Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 42

17-October-2005

OMAN

BP Marine Inaugurates Salalah Bunker Facility

BP Marine on 9 October inaugurated its new $15mn bunker facility at Salalah port. The new facility comprises five fuel oil tanks with a total capacity of 88,000 tons and a 500-ton gas oil tank, doubling the companys storage capacity at the port. Salalah port is undergoing an expansion program which will add two new berths to go alongside the existing four. Berths 5 and 6, along with the...