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Summary
 
 This profile is the essential source for top-level energy industry data and information. The report provides an overview of the gas industry in Oman. It details the market structure, regulatory environment, infrastructure and provides historical and forecasted statistics relating to the supply/demand balance for the industry. It also provides information relating to the gas assets (gas fields, pipelines, LNG terminals and underground gas storage facilities) in Oman. The report also analyses the fiscal regime relevant to the gas assets in Oman and compares the investment environment in Oman with other countries in the region. The profiles of the major companies operating in the gas sector in Oman together with the latest news and deals are also included in the report.
 
 Scope
 
 - Historic and forecast data relating to production, consumption, imports, exports and reserves are provided for the gas industry for the period 1995-2020.
 - Historical and forecast data and information for all the major gas fields, LNG Terminals, pipelines and underground gas storage facilities in Oman Gas Markets Investment Opportunities, Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020 for the period 1995-2020.
 - Operator and equity details for major gas assets in Oman Gas Markets Investment Opportunities, Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020
 - Key information relating to market regulations, key energy assets and the key companies operating in the Oman Gas Markets Investment Opportunities, Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020’s gas industry.
 - Detailed information on key fiscal terms (such as rents, bonuses, royalty, cost recovery, profit oil, petroleum and corporate taxes) pertaining the geography is also provided. A sample calculation detailing how fiscal terms apply to a typical asset in the regime is included.
 - Information on the top companies in the Oman Gas Markets Investment Opportunities, Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020 including business description, strategic analysis, and financial information.
 - Product and brand updates, strategy changes, R&D projects, corporate expansions and contractions and regulatory changes.
 - Key mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, private equity and venture capital investments, and IPOs.
 
 Reasons to buy
 
 - Gain a strong understanding of the country’s energy market.
 - Facilitate market analysis and forecasting of future industry trends.
 - Evaluate the attractiveness of the geography for gas investment in the light of government policies and the fiscal environment.
 - Facilitate decision making on the basis of strong historic and forecast production, reserves and capacity data.
 - Understand the geography’s policies and fiscal terms, and their impact on contractor’s profits from upstream gas assets.
 - Assess your competitor’s major natural gas assets and their performance.
 - Analyze the latest news and financial deals in the gas sector of each country.
 - Develop strategies based on the latest operational, financial, and regulatory events.
 - Do deals with an understanding of how competitors are financed, and the mergers and partnerships that have shaped the market.
 - Identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the leading companies in the country.

 1 Table of Contents 2
 1.1 List of Tables 8
 1.2 List of Figures 10
 2 Oman Energy Sector 11
 2.1 Oman Energy sector, Market Overview 11
 2.2 Oman Energy Sector, Natural Gas 12
 2.2.1 Oman Natural Gas, Overview 12
 2.2.2 Oman Natural Gas, Supply and Demand Balance 12
 2.3 Oman Natural Gas, Imports and Exports 14
 2.4 Oman Natural Gas, Regulatory Structure 18
 2.4.1 Oman Natural Gas, Infrastructure 19
 3 Oman Gas Upstream Investment Environment Benchmarking 20
 3.1 Introduction 20
 3.2 The Overall Ranking 20
 3.3 Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness 21
