Oman has long been a stable projects market, the next few years could see the market grow substantially as it seeks to diversify its economy further and promote projects in more remote regions

1. 2013 Oman Projects in Oil and Gas, Power and Water,
Transport, Construction Market Report
The latest market intelligence report from MEED Insight, Oman Projects Market 2013 Report,
provides a detailed outlook for spending across all core sectors, including oil and gas, power and water,
transport, industry and construction. It profiles key projects and clients and will include an overview of
Oman’s economy and politics.
Although Oman has long been a stable projects market, the next few years could see the market grow
substantially as it seeks to diversify its economy further and promote projects in more remote regions.
This new Oman Projects Market report is essential reading for any company interested in accessing this
growing and increasingly diverse market.
The research report focuses particularly on the key future projects such as BP’s $15bn Khazzan
development, the $10bn development of the Duqm refinery and petrochemicals complex, the expansion
of Sohar refinery and other key projects such as the sultanate’s roads and airports programme, its
railway plans, and ambitious wastewater programme.
In addition to the exclusive forecast for projects spending in the medium term, the research report also
ranks and profiles the key clients and contractors, international and local alike. Through this
comprehensive report you will gain insight to:
 Exclusive forecasts for planned investment in Oman
 Proprietary client and contractor rankings
 Details on upcoming projects and schedules
 Key opportunities, challenges and much more..
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Report Details:
Published: December 2012
Price: US$4000
Table of Contents
1 Preface 7
2 Executive summary 8
3 Politics 9
3.1 Political unrest 9
3.2 Elections 201 10

2. 3.3 Succession 10
3.4 Policy 11
4 Economy 12
4.1 Overview 12
4.2 Economic growth 14
4.3 Inflation 14
4.4 Government spending 14
4.5 Budget 15
4.6 Public debt 15
4.7 Sovereign rating 15
4.8 Foreign direct investment 16
4.9 Reserves 16
4.10 Trade 16
4.11 Economic diversification 17
412 Outlook 19
5 Projects market 20
5.1 Public vs Private 23
5.2 Cancelled projects 25
5.3 The main contractors 26
5.4 The main clients 27
5.5 Future projects 29
5.6 Forecast 30
6 Energy 32
6.1 Structure 33
6.2 Upstream oil 35
6.3 Gas 40
6.4 Refining46
6.5 Petrochemicals 48
6.6 Projects market 51
6.7 Contractors 55
7 Construction 57
7.1 Overview 57
7.2 Contract awards 57
7.3 Project by status 59
7.3.1 Projects under execution 59
7.3.2 Projects on hold 59
7.3.3 Projects pipeline 60
7.3.4 Projects out to tender 62
7.4 Projects under way by sector 63
7.5 Projects under way by governorate 64
7.6 Most active clients 65
7.7 Most active consultants 66

3. 7.8 Most active contractors 67
7.9 Tourism 68
7.9.1 Omran 70
8 Transport 75
8.1 Airports 75
8.2 Ports 78
8.3 Rail 80
8.4 Roads 82
9 Industry 84
9.1 Economic diversification 84
9.2 Steel 85
9.3 Downstream steel 87
9.4 Iron ore pelletising 88
9.5 Aluminium 89
9.6 Downstream aluminium 89
9.7 Chromite and ferrochrome 91
9.8 Cement 92
9.9 Mining 93
9.10 Future spending 94
10 Power and water 97
10.1 Power 97
10.2 Desalination 106
10.3 Fuel and alternative energy 111
11 Wastewater 114
11.1 Muscat 115
11.2 Salalah 123
11.3 The rest of Oman 123
List of Tables
Table 1: Council of Ministers 10
Table 2: Economic indicators, 2007-13 (% unless indicated) 14
Table 3: Budgeted spending, 2012 15
Table 4: Top trading partners, 2012 16
Table 5: Top 10 contracts awarded, 2006-12 23
Table 6: Selected projects to be awarded in 2013 31
Table 7: Oil producers, 2010-11 (b/d) 37
Table 8: Oil projects under execution, September 2012 38
Table 9: Planned RHIP implementation schedule 39
Table 10: Planned Yibal Khuff/Sudair schedule 39
Table 11: Planned Budour schedule 39
Table 12: Planned oil projects, September 2012 40

