Oman, abbreviated as Oman, is a country located in the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia, bordering the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and other countries, bordering the Arabian Sea. Land area 30. Oman is rich in oil reserves, ranking 22nd in the world. It is the largest non-OPEC oil and gas producer in the Middle East and a typical resource-exporting country. In 2017, The country is 83% urbanized.
Map of Oman
At present, the government is entering the second half of the implementation of the ninth five-year plan (2016-2020). The Omani government hopes to expand into new energy, mining, trade and other diversified areas, with a strategic focus on the development of energy-intensive and capital-intensive industries. In the current five-year plan, the contribution of the oil and gas industry to GDP is expected to be reduced from 44% to 26%. In 2018, oil revenue accounted for about 70% of Oman's government revenue.
Figure 1: Economic growth and investment as a percentage of GDP in Oman since the 1980s
Table 1: Capacity and Output of Major Cement Enterprises in Oman in 2017 
by China Building Material International Equipment Co., Ltd. was started on October 1, 2013 and ignited on June 27, 2014. The transformation of the project involves a wide range, including the production increase and transformation of the core sub-items of the clinker line, such as raw meal grinding, raw meal homogenization, preheater, rotary kiln and clinker cooling and conveying. Difficult approval of labor permit, serious aging of old production lines, many sub-items involved in transformation, serious pollution of factories, and hot climate in the location have brought great difficulties to the project.
Oman's cement production lines are all located in Russel, a city in Muscat Province in the northeast of Oman. In addition, according to the latest reports, Oman Cement Company plans to build an integrated cement project in the Duqm Special Economic Zone. 2.
Table 2: Cement Production Line in Oman
Figure 2: Production and utilization rate of Oman cement over the years (2018-2022 is the forecast value) 
Table 3: Laisut Cement Production Line
Figure 3: Production and utilization rate of Lesut Cement over the years (2018-2022 is the forecast value) Oman's cement production capacity increased from 4 million tons in 2008 to 7.3 million tons in 2016, which is still unable to fully meet domestic demand. Cement import is the main means to meet domestic demand for cement. Since 2010, the amount of cement imported by Oman has been increasing. In 2017, the amount of cement imported by Oman reached about 4.5 million tons, mainly from the United Arab Emirates.
Figure 4: Comparison of Domestic Cement Production and Demand in Oman from 2008 to 2015
4. Latest developments
in cement equipment According to the latest reports, Raysut Cement has signed an agreement with Oman Ayoki Engineering Co., Ltd. Upgrading its Line 3 clinker chiller at Salalah plant. Ayoki Engineering will import all clinker cooler upgrades from IKN GmbH, Germany. The scope of the project includes civil works, supply and installation of mechanical and electrical works related to clinker cooler upgrade. The procurement and installation of refractory materials will also be the responsibility of the EPC Contractor through IKN. The installation is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Raysut Cement has awarded a contract for the installation of a waste heat recovery (WHR) system to China National Materials Overseas Development Co. The project is reportedly the first of its kind in Oman. The project is expected to take at least 18 months to complete.
V. Future Outlook
According to the Omani government's 2019 budget, investment expenditure is estimated at 3.7 billion riyals, including 1.2 billion allocated to infrastructure projects, including the construction of hospitals, water networks, airport facilities, schools, housing, highways and roads. The remaining 2.5 billion is planned to be used by state-owned enterprises for the implementation of industrial and service projects. According to the expenditure plan, transportation infrastructure is no longer dominant, and the amount of investment in infrastructure construction this year has also declined compared with the past. Oman's cement demand is likely to remain weak, and with the competition of excess capacity in the United Arab Emirates, Oman's domestic cement enterprises will face more severe challenges. Further opportunities are likely to be in the SEZ, and the development of Dukeham New Town includes an extensive plan to build the area into a commercial, industrial and tourism hub by 2020. In addition, Oman's population is growing rapidly, with a compound annual population growth rate of 5.
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