What is being done to ensure that natural gas requirements for large-scale utilities and industrial projects have adequate feeder stock?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Harib Al Kitani, CEO, Oman Liquefied Natural Gas (Oman LNG) from The Report: Oman 2013
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Nasser bin Khamis Al Jashmi, Undersecretary, Ministry of Oil and Gas from The Report: Oman 2013
How is policy being shaped to increase in-country value (ICV) and procurement of local goods and services in the oil and gas sector?
Articles & Analysis | Developing the workforce: Omanisation has created both challenges and opportunities from The Report: Oman 2013
Talk to anybody working in the Omani oil and gas sector and it’s not long before the question of human resources arises. “The reservoirs here are hugely challenging, so the competency gap is a problem, but it would even be a problem in the US or any other market. We need to work with the government to provide adequate training,” Chokri Ben Amor, the general manager of...
Articles & Analysis | Boosting industry: Expanding downstream capacity will add value to raw materials from The Report: Oman 2013
Stepping up efforts to capitalise on its hydrocarbons wealth, Oman is boosting its downstream industrial capacity by expanding the petrochemicals sector and providing the fuel stocks needed to power other industries. However, the success of this programme still pins much of the country’s economic growth on its oil and gas resources. The...
Articles & Analysis | Between a rock and a hard place: Fracking is the most efficient method for accessing deep reserves from The Report: Oman 2013
The sultanate has a proven track record in the extraction of unconventional oil and gas. Its Block 61 project, undertaken with BP, is one of the most ambitious tight gas drilling projects in the world and, in the view of many in the industry, the technology employed there represents the future of gas production in the sultanate. “In Oman,...
Articles & Analysis | Balance of power: The industry is looking to both expand and transition to advanced methods and technologies from The Report: Oman 2013
The Gulf is often synonymous with “easy” oil, massive reservoirs that sit invitingly on Jurassic or Cretaceous shelf limestones. Oman’s hydrocarbons wealth, however, has proven a more challenging proposition. Dispersed in complex clusters, the difficulties associated with exploiting the sultanate’s oil and gas reserves have made the nation a...