 3.4 Gas Sector Performance 22
 3.4.1 Exploration Activity 24
 3.4.2 Gas Production 25
 3.4.3 Gas Reserves 25
 3.4.4 Gas Consumption 25
 3.5 Economic Performance 26
 3.5.1 GDP Growth Index 27
 3.5.2 FDI Confidence Index 27
 3.5.3 Balance of Trade Index 28
 3.6 Socio-Political Performance 28
 3.6.1 Democracy Index 30
 3.6.2 Governance Index 30
 4 Oman Exploration and Production Sector 31
 4.1 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Country Snapshot 31
 4.1.1 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Key Data 31
 4.1.2 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Natural Gas Assets Map 31
 4.2 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Production 32
 4.2.1 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas-Historical Production 32
 4.2.2 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Production by Assets 33
 4.2.3 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production by Company 33
 4.2.4 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Market Share (%) based on Marketed Natural Gas Production 35
 4.3 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Forecasts 36
 4.3.1 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Crude Oil Forecasted Production 36
 4.3.2 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Gross Revenue Forecast 37
 4.3.3 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Government Take Forecast 37
 4.3.4 Oman Exploration and Production Sector, Contractor Take Forecast 37
 4.4 Oman Exploration And Production Sector, Natural Gas Asset Details 37
 4.4.1 Oman Exploration And Production Sector, Planned Natural Gas Asset Details 37
 5 Oman Pipeline Sector 38
 5.1 Oman Pipeline Sector, Key Data 38
 5.2 Oman Pipeline Sector, An Overview 38
 5.3 Oman Pipeline Sector, Comparision of Key Natural Gas Pipeline Companies 38
 5.4 Oman Pipeline Sector, Natural Gas Pipelines 40
 6 Oman LNG Gas Sector 41
 6.1 Oman LNG Gas Sector, Liquefaction 41
 6.1.1 Oman LNG Gas Sector, Liquefaction, Total Liquefaction Capacity 41
 6.1.2 Oman LNG Gas Sector, Liquefaction Capacity- Wise (Million Tonnes) Market Share By Company 42
 6.1.3 Oman LNG Gas Sector, Asset- Wise Liquefaction Capacity 43
 7 Profile of Occidental Petroleum Corporation 44
 7.1 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Key Information 44
 7.2 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Company Overview 44
 7.3 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Business Description 44
 7.3.1 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Business Description, Business Overview 44
 7.3.2 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Business Description, Chemical 45
 7.3.3 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Business Description, Oil and Gas 46
 7.3.4 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Business Description, Major Products and Services 48
 7.4 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Value Chain Analysis 49
 7.4.1 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Value Chain Analysis, Upstream 49
 7.4.2 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Value Chain Analysis, Midstream 50
 7.5 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, SWOT Analysis 50
 7.5.1 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, SWOT Analysis, Overview 50
 7.5.2 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, SWOT Analysis, Strengths 51
 7.5.3 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, SWOT Analysis, Weaknesses 52
 7.5.4 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, SWOT Analysis, Opportunities 52
 7.5.5 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, SWOT Analysis, Threats 53
 7.6 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Revenue Analysis 54
 7.6.1 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Revenue by Segment 54
 7.6.2 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Revenue by Geography 54
