OOMCO

OOMCO (Oman Oil Marketing Company) is Oman's principal downstream fuel distribution company, majority state-owned and listed on the Muscat Stock Exchange. Founded in 1994, it operates petrol stations, aviation fuelling, and commercial lubricants. It lies outside the Strait of Hormuz but depends on the Gulf of Oman for seaborne export access.

OOMCO confirmed a fuel storage tank at Duqm port was damaged in an attack, the second strike on the port in three days, as the facility emerged as a key target in the Iran conflict. The incident further narrowed alternatives to Strait of Hormuz-dependent export routes for regional energy flows.

The Duqm attacks expose a structural vulnerability: Oman has positioned itself as a neutral diplomatic actor and an alternative export corridor east of the Hormuz chokepoint, yet that advantage is now under direct pressure. Damage to OOMCO infrastructure does not just affect one company; it signals that the bypass corridor itself is contested territory.