Invest Oman localised 46 projects valued at approximately RO 3.09 billion (USD 8 billion) between March 2023 and August 2026, according to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion.
Over the same period the platform attracted 96 investment projects worth around RO 5.79 billion (USD 15.06 billion), and 56 of them remain active at a combined RO 5.05 billion (USD 13.13 billion). The localised projects span 11 sectors. Industry leads with 15 projects and food security follows with 13, then health and logistics with four each.
Major ventures include Vulcan Green Steel at RO 896 million (USD 2.33 billion), Shinzoom’s anode production plant at RO 368 million (USD 957 million), GFCL at RO 189 million (USD 491 million) and Sahara Solar Energy at RO 78 million (USD 202 million).
Invest Oman CEO Nasser bin Khalifa Al Kindi confirmed that 11 projects worth RO 503 million (USD 1.30 billion) were secured in 2026 alone. Between 2024 and 2026 the ministry targeted roughly 350 companies and ran more than 15 investment missions. It referred 16 projects worth about RO 2.9 billion (USD 5.44 billion) to its negotiation team.
Gulf Economist Staff Writer