 7.7 Financial and Operational Review 56
 7.7.1 Financial Statements 56
 7.7.2 Financial Ratios 57
 8 Profile of Royal Dutch Shell Plc 58
 8.1 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Key Information 58
 8.2 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Company Overview 58
 8.3 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Business Description 58
 8.3.1 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Business Description, Overview 58
 8.3.2 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Business Description, Chemicals 59
 8.3.3 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Business Description, Corporate and Others 60
 8.3.4 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Business Description, Exploration and Production 60
 8.3.5 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Business Description, Gas and Power 62
 8.3.6 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Business Description, Oil Products 64
 8.3.7 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Business Description, Oil Sands 66
 8.4 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Value Chain Analysis 67
 8.4.1 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Value Chain Analysis, Upstream 68
 8.4.2 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Value Chain Analysis, Midstream 68
 8.4.3 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Value Chain Analysis, Retail 69
 8.4.4 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Value Chain Analysis, Power Generation 70
 8.4.5 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Value Chain Analysis, Transformation 70
 8.5 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, SWOT Analysis 71
 8.5.1 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, SWOT Analysis, Overview 71
 8.5.2 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, SWOT Analysis, Strengths 72
 8.5.3 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, SWOT Analysis, Weaknesses 73
 8.5.4 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, SWOT Analysis, Opportunities 73
 8.5.5 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, SWOT Analysis, Threats 75
 8.6 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Revenue Analysis 75
 8.6.1 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Revenue by Segment 76
 8.6.2 Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Revenue by Geography 77
 8.7 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Financial and Operational Review 78
 8.7.1 Financial Statements 78
 8.7.2 Financial Ratios 79
 9 Profile of Total S.A. 80
 9.1 Total S.A., Key Information 80
 9.2 Total S.A., Company Overview 80
 9.3 Total S.A., Business Description 80
 9.3.1 Total S.A., Business Description, Business Overview 80
 9.3.2 Total S.A., Business Description, Chemicals 81
 9.3.3 Total S.A., Business Description, Downstream 82
 9.3.4 Total S.A., Business Description, Upstream 83
 9.3.5 Total S.A., Business Description, Major Products and Services 84
 9.4 Total S.A., Value Chain Analysis 87
 9.4.1 Total S.A., Value Chain Analysis, Upstream 87
 9.4.2 Total S.A., Value Chain Analysis, Midstream 88
 9.4.3 Total S.A., Value Chain Analysis, Downstream 89
 9.4.4 Total S.A., Value Chain Analysis, Retail 90
 9.5 Total S.A., SWOT Analysis 90
 9.5.1 Total S.A., SWOT Analysis, Overview 90
 9.5.2 Total S.A., SWOT Analysis, Strengths 91
 9.5.3 Total S.A., SWOT Analysis, Weaknesses 92
 9.5.4 Total S.A., SWOT Analysis, Opportunities 93
 9.5.5 Total S.A., SWOT Analysis, Threats 94
 9.6 Total S.A., Revenue Analysis 95
 9.6.1 Total S.A., Revenue by Segment 95
 9.6.2 Total S.A., Revenue by Geography 95
 9.7 Total S.A., Financial and Operational Review 97
 9.7.1 Financial Statements 97
 9.7.2 Financial Ratios 98
 10 Financial Deals Landscape 99
 10.1 Detailed Deal Summary 99
 10.1.1 Partnerships 99
 10.1.2 Asset Transactions 101
 11 Recent DevelopmentsLicense Awards 103
 11.1.1 Jan 26, 2009: Epsilon Wins Block 55 Concession In Oman 103
