Turner Townsend appoints new Oman director
Construction consultancy Turner & Townsend has appointed Simon Trafford as director and country manager for Oman.
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Oman’s Redeployment Strategy saves 2,100 oil jobs
Oman’s Redeployment Strategy has saved 2,100 jobs from redundancy, according to officials.
Plexus wins $600,000 contract in Oman
Plexus Holdings has landed a $600,000 deal in Oman with Masirah Oil.
Tethys secures share of onshore Oman play
Tethys Oil netted 359,779 barrels of oil from its share of the production from Blocks 3 and 4 onshore in Oman in December 2015.
Swiss authorities helping Oman in oil corruption probe
The office of Switzerland's attorney general is helping authorities in Oman investigate alleged corruption in the Gulf sultanate's national oil company and oil ministry, a Swiss law enforcement source has said.
BP awards £80million contract to Carillon Alawi for Khazzan gas project
BP has awarded a contract worth £80million to Carillon Alawi to help build the operational base and accommodation complex for its Khazzan gas project. The deal includes the construction of facilities as well as a residential complex for 250 personnel and other infrastructure buildings in the region, which is 350km from Muscat.
Massive solar plant planned for Oman
The largest producer of oil and gas in Oman is to build one the world's largest solar plants.
Total to leave Oman block
Total has pulled out of a deepwater block in offshore Oman. Nasser Al Aufi, undersecretary at the Ministry of Oil and Gas, did not provide any details regarding the French company's decision. The company has signed an exploration and production-sharing agreement in December 2013 for Block 41, which lies off the Omani coast, north-west of Muscat.
Oman joins other oil nations saying OPEC decision wrong
Oman, the biggest Middle Eastern oil producer that’s not a member of OPEC, joined Venezuela and Iran in questioning the group’s decision to keep its output target unchanged even with crude prices falling. Oman is having a “really difficult time” because of low oil prices, Oman’s Oil Minister Mohammed Al-Rumhy said at a conference in Kuwait City. Standard & Poor’s lowered the country’s outlook to negative from stable on December 5, citing a risk that oil may drop more than expected.