Oman’s Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR) will implement three energy projects—renewables, battery energy storage systems, and demand response—while improving service assurance standards in 2026 to boost efficiency and reliability.
Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology issued 12 licences to 11 companies over the past year to manage and operate tourism and commercial maritime berths outside ports, after the firms met regulatory requirements.
Oman's Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn) has announced that two new industrial projects will come up within Ibri Industrial City over a combined area of 60,000 sq m. With this addition, the total leased area in the industrial zone has now risen to around 250,000 sq m.
Oman’s oil exports recorded a 3 percent increase by the end of January 2026, reaching 26,600,200 barrels compared to 25,821,300 barrels during the same period in 2025.
With airspace over Saudi Arabia and Oman open, Air India and Air India Express continue to operate scheduled flights to and from the kingdom's port city Jeddah and the sultanate's capital Muscat. To support guests stranded in the region, the duo will operate 43 flights across the region today (March 7).
Sharakah, Oman’s leading SME development company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide Anfal Industries & Trading Company SPC, an Omani-owned manufacturer and distributor of industrial, cleaning, and laboratory chemicals, a Shariah-compliant financing facility to support its working capital requirements.
Oman has reinforced its position as one of the Middle East’s most compelling tourism destinations with a strong and strategic presence at ITB Berlin 2026, leveraging the world’s largest travel trade platform to deepen partnerships, showcase its diverse tourism offerings and consolidate Germany’s place as a key European source market.
Oman has awarded contracts worth RO186.3 million ($483 million) for two key infrastructure development projects - the Muscat Expressway Expansion and the Ibra Road Dualisation. The scope of work includes construction of independent two-lane flyovers as well as key road expansion.
Oman’s Ministry of Heritage and Tourism partnered with Omran Group to develop a RO 150 million ($390 million), 138,000-sqm integrated tourism complex in Al Bustan, Muscat, with completion planned within four years.
Fuel tanks at Oman's Duqm commercial port were targeted by several drones, with one striking a fuel tank, Oman News Agency (ONA) reported on Tuesday, citing a security source.