 11.1.2 Nov 23, 2008: Occidental Consortium Receives Gas Exploration And Development Licenses In Oman 103
 11.1.3 Jun 17, 2008: Circle Oil Granted Permission For Block 49 From Oman 104
 11.2 Strategy and Business Expansion 105
 11.2.1 Sep 11, 2008: PDO Signs Research Contract With GUtech 105
 11.2.2 Jun 16, 2008: PDO, Petrogas And OOC To Develop 18 Oilfields In Rima 106
 11.2.3 May 19, 2008: OGC Interested To Get Into Upstream Business 107
 11.2.4 Apr 21, 2008: Total To Bid For Oil Exploration Blocks In Oman 107
 11.2.5 Apr 18, 2008: PetroVietnam Proposes Fuel Cooperation With OOC 108
 11.3 Recent Discoveries 108
 11.3.1 Feb 10, 2009: PDO Finds Three New Oil Fields At Block 6 Concession In Oman 108
 11.3.2 Dec 12, 2008: Oilex Encounters Oil At Al Jumd-1 Well In Block 56, Oman 109
 11.4 Drilling and Production Updates 110
 11.4.1 Mar 12, 2009: Tethys Oil Updates On Farha South-3 Well In Block 3, Onshore Oman 110
 11.4.2 Mar 11, 2009: Oilex Updates On Al Jumd-1 Well In Block 56 Oman 110
 11.4.3 Feb 25, 2009: Oilex Updates On Al Jumd Test Program In Block 56, Oman 111
 11.4.4 Feb 17, 2009: RAK Petroleum Starts Production From West Bukha Field In Block 8 In Oman 111
 11.4.5 Feb 10, 2009: Tethys Starts Drilling Farhad South-3 In Oman 112
 11.4.6 Jan 26, 2009: Tethys Announces 2009 Drilling Programme On Blocks 3 And 4, Onshore Oman 113
 11.4.7 Jan 14, 2009: Oilex Provides Drilling Update In Oman 113
 11.5 Other Significant Developments 115
 11.5.1 Mar 24, 2009: Oiltanking Odfjell Opens Tank Terminal In Port Of Sohar, Oman 115
 11.5.2 Feb 23, 2009: Indago Petroleum Says Oman JV Settles Insurance Claim 116
 11.5.3 Feb 23, 2009: Oman’s Oil Output Increases By Over 6.4% In 2008 117
 11.5.4 Feb 13, 2009: Oman Not To Reduce Oil Production In 2009 118
 11.5.5 Feb 12, 2009: Daleel Announces Capital Expenditure For 2009 118
 11.5.6 Feb 10, 2009: Iran Updates On Its Latest Oil And Gas Deals Signed With Foreign Companies 119
 11.5.7 Feb 10, 2009: Oman’s Oil Output To Rise To 805,000 Bpd In 2009 121
 11.5.8 Jan 08, 2009: Tethys Completes 3D Seismic Data On Jebel Aswad Field In Block 15, Oman 121
 11.5.9 Dec 30, 2008: Oman’s 2009 Oil Production To Rise About 810,000 Bpd 122
 11.5.10 Nov 11, 2008: PDO Opens New Production Facilities At Mussallim Oil Field In Central Oman 122
 11.6 New Contracts Announcements 123
 11.6.1 Feb 08, 2009: AHEC Wins Gas Pipeline Contract In Oman 123
 12 Appendix 124
 12.1 Methodology 124
 12.1.1 Coverage 124
 12.1.2 Secondary Research 125
 12.1.3 Primary Research 125
 12.1.4 E&P Forecasts 126
 12.1.5 Midstream Forecasts 127
 12.1.6 Expert Panel Validation 128
 12.2 Contact Us 128
 12.3 About GlobalData 128
 12.4 Disclaimer 128
 
 1.1 List of Tables
 Table 1: Oman, Historical and Forecasted Production and Consumption of Natural Gas, 1996-2020 13
 Table 2: Oman, Historical and Forecasted Export of Natural Gas, 1996-2020 15
 Table 3: Oman, Reserves of Natural Gas, 1996-2008 17
 Table 4: Middle East, Investment Benchmarking, Overall Country Rankings, 2008 20
 Table 5: Middle East, Investment Benchmarking, Gas Sector Performance, 2008 23
 Table 6: Middle East, Investment Benchmarking, Economic Performance, 2008 26
 Table 7: Middle East, Country Standings, Economic Performance, 2008 26
 Table 8: Middle East, Investment Benchmarking, Socio-Political Performance, 2008 28
 Table 9: Middle East, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance, 2008 29
 Table 10: Oman, Natural Gas Key Statistics, 2008 31
 Table 11: Oman, Total Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), 2001-2008 32
 Table 12: Oman, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), by Assets, 2001-2008 33
 Table 13: Oman, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production (MMcf), by Company, 2001-2008 33
 Table 14: Oman, Market Share (%) based on Marketed Natural Gas Production, 2001-2008 35
 Table 15: Oman, Marketed Natural Gas Production(MMcf), Forecast by Assets, 2009-2014 36
