10/28/2020 - A company official statement was released by the chairman and CEO of Canada Business Holdings confirming that the company plans to go ahead with the ultra-low sulphur fuel oil refinery in the Sultanat... |
7/6/2020 - CBH Inc. will invest in the Sultanate of Oman in the construction of a Low Sulphur Fuel Oil Refinery. The LSFO refinery aims to serve the growing shipping needs for IMO complaint cleaner fuel for ship... |
3/26/2019 - The Oman Oil and Orpic Group will officially inaugurate one of its strategic growth projects, the Suhar Refinery Improvement Project (SRIP) under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Hamed AL Rumhi, ... |
5/7/2018 - Oman is working with consultancy Mckinsey & Co to integrate its refining and petrochemical industries into one entity, a senior Omani official and a financial source familiar with the matter said. ... |
1/20/2018 - Construction work is set to begin in earnest on Oman’s first bitumen refinery — an ambitious venture that will, for the first time, help offset imports of bitumen for road building and other applicati... |
9/13/2017 - The Asian market continued its upward trend in August, and was also affected by disruption of supply from
the USGC, resulting in growth in all product crack spreads, with the exception of fuel oil, w... |
6/14/2017 - The Asian market weakened in May, pressured by the supply side amid expectations of increasing refinery
runs following the end of peak maintenance season. A lack of export opportunities also weighed ... |
4/12/2017 - The Asian market got support from expectations of a more balanced market in the lead up to the onset of the regional maintenance season. This occurred amid stronger middle distillates demand fuelling ... |
4/1/2017 - Kuwait will sign a partnership agreement with Oman for Duqm refinery near the port in the Al Wusta region on April 10, Kuwait's oil minister said. The 230,000 barrel per day facility is part of the va... |
2/4/2017 - Orpic, the nation’s refining and petrochemicals flagship, has announced the successful completion of a trio of major components at the heart of its multi-billion dollar upgrade of its refinery at Soha... |
11/9/2016 - Oman Oil Company S.A.O.C. (OOC), the Sultanates investment arm in the energy and energy related sectors, and Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd (KPI), the international subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum ... |
10/11/2016 - The Sohar Refinery Expansion Project is inching towards a soft opening by the end of 2016 as planned earlier. The $2.7-billion project should be completed by the end of first quarter of 2017, said Sal... |
8/10/2016 - Oman's crude oil exports will drop by about 50,000 barrels per day when new refining capacity comes onstream in the northern city of Sohar by early 2017, Minister of Oil and Gas Mohammad bin Hamad al-... |
4/6/2016 - Evoqua, the global leader in helping municipalities and industrial customers protect and improve the world's most fundamental natural resource: water, announced it has been chosen to provide carbon ad... |
2/21/2016 - Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company’s (Orpic) Mina Al Fahal refinery in Muscat reported the utilisation of a record capacity of 94 per cent last year. This follows rigorous adherence ... |
3/12/2013 - Orpic said that the fire damage at its Sohar Refinery is limited to the Wet Gas Scrubber, a secondary unit within the plant. The unit has been fenced off and the company is in the process of restartin... |
2/5/2013 - Plans for the development of a major Liquid Terminal at the Port of Duqm, designed to cater to the needs of a world-scale oil refinery as well as a future hydrocarbon-based industry in the Special Eco... |
11/6/2012 - Mina Al Fahal Refinery affiliated to Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) resumed operations of the main unit, which separates crude oil after the facility was temporarily shut... |
9/22/2012 - Preliminary engineering design work on a giant refinery complex at Duqm has commenced, marking a key step in the development of, among other things, a major petrochemicals hub on Oman’s Wusta coast. A... |
9/10/2012 - Musaab bin Abdullah al Mahrooqi, CEO of Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Company, denied any suspension or shortage in the output of refineries in Sohar and Mina al Fahal. The shortage in some filli... |