India's Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals (DFPCL) is pushing to establish a specialty chemicals plant in the Salalah Free Zone in Oman. The subsidiary of DFPCL, Deepak Oman Industries LLC, based in Pune, India, has signed a long-term ammonia offtake agreement with OQ Base Industries SAOG (OQBI), a subsidiary of the OQ Group. - Agreement duration: 10 years (renewable) - Securing the supply of ammonia produced in the integrated petrochemical complex of the Salalah Free Trade Zone by OQBI Based on this, a plan to invest approximately $100 million in the Salalah Free Zone to establish a new plant for the production of 70,000 tons per year of sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate is underway. - The products will be supplied to the pharmaceutical and specialty fertilizer industries * Original article link: https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1183611/business/100m-chemicals-project-to-boost-downstream-industry-in-salalah