Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 25

20-June-2005

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OMC Plans Second Methanol Plant At Sohar

The shareholders of Oman Methanol Company (OMC) have agreed in principle to set up a second 1.05mn tons/year methanol plant in Sohar, on the site where the first plant is being built. In April this year Germanys MAN Ferrostaal was selected to build the first $500mn/1.05mn t/y facility (MEES, 18 April). Completion is scheduled for September 2007. The target for financial closure for the second...