Oiltanking Odfjell Terminals & Co. (OOTO) has started operations at a recently completed tank storage terminal at Sohar, Oman. OOTO commissioned 322,000 cu meters of tank storage... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/14558.html
Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL; Tel Aviv) has reported a 445% increase in net profits to $703.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30. And sales for the period increased by 116% to... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/13713.html
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Mumbai) says the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC; Washington DC) has given clearance for the previously announced tender offer by Alkaloida Chemical... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/13581.html
Octal (Muscat) says it will boost capacity of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins by an additional 500,000 m.t./year at Salalah, Oman by May 2010. The company says the resins will... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/11584.html
Octal (Muscat) says its previously announced polyethylene terephthalate (PET) complex at Salalah, Oman will come onstream in August at a cost of $300 million. The plant will have... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/11244.html
Oman’s Supreme Committee for Town Planning (Muscat) has issued a tender for a masterplan that would integrate a previously announced refining and petrochemical complex in the... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/10391.html
The world is witnessing a new chapter in the chemical industry's dynamics and evolution with the emergence of the Mideast as an economic powerhouse, says Andrew Liveris, chairman and... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/9370.html
Octal (Muscat, Oman) is investing $300 million dollars to expand its amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) sheet-making capacity from 30,000 m.t./year to 300,000 m.t./year. The... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/9316.html
Oman Oil Co. says it has completed financial arrangements for a previously announced methanol complex planned by Salalah Methanol Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Oman Oil, at... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/8115.html
Octal Holding (Ruwi, Oman) is looking for further investment opportunities in petrochemicals followig completion in mid-2008 of a $300-million amorphous polyester complex at Salalah... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/8064.html
Oman Petrochemical Industries Corp. (OPIC; Muscat) has indefinitely postponed plans to build a petrochemical complex at Sohar, Oman, due to escalating costs, sources say (CW, Feb. 8... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/middle_east/oman/6752.html
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