Oman's Galfar Engineering has been awarded a RO115-million ($299.21 million) construction contract by the country's top oil and gas producer, the contracting company said on Wednesday.

Galfar will build a new central processing facility at Petroleum Development Oman's (PDO) Yibal Khuff project southwest of Muscat, it said in a bourse statement. The contract is duration is 51 months.

"We expect reasonable income from this project," Galfar added.

PDO is 60 per cent owned by Oman's government, 34 per cent by Royal Dutch Shell, four per cent by Total and two per cent by Portugal's Partex, according to its website.-Reuters