Oman's total refinery production rises by 1.6%

Muscat: Oman's total refinery production saw a growth of 1.6 percent by the end of June 2025.

However, MOGAS (motor gasoline) production in June 2025 saw a decrease of 17.1 percent compared to the previous month.

Preliminary statistics from the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) indicate that the production of Regular MOGAS (91) increased by 11.5 percent, reaching 8.6595 million barrels by the end of June 2025, compared to 7.7679 million barrels during the same period in 2024. Sales also rose by 2 percent to 6.9645 million barrels, compared to 6.8287 million barrels by the end of June 2024. Exports of Regular MOGAS increased by 6.1 percent to 1.4946 million barrels, up from 1.4084 million barrels by the end of June 2024.

In contrast, production of MOGAS (95) saw a 2.2 percent decrease, reaching 6.4184 million barrels compared to 6.5595 million barrels during the same period in 2024. However, its sales increased slightly by 0.9 percent to 6.4696 million barrels, up from 6.4124 million barrels by the end of June 2024. Exports of MOGAS-95 achieved a 20.6 percent growth, reaching 690,700 barrels compared to 572,800 barrels in the same period last year.

The production of Gas Oil (Diesel) recorded a 3.8 percent increase, reaching 16.6214 million barrels, compared to 16.0166 million barrels by the end of June 2024. Sales also rose by 5.8 percent to 7.2137 million barrels, compared to 6.8202 million barrels in the same period last year. However, its exports decreased by 5.5 percent, registering 8.5506 million barrels compared to 9.0521 million barrels by the end of June 2024.

Jet fuel production experienced a 13.1 percent decrease, registering 4.9458 million barrels compared to 5.6923 million barrels for the same period in 2024. Its sales also declined by 6.4 percent to 1.8676 million barrels, compared to 1.9953 million barrels last year. Exports decreased by 16.3 percent, reaching 3.019 million barrels compared to 3.605 million barrels by the end of June 2024.

As for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) production, it saw a slight increase of 0.2 percent, reaching 3.7645 million barrels, compared to 3.7556 million barrels during the same period in 2024. Its sales rose by 22.2 percent to 1.9444 million barrels, against 1.5912 million barrels for the same period in 2024, while its exports decreased by 60.3 percent, reaching 111,500 barrels compared to 280,700 barrels by the end of June 2024.

Regarding petrochemicals, statistics showed that Benzene production increased by 3.1 percent, registering 86,000 metric tonnes, compared to 83,500 metric tonnes for the same period in 2024. Paraxylene production achieved a 6.8 percent growth, registering 283,000 metric tonnes by the end of June 2025, against 265,100 metric tonnes by the end of June 2024. Polypropylene recorded the highest production growth rate at 73.4 percent, reaching 176,600 metric tonnes compared to 101,800 metric tonnes during the same period last year. Despite this, its sales decreased by 9.2 percent, registering 15,400 metric tonnes compared to 17,000 metric tonnes in the same period last year.

In terms of exports, Benzene exports increased by 0.4 percent by the end of June 2025, registering 81,900 metric tonnes compared to 81,500 metric tonnes by the end of June 2024. Paraxylene exports recorded significant growth of 22.8 percent, reaching 312,700 metric tonnes compared to 254,700 metric tonnes in the same period last year. Polypropylene exports also showed remarkable growth of 61.6 percent, reaching 131,200 metric tonnes compared to 81,200 metric tonnes in the same period of 2024.