Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 46

14-November-2005

OMAN

Sohar Refinery On Track For May 2006 Start-Up

The $1.2bn project to construct a 116,000 b/d refinery at Sohar is 93% complete and on track for start-up in May 2006, with full commercial operations starting four months later in September, Sohar Refinery Company CEO Yaqub Bilal said, in an Oman Daily Observer report of 8 November. Mr Bilal said that pre-commissioning and commissioning activities were under way and many utility...