{"id":95593,"date":"2026-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/?p=95593"},"modified":"2026-05-06T06:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:07:25","slug":"oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oman folds fuel supply and port services into one entity:<\/strong> Oman\u2019s two marine fuel suppliers \u2014 O Bunkering and Marafi Services \u2014 merged<\/a> into a single national entity under the O Bunkering name, linking marine fuel supply with port operations, according to a post<\/a> on LinkedIn. The merger was formalized on Omani Logistics Day, which saw 24 investment agreements<\/a> inked across ports, airports, and storage, including a separate bunkering services agreement at Duqm Port.<\/p>\n

Logistics growth backdrop: <\/strong>The merger comes as Oman targets higher output from transport and storage, with sector investment rising to OMR 3.4 bn in 2025 from OMR 2.3 bn in 2024, while targeting OMR 3.6 bn for 2026.<\/p>\n

Why it matters:<\/strong> The move brings fuel supply, port logistics, and service execution under a single operating structure, aiming to reduce fragmentation and improve coordination across Omani ports. The merger is expected to improve service reliability and expand operational coverage for port calls across Oman.<\/p>\n

Scale and reliability in focus, but the details run thin: <\/strong>While the agreement is positioned to yield higher capacity and boost regional competitiveness, there\u2019s no disclosure on fuel volumes, fleet size, customer base, or near-term capacity additions.<\/p>\n

About the firms: <\/strong>O Bunkering provides<\/a> marine fuel at key Omani ports, including Muscat and Sohar, with a broader footprint spanning Duqm and Salalah. Marafi adds<\/a> the port-side layer \u2014 infrastructure, service logistics, and operational support.<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The merger comes as Oman targets higher output from transport and storage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[941],"tags":[17,137,142,37],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-95593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ma-watch-2","tag-enterprise-logistics","tag-ma-watch","tag-oman","tag-ports","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"3cd9a0c1-1cea-440e-bf53-a6074f6eab47","order":"3","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"To fuel supply, and beyond","related_issue":[95588],"teaser":"The merger comes as Oman targets higher output from transport and storage","photo_link":"","related_sponsor":"","voice_url":"","en_translation_ref_id":"","section_story_id":""},"yoast_head":"\nOman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger - Logistics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The merger comes as Oman targets higher output from transport and storage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Logistics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-06T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-06T06:07:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-06T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-06T06:07:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/\"},\"wordCount\":231,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Enterprise Logistics\",\"M&A WATCH\",\"Oman\",\"PORTS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"M&A Watch\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/\",\"name\":\"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger - Logistics\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-06T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-06T06:07:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/\",\"name\":\"Logistics\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Logistics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/29618.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/29618.svg\",\"caption\":\"Logistics\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger - Logistics","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger","og_description":"The merger comes as Oman targets higher output from transport and storage","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/","og_site_name":"Logistics","article_published_time":"2026-05-06T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-06T06:07:25+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger","datePublished":"2026-05-06T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-06T06:07:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/"},"wordCount":231,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","keywords":["Enterprise Logistics","M&A WATCH","Oman","PORTS"],"articleSection":["M&A Watch"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/","name":"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger - Logistics","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-05-06T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-06T06:07:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2026\/05\/06\/oman-builds-national-bunkering-player-with-o-bunkering-marafi-merger\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Oman builds national bunkering player with O Bunkering-Marafi merger"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/","name":"Logistics","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#organization","name":"Logistics","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/29618.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/29618.svg","caption":"Logistics"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2026\/5\/300.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95636,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95593\/revisions\/95636"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/95588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95593"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=95593"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=95593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}