Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 10

7-March-2005

OMAN

Sohar Aluminium Chooses Bechtel As Contractor, Shareholders Finalize Agreement

Sohar Aluminium Company announced on 1 March that it had selected Bechtel as its favored bidder for the engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM) contract for the smelter that the company intends to build in the Sohar Industrial Estate near Omans Sohar Industrial Port (MEES, 12 July and 29 November 2004). Negotiations with Bechtel are...