Our Journey

Our Journey

1982
Oman Refinery Company As the first refinery in Oman, ORC commissioned with a capacity of 50,000 bpd
1996
Oman Oil Company OOC established as a wholly owned entity by the Govt. of Oman
2000
Oman Gas Company
2003
Oman Oil Marketing Company (omanoil)
2006
Oman Trading International
2007
ORC-SRC Merger Merger of Oman Refinery Company and Sohar Refinery Company to form Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Co.
2009
Oman Oil Company Exploration & Production
2010
Programme Apple Initiative to integrate Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Company, Oman Polypropylene Co., and Aromatics Oman Ltd.

Salalah Methanol
2011
Orpic Orpic was created following the initial phase of the integration
2013
Acquisition of OXEA
2017
Signing of partnership agreements for the development of Duqm Refinery & Petrochemical Complex with KPI
2018
NAKHLA Programme NAKHLA concept was formed in November 2016, Oman Oil Company and Orpic met for a downstream integration workshop in order to explore value generation across Oman’s oil and gas sectors.
Duqm Refinery announced its ground- breaking ceremony
Foundation stone laid for Salalah LPG & Salalah Ammonia Projects
Sohar Refinery Improvement Project
2019
OQ Brand Launch