As economic activity continues to expand outside of the capital, steps are being taken to meet a growing demand for increased infrastructure. One notable example is the effort to expand power generation capacity in Salalah, the capital of the Dhofar region.
Articles & Analysis | Power-up: The Salalah region will see improvements to its electricity grid from The Report: Oman 2013
Articles & Analysis | Duqm delivers: Dramatic economic growth is reshaping this port town from The Report: Oman 2013
Some of the most dramatic economic growth outside of Oman’s capital can be found in the port town of Duqm. Located approximately 550 km to the south of Muscat in the Al Wusta region, Duqm was a small fishing community in the 1950s when a team arrived to begin oil exploration in the area. Today economic activity in the town focuses on the...
Articles & Analysis | Potential for continued success: The country’s three major marketing firms have seen healthy growth from The Report: Oman 2013
Three major marketing companies take lubricant and fuel products from the Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Company and distribute them to retail, commercial and aviation customers across the sultanate. The market they share is a fiercely competitive one, but the most recent figures reveal a healthy sector with capacity for growth.
Articles & Analysis | Multiple markets: Increasing demand for natural gas as an energy source has created new challenges from The Report: Oman 2013
One of the most pressing challenges thrown up by Oman’s rapid development since the 1970s is how to best utilise its energy resources. As with much of the region, in Oman this question is raised most frequently in relation to natural gas – the once-neglected by-product of the oil extraction process that is increasingly in demand as an energy...
Articles & Analysis | Light of day: Major renewable energy projects are under way across the globe from The Report: Oman 2013
The global insolation map has three notable patches: one in western Australia, another in south-west US and the last stretching across North Africa all the way to Saudi Arabia. It is in these regions where the most sun hits the ground, creating the greatest potential for solar energy. The large swatch in the MENA region is of particular interest these days. It runs...
Articles & Analysis | Improving performance: Expanded capacity will allow for more refined products to be exported from The Report: Oman 2013
With 222,000 barrels per day (bpd) of refining capacity, Oman may be struggling to meet domestic demand now, but an expansion of one of the nation’s two refining facilities and the development of a new refinery operation is set to more than double the sultanate’s output of refined products and open the door to a new export business.