From jduester at oman.org Sun Jan 4 09:07:02 2009 From: jduester at oman.org (Joachim Duester) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 01:07:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Oman-L] Oman's budget for 2009 Message-ID: <182357.74094.qm@web37908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> RO 6.4 bn budget for 2009 unveiled Source: Oman Daily Observer - 4 January 2009 The Sultanate yesterday unveiled an RO 6.424 billion budget for 2009 that envisages additional projects while retaining all the 7th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) programmes. The 2009 budget, approved earlier by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, projects an estimated RO 810 million deficit compared to a shortfall of RO 400 in the 2008 budget and is based on an average oil price of $ 45 a barrel. Ahmed bin Abdulnabi Macki, Minister of National Economy and Deputy Chairman of the Financial Affairs and Energy Resources Council, who presented the budget, described it as ?flexible? in that it may entail adjustments if oil price fell below $ 45 a barrel. A total of RO 665 million has been allocated for new development projects to be implemented during 2009. The budgeted revenues and expenditure for 2009 stand at RO 5,614 million and RO 6,424 million, respectively as against RO 5,400 and RO 5,800 respectively for 2008. This indicates an increase of RO 624 million (11 per cent) in the 2009 total expenditure compared to 2008. Macki said the prices of commodities and basic materials are expected to continue their decrease at high rates in 2009 in view of the anticipated recession of the global economy. Therefore, inflation rate in the Sultanate will decrease below 10 per cent in 2009, he added. Oil and gas revenues estimated for 2009 represent 75 per cent of the total while current and capital revenues constitute 25 per cent. Oil revenues are estimated on the assumption of an average price of $ 45 per barrel and daily oil production of 805,000 barrels. Based on these assumptions, oil revenues are estimated to be RO 3,522 million, accounting for a contribution of 67 per cent of the total revenues. Revenues from gas are estimated at RO 620 million, accounting for 12 per cent of the total revenues. The current and capital revenues are estimated to reach RO 1,422 million, showing an increase of 22 per cent over the 2008 budget or 25 per cent of the total revenues. The current expenditures of the government civil ministries and units stand at RO 2,170 million, showing an increase of RO 245 million (13 per cent) over estimates of the 2008 financial year. Of this, the educational sector accounts for 36 per cent at RO 791 million, i.e. an increase of RO 81 million (or 11 per cent) over the approved budget for the year 2008. Similarly, the health sector accounts for 12 per cent or RO 271 million of the total civil ministries? expenditure, showing an increase by RO 43 million (19 per cent) over the 2008 allocations. Allocations for the development budget stand at RO 800 million, showing an increase of 10 per cent over the 2008 budget. These allocations are set to cover the ongoing as well as new projects listed in the Seventh Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) under the different sectors. RO 18 million has been allocated to subsidise the interest on development and housing loans provided by the Development Bank, the commercial banks and Oman Housing Bank to the beneficiaries. Additional projects An additional allocation of RO 1,053 million for the road sector includes new projects such as paving of Hasik-Al Shuaymiya road (RO 70 million), dualisation of Al Amerat-Qurayat road (RO 66 million), dualisation of 73 km of the Salalah-Thumrait road with lighting and supervision (RO 48 million), tackling traffic congestions at Muscat Governorate and raising roads? efficiency to meet rainfall contingency conditions (RO 50 million), rehabilitation of Nizwa-Thumrait road third phase with supervision (RO 51 million), dualisation of Bausher-Al Amerat road ? 14 km with lighting (RO 25 million), construction of Khasab-Al Khalydia road with supervision ? 22 km as first phase (RO 8 million), internal roads (service) paving in various regions (RO 278 million), and repairing of roads damaged by climatic conditions such as the repairing of asphalt and gravel roads in Al Batinah and Sharqiyah Regions and repaving Wadi Adai-Al Amerat road (RO 265 million). RO 922 million has been allocated for additional port sector projects, including construction, development and expansion of Al Duqm port (Al Wusta) (RO 697 million). An amount of RO 262 million has been earmarked for the gas sector to implement projects for supply that includes purchase of compressors, construction of gas pumping stations, laying networks for gas distribution and replacing gas lines. RO 339 million has been set aside for the housing sector projects that include construction of 2,200 housing units for owners of affected properties along the coastal road at Al Batinah as first phase, building of 718 housing units at Qurayat for those affected by the climatic conditions and building of 184 houses for social security and limited income families totally affected by the climatic conditions in a number of wilayats. RO 186 million has been earmarked for new projects such as consultancy studies, designing and supervision with regard to development and renovation of Muscat international and Salalah airports (RO 140 million) and consultancy studies for designing and supervision for constructing six regional airports at Sohar, Al Duqm, Ras Al Had, Adam, Haima and Shaleem (RO 46 million). Similarly, allocations for new projects in the health sector and education sector stand at RO 168 million and RO 104 million respectively. Allocations for town planning and municipal services sector projects include proposed compensations as first phase for owners of properties affected by the Al Batinah coastal road (RO 200 million), removal of residues, pumping water and opening the main and internal roads affected by the exceptional climatic conditions in Muscat (RO 15 million), repair of parks and afforestation in the aftermath of the climatic conditions in Muscat (RO 10 million) and several similar projects. From comerbol at yahoo.com Mon Jan 12 09:24:45 2009 From: comerbol at yahoo.com (Vincent) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:24:45 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Oman-L] Urgent EMPLOYMENT request - Vincent Churchill Message-ID: <444418.56132.qm@web58705.