# ZL EOR Chemicals and Oman Development Petroleum launch polymer factory in Oman

Chinese company ZL EOR Chemicals and Omani firm Oman Development Petroleum launched the first polymer production factory in Oman, located in Salalah. The $20 million facility has an initial capacity of 15,000 tons per year, expected to be operational within a month.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-06-17
- Where: Raysut industrial area, Salalah, Oman
- Value: $20.0M
- Starts operating: 21 Jun 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 15,000 tons per year (first phase), up to 70,000 tons per year later
- Products: polymers
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [ZL EOR Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/40040.md)
- [Oman Development Petroleum](https://endata.com/companies/40041.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [xinhuanet.com](http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/18/c_138151452.htm), 2019-06-18: "The factory ... is expected to be operational within a month."
- [mees.com](https://www.mees.com/2019/6/21/news-in-brief/oman-starts-polymers-plant/2f2d39a0-942e-11e9-b24a-899e73676edb), 2019-06-21: "Chinese firm ZL EOR Chemicals has started production of polyacrylamide, a polymer used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects, at a plant in the Raysut Industrial Zone at Salalah in southern Oman."

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