The Sultanate of Oman's production of gasoline recorded a rise of 15.1% in March 2025 compared to March 2024, according to preliminary statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

Meanwhile, the total production of refineries and petroleum decrease by 1.8% until the end of March 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. The production of regular gasoline (M-91) rose by 13% until the end of March 2025, and its domestics sales also rose by 1.2%.

The statistics indicate that the production of regular gasoline (M-91) reached 4,432.0 million barrels by the end of March 2025, with sales amounting to 3,383.4 thousand barrels.

The production of premium gasoline (M-95) fell by 6.7% by the end of March 2025, reaching 2,896.5thousand barrels, compared to 3,106.0 thousand barrels during the same period in 2024, and its sales increased by 1.4% to 3,148.0 thousand barrels, up from 3,106.0 thousand barrels at the end of March last year.

The production of diesel fuel (gas oil) fell by 0.3%, reaching 7,350.8 thousand barrels by the end of March 2025, compared to 7,372.0 thousand barrels during the same period in 2024.

In contrast, diesel sales increased by 2.4%, reaching 3,475.7 thousand barrels, up from 3,393.0 million barrels by the end of March last year.

Furthermore, the production of aviation fuel oil also fell by 15.2% by the end of March 2025, totaling 2,547.0 million barrels compared to 3,003.0 thousand barrels in the same period of 2024, with Sales drops by 13.5%, totaling 941.4 thousand barrels by the end of March 2025, compared to 1,088.000 thousand barrels in the same period last year.

The production of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) also fell by 9.1%, reaching 1,696,100 thousand barrels by the end of March 2025 decrease from the same period in 2024, when production stood at 1,865.0 thousand barrels. However, its sales rose to 981.1 thousand barrels, up from 819.0 thousand barrels, marking a 19.8% increase.

As for aviation fuel oil, production declined by 13% by the end of March 2025, reaching 1,866 million barrels compared to 2,144.6 thousand barrels in the same period of 2024. Sales also dropped by 13.7%, totaling 641.4 thousand barrels by the end of February 2025, compared to 742.9 thousand barrels in the same period last year.

Regarding petrochemicals, the production of benzene increased by 4.1%, reaching 44.7 thousand metric tons by the end of March 2025 compared to 43.0 thousand metric tons in the same period of 2024, while the production of paraxylene reached 140.4 thousand metric tons, compared to 140.0 thousand metric tons at the end of March last year representing a rise of 0.3%. The production of polypropylene rose by 28.6%, amounting to 78.5 thousand metric tons from 61.0 thousand metric tons during the same period in 2024.

Despite the decrease in production, polypropylene sales recorded a significant decrease of 15.4%, reaching 7.6 thousand metric tons, compared to 9.0 thousand metric tons by the end of March last year. The Sultanate of Oman's exports of gasoline (M-91) rose by 7.6% to reach 764.8 thousand barrels compared to 711.0 thousand barrels in the same period of 2024. In contrast, premium motor fuel (M-95) exports rose significantly by 35%, reaching 560.4 thousand barrels. Diesel exports declined by 26.7%, recording 2,914.2 thousand barrels compared to 3,978.0 thousand barrels in the same period last year. Jet fuel exports also dropped by 10.4%, from 1,725.0 million barrels at the end of March 2024 to 1,546.0 thousand barrels at the end of March2025.

Additionally, the exports of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) reached 36,600 thousand barrels compared to 148.0 thousand barrels in the same period last year.

The exports of paraxylene amounted to 172.6 thousand metric tons, and the exports of benzene and polypropylene reached 43.3 thousand metric tons and 61.2 thousand metric tons, respectively, until the end of March 2025.