Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,303.10	+8.60	0.06%
S&P 500	1,649.60	-0.91	-0.06%
Nasdaq	3,459.14	-0.27	-0.01%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,303.10

+8.60

0.06%

S&P 500

1,649.60

-0.91

-0.06%

Nasdaq

3,459.14

-0.27

-0.01%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,764.29	-12.49	-0.45%
FTSE 100	6,654.34	-42.45	-0.63%
DAX	8,305.32	-46.66	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,764.29

-12.49

-0.45%

FTSE 100

6,654.34

-42.45

-0.63%

DAX

8,305.32

-46.66

-0.56%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

Oman to Seek Construction Bids for Sohar Refinery, Observer Says

By Faisal Mantheri - 2012-04-24T09:56:46Z

Oman Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Co. plans to seek bids this year for engineering, procurement and construction work to expand the Persian Gulf state’s biggest processing plant, the Oman Observer reported.

The project will increase capacity at the 116,400 barrel-a- day Sohar refinery by about 60,000 barrels, with output to be exported and also sold locally, the newspaper said, citing Chief Executive Officer Musab al-Mahrouqi.

Construction is to start next year and be completed in the first half of 2016, according to the report today. The state-run company will announce a shortlist of prequalified contractors within a month, it said. Oman is the largest non-OPEC oil producer in the Middle East.

To contact the reporters on this story: Faisal Mantheri in Dubai at fmantheri@bloomberg.net; Ayesha Daya in Dubai adaya1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephen Voss at sev@bloomberg.net

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