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MUSCAT: Artificial intelligence is presenting electricity networks with a new challenge, offering opportunities to improve grid efficiency while simultaneously driving additional demand for power, a...

MUSCAT: The Minister of Energy and Minerals, Eng Salim bin Nasser al Aufi, has called for greater cooperation among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to manufacture critical electricity...

MUSCAT: China’s growing investment in renewable hydrogen and its latest efforts to stimulate industrial demand could open new opportunities for Oman to deepen energy and manufacturing cooperation...

MUSCAT, NOV 1 Chinese-linked industrial projects in Oman are extending into solar technology, battery materials, steel processing and vehicle assembly, offering the Sultanate an opportunity to build a...

MUSCAT: China’s growing influence in global trade and industry presents Oman with an opportunity to expand a relationship that has long centred on oil exports, according to Omani academic Dr...

A sardine caught off the coast of Dhofar can end up in a factory or be dried and sold as livestock feed. For the fisherman, both are potential sources of income. For the factory, the fish is a raw...

A contract worth more than RO 904,000 has been signed to build 21 homes for eligible families in Habroot, a remote community in Dhofar near Oman’s border with Yemen, with handover scheduled for...

Oman-based venture capital firm Phaze Ventures has secured more than $40 million in investor commitments for two new funds targeting over $75 million, although the share of financing earmarked for...

SALALAH: Oman has signed a RO 904,123 contract to build 21 homes for eligible families in Habroot, a remote community in Dhofar near the border with Yemen, with handover scheduled for late 2028. The...

MUSCAT: Oman-based venture capital firm Phaze Ventures has secured more than $40 million in investor commitments for two new funds targeting over $75 million combined, with investments planned in...

MUSCAT, OCT 26 The planned $3 billion investment in an artificial intelligence data centre complex in Salalah would cover buildings, electricity infrastructure, cooling systems and network...

MUSCAT, OCT 25 Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded global energy technology company SLB a five-year contract for integrated well stimulation and hydraulic fracturing services in Block 6, the...

A service can outlast the company contracted to deliver it. The building still needs maintenance, the computer system still needs support and the vehicles still need servicing. But when the contractor...

MUSCAT, OCT 21 Masirah Oil Limited has begun work on the first well of its delayed drilling programme at the offshore Yumna oilfield in Oman’s Block 50, with production from the new well expected to...

MUSCAT: Food and non-alcoholic beverages accounted for roughly half of Oman’s annual rise in consumer prices in September, a Sultan Qaboos University economist has estimated, as higher freight...

Oman's electricity regulator approved a 10-year recovery period for planned battery storage assets, against about 35 years for conventional transmission equipment, Fitch Ratings said, bringing...

MUSCAT, OCT 18 Oman’s decision not to extend Salalah Port Services Company’s operating concessions beyond November 1, 2028 has put the treatment of about $200 million in leased equipment and...

MUSCAT, OCT 18 Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) estimates its remote electrical fault-analysis system avoided about 275 field dispatches between 2024 and mid-2026, reducing the need for engineers to...

QASIM AL MAASHANI More than half of Omanis insured in the private sector were in basic-wage bands below RO 500 a month in 2025. The National Centre for Statistics and Information counted 207,656...

MUSCAT, OCT 14 Oman needs a steady pipeline of private-sector listings to turn growing international recognition into opportunities for long-term investors, Ehsan Khoman, Macro Strategist at...