Talal AL AWFI

Group CEO

OQ SAOC

As the largest integrated energy group in Oman, the OQ Group has an inherent responsibility to attract investors, especially in the energy industry.
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OQ

An integrated energy giant

OQ is the umbrella organisation for all of Oman’s hydrocarbons investments and activities across the the value chain. The company’s branches operate nationally, regionally and globally in sectors such as E&P, refining, chemicals and petrochemicals.

  • New entity: OQ was created with the merging of Oman Oil Company, state refiner Orpic and seven domestic energy players – an integration that began in 2018 and continued through 2020.
  • Component pieces: the seven firms include upstream player OOCEP, Oman Gas, Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries, Salalah Methanol, Oman Trading International, oxo intermediates and derivatives producer Oxea and Salalah Liquified Petroleum Gas.

Company website: oq.com

OQ in figures

Countries in which OQ operates:16

Countries where OQ fuels and chemicals are sold:60

OQ features

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Kuwait - September 03, 2024

Anas Meerza of National Technology Enterprises Company talks about introducing renewables technologies in Kuwait.

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TotalEnergies, OQ reach FID on Marsa LNG in Oman
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Oman - April 22, 2024

TotalEnergies and OQ have launched the Marsa LNG project in Oman.

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Oman’s OQ8 (Duqm) Refinery - project highlight
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Oman - March 30, 2024

Oman's 230,000-bpd OQ8 (Duqm) Refinery began running at full capacity in February 2024, sourcing crude mainly from Kuwait.

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Oman’s Duqm Refinery inaugurated
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Oman - February 08, 2024

OQ Group and Kuwait Petroleum International have inaugurated the OQ8 refinery located in Oman.

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Interview
Oman - June 08, 2023

Talal Al Awfi, group CEO of OQ SAOC, the parent company of the OQ Group, talks to The Energy Year about the evolving market dynamics in Oman and the OQ Group’s key…

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Oman - May 11, 2023

Khalid Al Jahwari, Petrofac’s Oman country manager, talks to The Energy Year about the company’s strategic approach to offering technology to clients and the energy…

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Oman - May 04, 2023

Maqbool Al Wahaibi, CEO of Oman Data Park (ODP), talks to The Energy Year about the company’s game-changing role in Oman’s IT sector, its work in providing cloud…

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