During 2025 .. Omani refineries achieve different growth in production

Omani refineries recorded a contrasting performance during the first seven months of 2025, according to the initial data issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information, with a total growth of 1.6% until the end of July, driven by the high production of car fuel by a remarkable rate of 20%.

Ordinary car fuel (91): Production increased by 8.3% to 10.09 million barrels compared to 9.31 million barrels in the same period from 2024, and sales increased by 2% to 8.2 million barrels, while exports fell by 14.7% to 1.49 million barrels.
Excellent car fuel (95): Production increased by 4.7% to 7.81 million barrels, sales by 1.2% to 7.69 million barrels, while exports recorded significant growth by 50.8% to reach 863.8 thousand barrels.
Diesel (gas oil): Production increased by 3.3% to 19.38 million barrels, sales increased by 6% to 8.55 million barrels, while exports fell by 2.6% to 10.22 million barrels.
Aircraft fuel: witnessed a remarkable decline, as production decreased 14.2% to 5.89 million barrels, sales 6.1% to 2.22 million barrels, and exports 21.2% to 3.47 million barrels.
LNG: production decreased slightly by 0.3% to 4.36 million barrels, while sales increased by 22.4% to 2.25 million barrels, and exports decreased by 60.9% to 113.7 thousand barrels.

As for the petrochemical sector, it witnessed a varying growth:
Gasoline: Production increased by 2.6% to 102.4 thousand metric tons, while exports decreased by 0.8%.
Paraxillin: Production increased by 3.8% to 338 thousand metric tons, and exports increased by 17.7% to 366.1 thousand metric tons.
Polypropylene: The largest leap in production was achieved by 63.7% to reach 200.8 thousand metric tons, with sales decreased by 10.3% to 17.8 thousand metric tons, and exports increase by 58.9% to 148.9 thousand metric tons. These indicators show that the performance of the refining and petrochemical sector in the Sultanate of Oman was characterized by a clear contrast, as some products increased significantly like Excellent car fuel and polypropylene, while other products such as aircraft fuel and liquefied petroleum gas have registered a decline in exports and production, which reflects the dynamics of local and regional demand and the importance of enhancing the sector’s flexibility to meet the fluctuations of global markets.
(CNN Economic)