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National Bank Of Oman Q3 Profit Rises, Beats Forecasts

The lender made a net profit of OMR14.1 million in the three months to Sept. 30.

Oman’s Bank Sohar Scraps Convertible Bond, Plans OMR40m Rights Issue

The lender said that its board had decided against issuing the convertible “due to uncertainty regarding its eligibility as an additional Tier 1 instrument”.

Oman’s Raysut Cement Posts 17.8% Q3 Net Profit Increase

The company made OMR5.3 million ($13.8 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, compared with OMR4.5 million in the corresponding period of last year.

Oman Cement Q3 Net Profit Drops 39.5%

The cement producer made a net profit after tax of OMR2.3 million ($6.0 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, compared with OMR3.8 million in the corresponding period of 2013.

Oman Sets Up Central Sharia Board To Boost Islamic Finance

The central bank appointed five members to its sharia board, which will have direct oversight of Islamic banking institutions.

US-Based Firm Inks Deal With Oman Government To Develop $2.5bn Project

As per the deal, Omagine LLC will design, develop, own and operate a mixed-use project called the Omagine Project in the Sultanate.

BP Awards $730m Drilling Contracts For Oman’s Tight Gas Project

The Khazzan project aims to extract around one billion cubic feet (bcf) per day of gas.

Oman Says Sultan In Good Health After Medical Tests

Sultan Qaboos has been in Germany since July for medical tests.

Oman’s Bank Sohar Says CEO Resigns, Names CFO As Acting Head

Rashad Ali al-Musafir, the bank’s chief financial officer, would replace Kalmoor as acting CEO for an interim period, the bank said in a bourse filing.

Omani Lender NBO Prices Cheap $500m Bond On High Investor Demand

Investor orders topped $1.6 billion for NBO’s issue, a source with knowledge of the deal said.

National Bank of Oman Sets Final Guidance For Bond; Books Top $1.2bn

The Sultanate’s second-largest lender by assets is earmarked to price its deal at 140 basis points, plus or minus 5 bps, over midswaps.

Oman’s Sohar Aluminium To Boost Production Capacity

Sohar Aluminium plans to spend $35 million over the next five years.

Oman Plans 3-Week Turnaround At MAF Refinery In November

The turnover of Mina al-Fahal refinery will be carried out to upgrade certain equipments, the company said.

UN Rapporteur Criticises Oman Over Right To Assembly

The special rapporteur said that though Oman’s law guarantees the right to peaceful assembly within its limits, it is quite restrictive.

Oman’s Renaissance To Revive Listing Plans For Topaz Arm – Sources

Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine dropped its $500 million London listing plans in March 2011, citing market volatility as the reason.

Dubai’s Drake & Scull Wins Dhs168m MEP Contracts In Oman

The company has won four turnkey deals in Oman, bringing the value of its total project wins in 2014 to Dhs4.6 billion.

Oman Fund Working With Bulgaria To Solve Corpbank Problem

Corpbank, in which Oman’s SGRF is the second-biggest shareholder with a stake of about 30 per cent, was hit by a run on deposits in June.

Omani Fund, Others Invest $53m In Maker Of Solar Steam Generators

Oman’s State General Reserve Fund, Royal Dutch Shell and existing investors in GlassPoint will inject the money, which will be used to accelerate the deployment of solar steam generators.

Oman Oil Signs $1.85bn Two-Part Loan Facility

The cash raised is expected to be used for general business purposes.

Oman To Issue $1.3bn Of Bonds, Sukuk In Early 2015 -Banker

The issuance would be in local currency and would apparently be separate from an international, U.S. dollar-denominated sovereign bond issue which Oman has said it may conduct.

MAF Announces $70m Phase 2 Expansion For City Centre Muscat

The new expansion project, which will begin later this year, will see the introduction of 60 new shopping and dining options.

Iran Agrees On Gas Export Volume With Oman

Oman first agreed to buy gas from Iran in 2005, but price disagreements and Western sanctions that have stunted Iranian energy projects prevented any real progress.

Bulgaria Corpbank’s Owner Working With Oman On Restructuring Plan

Corpbank’s fate has been in limbo since June, when a run on deposits prompted the central bank to seize control of it and close its operations.

Standard Chartered PE Invests $75m In Gulf’s Topaz Energy

Standard Chartered Private Equity will inject the equity in return for a 9.8 per cent stake in the business.

Oman Ruler In “Good Health” Following Medical Tests In Germany

Sultan Qaboos, 73, is spending his annual leave at his residence in Germany, the royal court said.

Omani Hotel Guests in Dubai Rise 12% in H1 2014

Up to 163,000 visitors from Oman stayed in Dubai’s hotels during the first half of this year.

Oman To Float Tender For National Rail Project This Month

The Oman Railway Company has pre-qualified 18 consortiums to undertake its national railway project.

Omantel Posts Flat Q2 Profit, Beats Estimates

Omantel made a net profit of OMR31.5 million ($81.8 million) in the three months to June 30, against OMR31.4 million in the year-earlier period.

Oman Air Appoints New CEO

Paul Gregorowitsch joins Oman Air after a stint as a management board member in German carrier Air Berlin.

Oman’s ONIC Holding To Consider Ominvest Merger At Next Board Meeting

Ominvest said last month it had written to ONIC Holding about forming a strategic arrangement between the two firms