Category: Royal Decree

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Law of the Judicial Authority promulgated by Royal Decree 90/99,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Those named in the attached list are hereby appointed judges to the Supreme Court.

Article II

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 15 Sha’ban 1442
Corresponding to: 29 March 2021 

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman 

Published in Official Gazette 1386 issued on 4 April 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Omani Nationality Law promulgated by Royal Decree 38/2014,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

Omani nationality is hereby granted to those named in the attached lists.

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 2021 

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1385 issued on 28 March 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of Georgia on the Exemption of Visa Requirements for Holders of Diplomatic, Special or Service Passports signed in the city of Muscat on 18 February 2021,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified in the form attached.

Article II

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 1 Sha’ban 1442
Corresponding to: 15 March 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1384 issued on 21 March 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Agreement between the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Peru on Mutual Visa Exemption for Holders of Diplomatic, Special or Service Passports signed in the city of Muscat on 18 February 2021,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified in the form attached.

Article II

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 1 Sha’ban 1442
Corresponding to: 15 March 2021 

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1384 issued on 21 March 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of Hungary on Cooperation in the Field of Higher Education signed in Muscat on 8 February 2021,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified in the form attached.

Article II

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 1 Sha’ban 1442
Corresponding to: 15 March 2021

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1384 issued on 21 March 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

and the Agreement between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Government of the Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka on the Exemption of Visa Requirements for Holders of Diplomatic, Special, Service and Official Passports signed in the city of Muscat on 17 February 2021,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The aforementioned agreement is hereby ratified in the form attached.

Article II

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 25 Rajab 1442
Corresponding to: 9 March 2021 

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1383 issued on 14 March 2021.

Arabic

We, Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State,

Royal Decree 48/76 regarding the Signing of Foreign and Domestic Financial Transactions,

Royal Decree 50/80 Establishing Petroleum Development Oman Limited Liability Company,

Royal Decree 67/2003 Applying the Unified Customs Law of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf,

Royal Decree 2/2005 Granting the Concession for the Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbon in Block 6 in the Sultanate of Oman,

the Income Tax Law promulgated by Royal Decree 28/2009,

the Oil and Gas Law promulgated by Royal Decree 8/2011,

the Commercial Companies Law promulgated by Royal Decree 18/2019,

Royal Decree 128/2020 Establishing a Closed Omani Joint Stock Company Named Energy Development Oman SAOC,

the Agreement Extending and Consolidating the Concession Agreement concluded on 6 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1425, corresponding to 19 December 2004 between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Private Oil Holdings Oman Limited,

the Shareholders Agreement concluded on 6 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1425, corresponding to 19 December 2004 between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Petroleum Development Oman LLC, Shell Petroleum Company Limited, Total SE, and PTTEP Oman E&P Corporation,

the Operating Agreement concluded on 6 Dhu Al-Qa’dah 1425, corresponding to 19 December 2004 between Petroleum Development Oman LLC, Private Oil Holdings Oman Limited, and the Government of the Sultanate of Oman,

the contract amending the Constitutive Contract of Petroleum Development Oman LLC which governs and regulates the founders' relationship between the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, Shell Petroleum Company Limited, Total SE, and PTTEP Oman E&P Corporation relating to Petroleum Development Oman LLC,

the collection of documents by which the Government of the Sultanate of Oman assigned all of its rights and obligations relating to its participating interest in the aforementioned Agreement Extending and Consolidating the Concession Agreement, Shareholders Agreement, and Operating Agreement to Energy Development Oman SAOC, which accepts this assignment,

and the Fiscal Protocol in Relation to Energy Development Oman SAOC’s Participating Interest in the Agreement Extending and Consolidating the Concession Agreement,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The assignment by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman of all its rights and obligations relating to its participating interest in the aforementioned Agreement Extending and Consolidating the Concession Agreement to Energy Development Oman SAOC is hereby approved. The final shares of the parties to the agreement are as follows:

60% (sixty percent) for Energy Development Oman SAOC.

40% (forty percent) for Private Oil Holdings Oman Limited.

Article II

The assignment by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman of all its rights and obligations relating to its participating interest in the aforementioned Shareholders Agreement to Energy Development Oman SAOC is hereby approved. The final shares of the shareholders in Petroleum Development Oman LLC are as follows:

60% (sixty percent) for Energy Development Oman SAOC.

34% (thirty-four percent) for Shell Petroleum Company Limited.

4% (four percent) for Total SE.

2% (two percent) for PTTEP Oman E&P Corporation.

Article III

The assignment by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman of all its rights and obligations in the aforementioned Operating Agreement to Energy Development Oman SAOC is hereby approved.

Article IV

The aforementioned fiscal protocol is hereby approved.

Article V

Any future amendments to the aforementioned fiscal protocol shall become effective in accordance with its terms and with the approval of the parties concerned.

Article VI

The provisions of the aforementioned fiscal protocol shall apply regardless of any contrary provisions in laws, regulations, or directives in force in the Sultanate of Oman.

Article VII

This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 12 Rajab 1442
Corresponding to: 24 February 2021 

Haitham bin Tarik
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 1381 issued on 28 February 2021.