One of the most open in the region to foreign investment and private ownership of assets, Oman’s utilities sector is expanding to meet growing demand for power and water. Independent water and power plants (IWPPs) and independent power plants (IPPs) are flourishing under the sultanate’s investor-friendly Sector Law, enjoying healthy profits from...
The nature of Oman’s geology and the locations of its proven crude oil reserves mean that the sultanate has had to become a pioneer in the area of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology. EOR includes a range of techniques for extracting oil from geologically difficult reservoirs. As Oman’s more easily accessible reserves deplete over the coming...
The largest segment of Oman’s insurance sector, auto policies account for two-fifths of premium income. This line of business is arguably the most important one in the sector and has been singled out for extra attention under the effort of government agencies to improve road safety and reduce risk for insurers. This includes more data collection...
Boosting economic integration among the Gulf states has been a key component of the GCC since the organisation was established in late May 1981. Indeed, while the six countries that make up the GCC – namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE – have implemented joint projects in a wide variety of sectors, economic cooperation...
What regulations have been formulated to mitigate the underlying risk profile of exposures, such as bank lending to non-resident entities?
For years the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) has been a small, but stable and growing bourse. Oman’s government and corporations are typically well financed on their own, and therefore access to capital has not been a driving factor helping to increase the size and ease of trading in formal capital markets such as the MSM. Authorities...
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