 Table 16: Oman, Forecasted Assets-wise Gross Revenue(000'$), 2009-2014 37
 Table 17: Oman, Projected Assets-wise Total Government Take (000'$), 2009-2014 37
 Table 18: Oman, Projected Assets-wise Total Contractor Take (000'$), 2009-2014 37
 Table 19: Oman, Planned Gas Field Assets Details 37
 Table 20: Oman, Pipeline Key Statistics, 2008 38
 Table 21: Oman , Natural Gas Pipeline Length by Company (Km), 2008 38
 Table 22: Oman, Natural Gas Pipelines, 2008 40
 Table 23: Oman Total Liquefaction Capacity (Million Tonnes), 2000-2015 41
 Table 24: Oman Total Liquefaction Capacity (Million Tonnes), 2000-2015 41
 Table 25: Oman Liquefaction Capacity, Company- Wise (Million Tonnes), 2000-2015 42
 Table 26: Oman Liquefaction Capacity, Company- Wise (Million Tonnes), 2000-2015 42
 Table 27: Oman, Liquefaction Capacity (Million Tonnes), 2000-2015 43
 Table 28: Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Key Facts 44
 Table 29: Occidental Petroleum Corporation, SWOT Analysis 51
 Table 30: Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Revenue by Segment, USD Million, 2003-2007 54
 Table 31: Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Revenue by Geography, USD Million, 2003-2007 55
 Table 32: Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Financial Statements, USD Million, 2003-2007 56
 Table 33: Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Financial Ratios, USD Million, 2003-2007 57
 Table 34: Royal Dutch Shell plc, Key Facts 58
 Table 35: Royal Dutch Shell plc, SWOT Analysis 72
 Table 36: Royal Dutch Shell plc, Revenue by Segment, USD Million, 2003-2007 76
 Table 37: Royal Dutch Shell plc, Revenue by Geography, USD Million, 2003-2007 77
 Table 38: Royal Dutch Shell plc, Financial Statements, USD Million, 2003-2007 78
 Table 39: Royal Dutch Shell plc, Financial Ratios, USD Million, 2003-2007 79
 Table 40: TOTAL S.A., Key Facts 80
 Table 41: TOTAL S.A., SWOT Analysis 91
 Table 42: TOTAL S.A., Revenue by Segment, Euro Million, 2003-2007 95
 Table 43: TOTAL S.A., Revenue by Geography, Euro Million, 2003-2007 96
 Table 44: TOTAL S.A., Financial Statements, Euro Million, 2003-2007 97
 Table 45: TOTAL S.A., Financial Ratios, Euro Million, 2003-2007 98
 Table 46: Occidental Petroleum And Mubadala Development Forms Joint Venture With Oman Oil 99
 Table 47: IPIC Forms Joint Venture With Wintershall 100
 Table 48: Range Oil Terminates Farm-In Agreement To Acquire 50% Interest In Oil Block FromTaqah Oil Exploration 101
 Table 49: Tethys Oil Acquires 3D Seismic Data On Block 15 Onshore Oman 102
 
 1.2 List of Figures
 Figure 1: Oman, Energy Sector Break-Up, 2008 11
 Figure 2: Oman, Natural Gas Production And Consumption (Billion Cubic Feet), 1996-2020 14
 Figure 3: Oman, Natural Gas Exports (Billion Cubic Feet), 1996-2020 16
 Figure 4: Oman, Natural Gas Reserves (Billion Cubic Feet), 1996-2020 18
 Figure 5: Middle East, Country Standings, Gas Sector Performance, by Reserves-Exploration & Production, 2008 23
 Figure 6: Middle East, Country Standings, Gas Sector Performance, by Production & Consumption, 2008 24
 Figure 7: Middle East, Country Standings, Exploration Blocks Awarded, 2008 25
 Figure 8: Middle East, Country Standings, Economic Performance, 2008 27
 Figure 9: Middle East, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance, 2008 29
 Figure 10: Oman, Natural Gas Assets Map, 2008 31
 Figure 11: Oman, Total Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), 2001-2008 32
 Figure 12: Oman, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production (MMcf), by Company, 2001-2008 34
 Figure 13: Oman, Market Share (%) based on Marketed Natural Gas Production, 2008 36
 Figure 14: Oman , Natural Gas Pipeline Length by Company (Km), 2008 39
 Figure 15: Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Value Chain Analysis 49
 Figure 16: Royal Dutch Shell plc, Value Chain Analysis 67
 Figure 17: TOTAL S.A., Value Chain Analysis 87
 Figure 18: GlobalData Methodology 124