5月31日馬斯喀特報道，阿曼天然氣公司日前在Saih Nihyada地區和杜格姆Duqm地區之間開始鋪設一條至關重要的全長221公里的天然氣輸送管道。

      阿曼杜格姆經濟特區管理機構首席執行官Lee Chee Khian說，建造這條天然氣管道的合同已授予了一家埃及公司。

他補充說，阿曼杜格姆經濟特區的各種項目迄今已吸引了大約110億美元的投資，其中包括中國投資者的一個主要煉油廠和一系列工業合資企業。

      目前處于計劃和實施不同階段的各種項目包括一個具有日加工23萬桶原油能力的煉油廠、一個甲醇制烯烴項目、一個燃煤發電廠和一個汽車制造廠。

Oman Gas starts work on vital Duqm pipeline

MuscatOman Gas Company has started work on the laying of a 221-km-long pipeline between Saih Nihyada and Duqm regions of Oman for transportion of natural gas, said a senior official.

The construction contract has been awarded to an Egyptian company, stated Lee Chee Khian, the chief executive of Oman's Special Economic Zone Authority Duqm (Sezad).

The free zone has attracted some $11 billion in investment for various projects, which include a major refinery and a series of industrial ventures by Chinese investors, he noted.

The major projects, which are in different stages of planning and implementation, include a 230,000 barrels per day (bpd)-capacity refinery, a methanol-to-olefin project, a coal-fired power project, an automobile.