opened on Monday and will continue until October 26. Oman Maritime Confex aims at enhancing Oman as a...
Oman Airports signs an agreement with Vanderlande Industries
Muscat- Oman Airports has signed an agreement with Vanderlande Industries BV for the operation and maintenance of baggage handling and boarding bridge systems at Muscat International and Salalah...
European apples ripe for the Middle East market
Dubai - A new report by the French National Apple and Pear Association (ANPP) has revealed that Middle East consumers can look forward to sweeter French apples this year due to naturally occurring...
Sohar International raises RO160 million
Muscat - Sohar International has announced a fully subscribed rights issue of RO160 million. The funds raised will contribute to enhancing the bank’s capital base in order to meet the bank’s...
Oman’s first satellite set for orbit
CORNWALL: The first Omani satellite, Aman, was successfully prepared for its launch into the Low Earth Orbit, at Newquay, Cornwall, in the UK on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Integrated into a launch...
Bank Muscat, Galfar pact for RO 39 million financing facility
MUSCAT: In line with its commitment to providing world-class banking services and facilities, Bank Muscat, the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate of Oman, and Galfar Engineering &...
Gulf Drilling gets API Q2, Edition 2, certification
Gulf Drilling LLC (GD), the Drilling arm of Mohammed Al Barwani Petroleum Services, has become the first oil and gas Service Company in Oman to receive the newly updated American Petroleum Institute...
Liquid fertilizer plant to come up in Sohar Freezone
Sohar Freezone has signed a land lease agreement with Integrated Solutions Plant and Land Services (FZC) LLC to establish a liquid fertilizer plant spread over a 15,000 sqm-plot. The project...
Huawei inaugurates mega Experience Store in Mall of Oman
Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has opened its largest and third Experience Store in Muscat. The new store on level 3 of Mall of Oman is also one of the tech giant’s biggest experience stores...
Oman’s first rooftop solar PV I-REC registration announced
The growth of renewable energy in the Sultanate of Oman continues to rise year upon year with the addition of wind projects, small-scale solar projects, as well as large-scale (utility) projects....
Teller mobile application to make money transfers easier
An Oman-based company has launched a new app, Teller, which will assist people in the Sultanate of Oman to transfer funds from their account to any other bank account instantly with simplicity. ...
National strategy for renewables, green hydrogen finalised
A National Energy Plan setting out a strategy for the exploitation of renewable resources, with the specific accent on green hydrogen, has been completed, according to Abdulaziz bin Said al Shidhani...
RO 150m Batinah-Dhahirah water transmission project comes online
Oman Water and Wastewater Services Company (OWWSC) announced the operationalisation of the water transmission line that links the Sohar Water Desalination Plant and Al Dhahirah Governorate Ibrahim...
Circular economy, tourism projects worth RO 1.5 billion unveiled
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, in cooperation with the government and private sectors, unveiled at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre on Sunday a total of 18...
Deal signed for Oman’s first penicillin project
Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC (MHD LLC), one of the largest and pioneering business houses in the Sultanate of Oman, has signed an agreement with Ali bin Moosa al Balushi, National Bank of Oman (NBO), and...
Hutchison Ports Sohar begins work on $30m integrated inspection facility
MUSCAT: Hutchison Ports Sohar held a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday, marking the start of construction on its new Solar Powered Integrated Inspection Facility Project. In attendance at the...
27% decline in mobile malware attacks in Oman: Kaspersky
An analysis of the cybersecurity threat landscape reveals a steady decline in attacks on mobile devices in the Sultanate of Oman, according to well-known cybersecurity specialist Kaspersky. The...
Pact signed to support Oman’s Low Earth Orbit space mission
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, Omani technology firm ETCO signed on Thursday an initial agreement with international digital technology...
Oman ranked 3rd in MENA region for green energy ambitions
The Sultanate of Oman has secured the third position in an index of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region ranked according to their commitment to renewable energy development to...
Fitch revises Mazoon Electricity’s outlook to stable
International ratings agency Fitch Ratings has revised Omani power distribution and supply utility Mazoon Electricity Company SAOC’s Outlook to Stable from Negative, while affirming the company’s...