VOL. XLV

No 44

4-November-2002

OMAN

Third Fertilizer Project Planned

Oman Oil Company (OOC) announced on 21 October that it had signed an MOU with Engro Chemical Pakistan Ltd (ECPL) for the establishment of an ammonia plant with the capacity to produce 850,000 tons/year of urea in the sultanate. The project will involve the relocation of a plant operated by ECPL in Pakistan. A feasibility study is scheduled for completion in mid-2003. Two fertilizer projects are already being established in Oman....