Published in Official Gazette 1387 issued on 11 April 2021.
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Statement of the Supreme Committee
Within its continuous sessions held to evaluate recent developments of COVID-19 in the Sultanate, the Supreme Committee has decided to exempt Omanis arriving in the Sultanate through land, sea or air boarders from mandatory institutional quarantine, but should undergo a home-based isolation, together with other procedures imposed on all arrivals in the Sultanate. Consequently, they will not need to provide proof of a hotel booking for 7 nights, or a guarantee letter which specifies details of the arrangements being made in accordance with the institutional quarantine requirements, provided that this decision comes into effect from today.
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Statement of the Supreme Committee
The Supreme Committee on Covid-19 has taken the following decisions:
– Extending closure of all commercial activities, while allowing movement of individuals and vehicles in all governorates of the Sultanate, between 8 pm and 5 am, starting from Thursday 8 April (25 Shaaban 1442 AH) till the morning of the first day of Ramadhan.
– Nighttime ban throughout Ramadhan on all commercial activities, movement of individuals and vehicles from 9 pm till 4 am.
– No Taraweeh prayers in any mosques.
– Total ban of all gatherings, like iftar-sa’im, in mosques and other places like tents or public assembling areas (sabla or anything else).
– Ban on all group activities—social, sports, cultural or any other collective activities during the month of Ramadhan.
– Entry to the Sultanate will be restricted only to Omani citizens and residency holders with effect from 12 pm of Thursday 25 Shaaban 1442, 8 April 2021.
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Statement of the Supreme Committee
Within its continuous sessions held to follow up the recent developments of COVID-19 in the Sultanate, the Supreme Committee has looked over the reports of epidemiological investigation in schools, which have shown an increase in the number of cases registered among the administrative and educational staff and students in private and international schools as a result of transmission of the pandemic among the community members, and the failure of some schools to take necessary preventive measures, prominently failure to disclose COVID-19 symptoms or coming in contact with positive cases. Hence, seeking to contain the spread of the virus, the Supreme Committee has decided to suspend in-person school attendance of students in private and international schools, while confining their access to education only through remote learning methods, except for grade 12 students to be treated equally just as in government schools, provided that this decision comes into effect from Sunday, April 4th 2021 until further notice.
And because of the dangerous rise of cases across the Sultanate in this period, the Supreme Committee decided to suspend official and community-level sports activities, starting from tomorrow Thursday, 1st of April 2021 until further notice.
The Supreme Committee also decided to reduce the attendance of employees and other public legal persons required to attend in workplaces in the units of the state’s administrative apparatus to 50% only, provided that the employees who do not attend to workplaces perform the work assigned to them remotely, effective Sunday 4th of April 2021 until further notice.
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Statement of the Supreme Committee
The Supreme Committee on COVID-19 has followed up, with extreme anxiety, epidemiological monitoring reports and took note of the alarming daily surge in Covid-19 infection cases, the growing number of patients admitted to hospital wards and intensive care units and the unfortunate spike in death cases. Specialists expect the period from 1 April to 31 May 2021 to be extremely difficult stage in the pandemic’s development in the Sultanate. To avoid the worse, the Supreme Committee will take a series of tougher and more comprehensive measures that might culminate into lockdown and total ban on movement during the above mentioned period. The procedures will begin with a decision to impose nighttime closure of commercial activities and a ban on movement of people and vehicles from 8 pm to 5 am with effect from Sunday 28 March 2021 till the morning of Thursday 8 April 2021.
The Supreme Committee decided to maintain its decision requiring students of government schools to continue learning online till Thursday 8 April 2021, except Class 12 students, who have to stick to the Blended Learning System. During this period, the situation will be assessed in line with the epidemiological scenario.
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We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,
the Oil and Gas Law promulgated by Royal Decree 8/2011,
Royal Decree 17/2007 Approving the Petroleum Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and British Petroleum (BP Amoco Exploration Epsilon Limited) for Block 61,
Royal Decree 11/2014 Approving the Amended Petroleum Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and British Petroleum (BP Exploration Epsilon Limited) for Block 61,
Royal Decree 14/2017 Approving the Amended Petroleum Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, BP Exploration Epsilon Limited, and Makarim Gas Development LLC for Block 61,
Royal Decree 44/2018 Approving the Assignment by Makarim Gas Development LLC of 10% of Its Rights and Obligations in the Amended Petroleum Agreement Signed on 8 November 2016 for Block 61 to PC Oman Ventures Limited,
and the collection of documents by which BP Exploration (Epsilon) Limited assigned 20% of its rights and obligations in the amended petroleum agreement signed on 8 November 2016 for Block 61 to PTTEP MENA Limited, which accepts this assignment,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article I
The assignment by BP Exploration (Epsilon) Limited of 20% of its rights and obligations in the amended petroleum agreement signed on 8 November 2016 for Block 61 to PTTEP MENA Limited is hereby approved. The final shares of the parties to the agreement shall be as follows:– 40% for BP Exploration Epsilon Limited.
– 30% for Makarim Gas Development LLC.
– 20% for PTTEP MENA Limited.
– 10% for PC Oman Ventures Limited.
Article II
This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance. Issued on: 9 Sha’ban 1442 Corresponding to: 23 March 2021Haitham bin Tarik Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 1385 issued on 28 March 2021.