4. Table 13: Planned gas projects, September 2012 46
Table 14: Planned refinery projects 48
Table 15: Planned oil and gas projects, September 2012 53
Table 16: Building projects under study and under design 61
Table 17: Tourism-related projects planned or under way 69
Table 18: Airport contracts planned and under execution 78
Table 19: Port projects 80
Table 20: Road projects 83
Table 21: Iron and steel contracts awarded/due to be awarded, 2006-13 86
Table 22: Industrial production 88
Table 23: Non-ferrous metals, minerals and cement contracts awarded/due to be awarded, 2006-13 90
Table 24: Selected metals and minerals production, 2006-10 ('000 t/y) 93
Table 25: Contracted operational power capacity in the MIS and Salalah systems, 2011 99
Table 26: OPWP’s planned capacity retirement programme, 2011-24 (MW) 100
Table 27: Expected new generating capacity, 2012-14 (MW) 100
Table 28: IPPs and IWPPs in Oman, May 2012 103
Table 29: Large-scale desalination plants in operation, 2011 107
Table 30: Planned desalination projects, November 2012 111
Table 31: Existing Muscat wastewater treatment infrastructure 117
Table 32: Network-related investment planned by Haya Water 118
Table 33: Major STPs under the Haya Water programme, November 2012 120
Table 34: Major network contracts awarded by Haya Water, November 2012 120
Table 35: Haya Water’s TSE quality standards 121
Table 36: Monthly wastewater service charges in Muscat ($) 122
Table 37: Selected MRMWR wastewater contracts, 2008-12 124
Table 38: Existing MRMWR sewage treatment plants, 2009 125
List of Figures
Figure 1: Oil production, 2001-11 13
Figure 2: Gas production, 2001-11 13
Figure 3: GDP by sector, 2020 (%) 18
Figure 4: Value of projects awarded in the GCC by country, 2006-11 20
Figure 5: Value of contracts awarded, 2012* 21
Figure 6: Contracts by sector, 2006-12 22
Figure 7: Value of contracts by sector, 2006-12 (%) 22
Figure 8: Contract awards by sector and public/private client, 2006-11 24
Figure 9: Contract awards by public/private and by sector as a proportion of total, 2006-11 24
Figure 10: Value of cancelled or on hold projects due to have been awarded, 2006-16 25
Figure 11: On hold/cancelled projects due to have been awarded between 2006 and 2016 by sector (%)
26
Figure 12: Top 10 contractors by value of work under execution 27
Figure 13: Top 10 clients by value of work under execution 28
Figure 14: Selected major clients by value of work planned 28
Figure 15: Value of un-awarded projects by selected sector 29
Figure 16: Comparison of GCC project activity, 2008-17 30

5. Figure 17: Forecast contract awards by sector, 2013 ($m) 31
Figure 18: Oil and gas blocks 35
Figure 19: Oil production, 2006-11* 36
Figure 20: Domestic gas production, 2006-11 41
Figure 21: LNG exports, 2006-11 42
Figure 22: Khazzan gas reserves 44
Figure 23: Gas supply outlook, 2009-25 45
Figure 24: Refinery production and local consumption, 2006-11 47
Figure 25: Major oil and gas contract awards, 2006-11 52
Figure 26: Major oil and gas awards by sector, 2006-11 ($m) 53
Figure 27: Forecast oil and gas major contract awards, 2011-15 54
Figure 28: Contract awards (quarterly) 58
Figure 29: Contract awards (yearly) 58
Figure 30: Projects by status (%) 59
Figure 31: Construction projects under way by sub-sector (%) 64
Figure 32: Construction projects under way by governorate (%) 65
Figure 33: Most active clients 66
Figure 34: Most active consultants 67
Figure 35: Most active contractors 68
Figure 36: Omran activities 70
Figure 37: Airport developments 75
Figure 38: GCC rail network 82
Figure 39: Crude steel capacity, 2010-17 87
Figure 40: Planned ferrochrome capacity, 2012-16 92
Figure 41: Non-oil industrial contract awards, 2006-11 94
Figure 42: Non-oil industrial forecast contract awards, 2011-15 95
Figure 43: Industrial projects planned and operational 96
Figure 44: The MIS and Salalah systems 97
Figure 45: Peak power demand growth, 2008-11 98
Figure 46: Contracted capacity and peak power demand in the MIS and Salalah systems, 2011 99
Figure 47: Leading international power developers by equity capacity, May 2012 101
Figure 48: Electricity demand projections in the MIS, 2011-18 104
Figure 49: Electricity demand projections in the Salalah System, 2011-18 105
Figure 50: Leading desalination developers by equity capacity, May 2012 (cm/d) 108
Figure 51: Peak water demand forecast for the three main supply zones, 2011-18 109
Figure 52: Peak water demand and desalination capacity in the Dhofar region, 2011-18 110
Figure 53: Projected gas consumption by the power and desalination sector, 2011-18 112
Figure 54: Existing wastewater treatment capacity (cm/d) 115
Figure 55: Areas covered by the Muscat wastewater programme 116
Figure 56: Planned network connections on the Muscat wastewater programme, 2003-34 118
Figure 57: New STPs planned under the Muscat wastewater programme 119
Figure 58: Planned TSE production by Haya Water, 2010-34 122
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