Oman Chlorine S.A.O.G.

Oman Chlorine S.A.O.G. is a publicly listed Omani company incorporated in 1998 as a public shareholding company and listed on the Muscat Securities Market under the ticker symbol OCHL. Headquartered in Muscat with its primary production facility at the Sohar Industrial Estate, the company specializes in the manufacture and sale of industrial chemicals through its chlor-alkali operations.

The Sohar plant utilizes advanced membrane cell technology provided by OxyTech of the United States. It was designed and constructed by Cellchem of Sweden, a subsidiary of the Akzo Nobel group, with supervision from Germanischer Lloyd of Germany. This setup ensures high product quality, environmental compliance with no harmful byproducts or effluents, and fully computerized 24-hour operations supported by an on-site laboratory for continuous quality assurance.

Key products include caustic soda lye at 50% concentration, caustic soda flakes exceeding 99.5% purity on a dry basis, hydrochloric acid at 31-33%, sodium hypochlorite at 15%, and calcium chloride anhydrous granules at 94-97% purity. These serve diverse sectors such as oil and gas drilling, detergents, power generation, desalination, and water treatment. The company also produces chlorine and pursues investment activities.

Oman Chlorine maintains a group structure with subsidiaries and associates, including a significant stake in Gulf Chlorine, a sister company operating a similar plant in Qatar (approximately 48.8-51% ownership). Other entities support regional expansion. As one of Oman's established chemical manufacturers, it exports products and contributes to the country's industrial and petrochemical sector.