Sohar Refinery

A 198,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Sohar, OM, operated by OQ. Nelson Complexity 11.

Record

Rated capacity

198,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)

Nelson Complexity Index

11

Status

Damaged

Operator

OQ

Parent

OQ SAOC

Supplier graph

bomforge.com/companies/oq-sohar

Coordinates

24.3600, 56.7300

Notes

Multiple news articles from March 2026 indicate Gulf energy infrastructure has been damaged in regional conflict. Bloomberg article specifically lists damaged Gulf energy infrastructure, and CNN article references Strait of Hormuz closure affecting the region. While Sohar Refinery is not explicitly named in the provided snippets, the context of widespread infrastructure damage in Oman's region during this conflict period suggests operational disruption.

What coverage reports

393 days since one was reported

Fire at OQ Refineries in Sohar Industrial Port under control, says CDAA
2025-07-24 · 1 publisher filed it

0 reported in 12 months

2024-092026-08

stories filed per month · red = a disruption

These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.

Wire

1. 15 Apr 2026 Maintenance Critical
   Oman’s Sohar Refinery Shuts Thurs For 46 Days Of Maintenance
   Gulf Business · matched sohar
2. 16 Dec 2025 General Low
   Oman inaugurates first sugar refinery at sohar port
   ChiniMandi · matched sohar
3. 14 Dec 2025 General Low
   OMR150mn modern sugar refinery to be inaugurated in Sohar on Monday
   Times of Oman · matched sohar
4. 26 Nov 2025 General Low
   Oman taps Worley for Sohar refinery decarbonization works
   Oil & Gas Journal · matched sohar
5. 26 Nov 2025 General Low
   Worley secures FEED contract for OQ Sohar refinery decarbonisation project in Oman
   ZAWYA · matched sohar
6. 28 Oct 2025 General Low
   Oman nears launch of first sugar refinery at Sohar Port to boost local production
   Food Business Middle East & Africa · matched sohar
7. 24 Jul 2025 Incident High
   Fire at OQ Refineries in Sohar Industrial Port under control, says CDAA
   Times of Oman · matched sohar
8. 8 Oct 2024 Maintenance Medium
   Title: Completion of Maintenance Activities at Sohar and Muscat Refineries
   وردنا · matched sohar
9. 7 Aug 2024 General Low
   Crude unit down at Oman's Sohar refinery
   Quantum Commodity Intelligence · matched sohar
10. 23 Dec 2023 Maintenance Medium
    Oman begins 2-month turnaround at Sohar refinery
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched sohar
11. 6 May 2022 General Low
    Sohar Refinery Improvement Project in Oman
    Construction Review · matched sohar
12. 30 Jun 2021 Maintenance Medium
    Oman Business: Sohar refinery begins 2-month maintenance ops
    Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) · matched sohar
13. 31 Aug 2020 General Low
    Sohar Asphalt inks deal with Chinese firm for Oman’s first bitumen refinery
    Middle East Construction News · matched sohar
14. 30 Aug 2020 General Low
    Sohar Asphalt awards $400mln Oman bitumen plant contract
    Zawya · matched sohar
15. 16 Feb 2020 General Low
    Sohar Refinery's new units to operate at full capacity next year
    MEED · matched sohar
16. 25 Jan 2020 Maintenance Medium
    ORPIC wraps Sohar refinery turnaround, expansion
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched sohar
17. 4 Apr 2019 Expansion Medium
    Oman completes US$2.7bn Sohar refinery expansion project
    Enerdata · matched sohar
18. 3 Apr 2019 General Low
    Oman inaugurates improved Sohar Refinery
    MEED · matched sohar
19. 1 Apr 2019 General Low
    $2.7 billion Sohar Refinery Improvement project launched
    Oman Observer + 1 other outlet · matched sohar
20. 22 May 2018 General Low
    Oman- Orpic bags MEED National Project of the Year Award for Sohar Refinery
    Menafn · matched sohar
21. 18 Oct 2017 General Low
    EXCLUSIVE: Sohar refinery nears completion
