Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas (TR) has won a contract in Oman to undertake the engineering and front-end engineering design (FEED) of a new grassroots bitumen refinery planned at the country's Sohar Port & Freezone.
The state-owned Oman Oil Company (OOC), the national petroleum investment company, plans to progress the implementation of three strategically petrochemical ventures by 2017. The total investment worth $1.81b.
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has signed a $200m pipe supply contract for four years with an Omani factory as part of its in-country value (ICV) strategy.
Oman agreed to allow South Korean companies to participate in the country's large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, which are estimated to a total cost of $27.1b.
BP Oman announced that phase one of its massive Khazzan natural gas project, which is located in an undeveloped desert site 350km south of Muscat, is 80% complete.
Kuwait Energy Plc announced that the company has brought Faihaa-2 well's production online. The well is situated in the Block 9 concession, in Basra , Southern Iraq.
India has rejected talking with Iran on gas import through Pakistan, in lieu of transferring Iran’s gas through subsea lines, despite the higher costs.
Tethys Oil said its share of oil production from onshore operations at Block 3 and 4 in Oman was more than 12,400b/d in August, about 5% increase from July levels.