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Dear Sir/Madam Attached, please find a copy of my resume and also a scanned image of my MBA degree. Besides holding an MBA, I also have a Bachelors degree in Literature, earned from VISTA University (South Africa) At present I am in OMAN and?seeking URGENT employment in any teaching, sales, management, ?purchasing, finance, or affiliated field. My skillset would certainly offer the encumbent employer a multi faceted range of abilities, skills and experience. I am forced by circumstances to start employment as a matter of urgency or leave Oman forthwith and ask your soonest reply, indicating any suitable positions/employment opportunities with your company/group.. Thanking you in anticipation of your reply and looking forward to meeting in person and discussing any employment opportunities with you as soon as possible. Kindest Regards Vincent Churchill Muscat, Oman ?==================================== NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may contain confidential information and is intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, copying or disclosure by any other person is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender via e-mail. ==================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://oman.org/pipermail/oman-l/attachments/20090112/b1a28cf6/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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For more information, go to http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/omanskillpool/ Regards, Joachim --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Vincent wrote: > From: Vincent > Subject: [Oman-L] Urgent EMPLOYMENT request - Vincent Churchill > To: oman-l at oman.org > Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 10:24 AM > Dear Sir/Madam > > > Attached, please find a copy of my resume and also a > scanned image of my MBA degree. Besides holding an MBA, I > also have a Bachelors degree in Literature, earned from > VISTA University (South Africa) > > At present I am in OMAN and seeking URGENT employment in > any teaching, sales, management, purchasing, finance, or > affiliated field. > > My skillset would certainly offer the encumbent employer a > multi faceted range of abilities, skills and experience. I > am forced by circumstances to start employment as a matter > of urgency or leave Oman forthwith and ask your soonest > reply, indicating any suitable positions/employment > opportunities with your company/group.. > > Thanking you in anticipation of your reply and looking > forward to meeting in person and discussing any employment > opportunities with you as soon as possible. > > Kindest Regards > > Vincent Churchill > Muscat, Oman > From jduester at oman.org Tue Jan 13 15:13:03 2009 From: jduester at oman.org (Joachim Duester) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:13:03 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Oman-L] Oman targets 800,000 b/d output in 2009 Message-ID: <898403.72363.qm@web37907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Oman targets 800,000 b/d output in 2009 Source: Reuters 13 January 2009 Non-OPEC producer Oman is targeting crude oil production of 800,000 barrels per day in 2009, up from current production of 750,000 barrels per day, the country?s oil minister said yesterday. Another non-OPEC producer, Sudan, also said it was aiming to lift output to an average of 500,000 b/d in 2009, from 450,000 to 460,000 currently. ?This will go up to about 500,000 barrels per day on average for the year, but by the end of the year we will reach 600,000 barrels per day,? Sudanese energy and mines minister al-Zubeir Ahmed Al-Hassan said. The planned increases in production come as OPEC producers have been cutting supplies in line with three agreements since September as the cartel attempts to put a floor under falling prices. Oman?s oil minister Mohammad bin Hamad al-Rumhy had said in November that Oman as a small producer does not feel obliged to cut supplies. The country?s crude output has been sliding for most of this decade as oilfields have aged, and an output rise this year could mark a reversal of the past few years? declining trend. Rumhy said on the sidelines of the conference that he was comfortable with an oil price of $ 70 a barrel. ?I think that the figure that has already been mentioned is $ 70, this is good for us,? he said. At 0726 GMT crude oil futures traded at $ 39.89 a barrel, down 94 cents from Friday?s settlement, and down more than $ 100 from last July?s record highs at $ 147.27, on persistent fears about falling oil demand. Asked about current prices, Rumhy added: ?We get less money of course, and long term it will affect production, making many projects not feasible under these prices.? From hsbalosh at hotmail.com Tue Jan 20 04:54:50 2009 From: hsbalosh at hotmail.com (hamad) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:54:50 +0200 Subject: [Oman-L] Ahmed Bin Na'umann's Voyage to US in "Al Sultanah" in 1840 Message-ID: yes i have some, hamad al balushi, oman\ 00968/99351135 hsbalosh at hotmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://oman.org/pipermail/oman-l/attachments/20090120/dafe5ad3/attachment.html From jduester at oman.org Mon Jan 26 16:57:39 2009 From: jduester at oman.org (Joachim Duester) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:57:39 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Oman-L] NCUSAR Oman Cultural Immersion Program, 11-24 March 2009 Message-ID: <293482.54216.qm@web37905.mail.mud.yahoo.com> The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations has just announced the Seventh Annual Oman Cultural Immersion study visit to the Sultanate of Oman. This will take place from 11 to 24 March and will require pre-departure orientation in Washington, D.C. to be held on 11-12 March 2009. For more details, visit http://www.ncusar.org/email_graphics/announcements/09-malone-oman.html