    MEED · matched sohar
22. 15 Oct 2017 Expansion Low
    Orpic to invest $220m on Muscat-Sohar pipeline
    MEED · matched sohar
23. 4 Feb 2017 General Low
    Sohar Refinery Improvement Project 99pc complete
    Oman Observer · matched sohar
24. 3 Dec 2016 Operations Critical
    Sohar Refinery undergoes safe shutdown
    Oman Observer · matched sohar
25. 30 Nov 2016 Operations Medium
    Oman’s ORPIC says preparing to restart Sohar oil refinery
    The Peninsula Qatar · matched sohar
26. 28 Nov 2016 General Critical
    Oman’s ORPIC shuts Sohar oil refinery because of technical issues
    Gulf Business · matched sohar
27. 12 Oct 2016 Expansion Medium
    Oman Business: Sohar Refinery Expansion Project on schedule
    Gulf Daily News (Bahrain) + 1 other outlet · matched sohar
28. 11 Aug 2016 General Low
    Oman says new refinery capacity in Sohar to cut crude oil exports
    Arabian Business · matched sohar
29. 6 Jul 2016 General Low
    Sohar Refinery Improvement Project
    offshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched sohar
30. 20 Jun 2016 General Low
    General Atomics Gulftronic Electrostatic Separators Selected for Installation at Sohar Refinery, Oman
    General Atomics · matched sohar
31. 7 Jun 2016 Expansion Low
    Orpic ‘to invest $320m in Muscat – Sohar pipeline’
    Middle East Construction News + 1 other outlet · matched sohar
32. 1 May 2016 General Low
    Oman's Sohar Refinery Improvement Project achieves safety milestone
    Oil Review Middle East · matched sohar
33. 25 Apr 2016 General Low
    British Ambassador visits Orpic’s Sohar Refinery Improvement Project
    Petrofac · matched sohar
34. 17 Oct 2015 General Low
    Sohar bitumen refinery to start operation in 2017
    PressReader · matched sohar
35. 10 Sep 2015 Expansion Low
    Sohar Refinery invests $50m in environmen­t programmes
    PressReader · matched sohar
36. 17 Jun 2015 General Low
    MAN Diesel awarded Sohar Refinery contract in Oman
    Construction Week Online · matched sohar
37. 16 Jun 2015 General Low
    German firm wins ORPIC’s Sohar Refinery contract
    PressReader · matched sohar
38. 26 Jan 2015 Maintenance Medium
    Oman’s ORPIC Began 29-Day Maintenance On Sohar Refinery On Sunday
    gulfbusiness.com · matched sohar
39. 20 Aug 2014 General Low
    Al Hassan wins $68mn Sohar refinery contract
    Construction Week Online · matched sohar
40. 6 May 2014 General Low
    ORPIC closes US$2.8bn financing for Sohar Refinery Improvement (Oman)
    Enerdata · matched sohar
41. 29 Sep 2013 Expansion Medium
    Contract for Sohar Refinery expansion imminent
    Construction Week Online · matched sohar
42. 2 Mar 2013 Maintenance Critical
    Sohar plants shut down for $46m maintenance job
    Construction Week Online · matched sohar
43. 31 Dec 2012 Expansion Medium
    ORPIC floats tenders Sohar Refinery expansion project
    Projects Today · matched sohar
44. 23 Sep 2012 General Low
    Alstom wins $19m Sohar refinery clean-up contract
    Construction Week Online · matched sohar
45. 15 Aug 2012 Expansion Medium
    Oman shortlists nine for Sohar Refinery expansion
    Middle East Construction News · matched sohar
46. 24 Apr 2012 General Low
    Shortlist for Sohar refinery contract imminent
    Construction Week Online · matched sohar
47. 18 May 2011 General Low
    Oman to raise Sohar refining capacity by 60%
    Arabian Business · matched sohar
48. 2 May 2011 Expansion Medium
    Oman Refinery Mulls $1.2 Billion Expansion for Sohar Refinery Pro...
    Industrial Info Resources · matched sohar
49. 29 Jul 2010 Expansion Medium
    Oman plans $300m Sohar refinery expansion
    Arabian Business · matched sohar
50. 30 Sep 2003 General Low
    Oman Polypropylene hires Apicorp to structure financing for Sohar plant
    albawaba.com · matched sohar

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