MUSCAT : Sur Industrial City witnessed remarkable growth from last January to this June, as 8 projects were localized during the period with an investment volume over OMR 30 million.

Focus has been placed on attracting value-added projects that supply the local market and projects of a sustainable nature, and are in line with the trend towards the blue economy of the Al Sharqiyah Governorate on the one hand, and the contribution to the transfer of technology to the Sultanate of Oman on the other hand, as the work sectors for localized projects are represented in the manufacture of generators, turbines and furniture, perfumes, aluminum, shipbuilding, fish freezing, fodder, and supporting projects.

Engineer Abdul Qadir bin Salem Al Balushi, Director General of Tire Industrial City, explained that the industrial city currently contains a number of major projects such as the liquefied natural gas project, the chemical fertilizer project, and a number of small and medium projects in various sectors, in addition to a number of support service projects.

He added that the number of localized projects in Sur Industrial City reached 127 projects with an investment capital of OMR 2.3 billion, which contributed to the employment of about 1,514 people from the national workforce out of a total of 2,656 workers.

The total area of ​​the city is 36 million square meters, of which 23 million square meters is leasable area. The Sur Industrial City is characterized by a waterfront of 8 kilometers overlooking the Arabian Sea and the Sea of ​​Oman. Al Balushi explained that one of the most important strategic projects currently being worked on is the Tire Port project, which will contribute to opening great prospects for attracting investments in the industrial city and providing job opportunities, and coordination and work continues with The project developer to finalize the contract approval phase.

He stressed that Sur Industrial City seeks to raise the efficiency of basic services, as it has completed the development of two million square meters, including roads, water and sewage networks, and work is underway to implement a wastewater treatment plant at a cost of about OMR 950,000, and work is underway on a project to improve the water level through the drainage of rainwater and valley crossings inside the industrial city, at a cost of OMR 350,000.

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