Omanoil marks key retail milestones With a reoccurring number of 10 million customers who frequented Ahlain and convenience stores during the last year, Oman Oil Marketing Company (omanoil) has marked an essential milestone in its retail operations with an unprecedented number
of loyal customers at its vast nation-wide network. For the past six years, the one-stopshop convenience stores have truly become a trusted Omani house-hold name and a genuine testament to its fine retail offerings. The achievement coincides with omanoil’s
announcement of the opening of two filling stations in Al Breik in Wilayat Al Khaborah and Saham Industrial, making the company’s vast network of filling stations 114, in addition to the re-branding of its 62nd convenience store to Ahlain in Wadi Al Bahais.
Intilaaqah Oman contributes to success of global youth enterprise programme
helped over 4200 businesses to start up.” Intilaaqah has been recognised by various government organisations as a pioneer in promoting entrepreneurship and guiding aspiring entrepreneurs towards the right path. Apart from face to face training courses and guidance services, Intillaqah is moving online to reach out to more potential entrepreneurs. Within the last six months alone, Intilaaqah’s site received over one million hits.
CROSCO mobilises additional workover rigs to Oman
Intilaaqah has contributed to the success of a leading international youth enterprise programme that has provided over 1 million young people globally with information, advice and support to consider starting their own businesses during 2009. Since its inception in 1982, over 6.5 million young people have had contact with LiveWIRE programmes internationally. Intilaaqah is a member of the Shell LiveWIRE global network, one of Shell’s social investment programmes which operates in over 20 countries and links 104,000 young entrepreneurs around the world through its online social network. Abdullah Al Jufaili, Director of Intilaaqah says, “In addition to its contribution to the success of the international programme, Intilaaqah is making a real difference to young people in Oman. Since 1995, Intilaaqah has helped over 7205 young people to explore the option of starting a business, and has
One of the many young entrepreneurs to have benefited from the Intilaaqah programme is Musalem Al Rahbi from Muscat Geo Systems, a startup company based in The Knowledge Mine business incubator programme in Kowledge Oasis Muscat. It provides Geographic Information Systems (GIS) solution to individuals, corporate and public sector organisations. Musallam Al Rahbi says, “Without Intilaaqah support, my business would not be where it is today. It’s fantastic that Intilaaqah is helping so many people in Oman and around the world to achieve a brighter future.”
CROSCO Integrated Drilling & Well Services Co., has mobilised two additional workover rigs, CROSCO Cardwell 9 and CROSCO Cardwell 10 to Oman. Both workover rigs will be made available to CROSCO’s joint venture company in Oman (MIDWESCO) for workover and field maintenance services. Currently, MIDWESCO is providing workover and field maintenance services with four CROSCO workover rigs (Skytop 4, National 1, Cardwell 11 and Cardwell 13) as well as slickline services with two CROSCO highly mobile wireline crane units. Drazen Herak, Midwesco’s General Manager explained, “With the arrival of the two CROSCO workover rigs, Midwesco currently has available in Oman two CROSCO workover rigs and three CROSCO slickline units. We are prepared to commence work with the available workover rigs and slickline units. In Oman, we have a well equipped maintenance base and excellent maintenance staff and personnel.”
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