About Galfar
Galfar Engineering & Contracting SAOG (Galfar) is Oman’s largest
construction company with EPC capability in Oil & Gas, Roads & Bridges
and Civil & Utilities sectors operating in Oman, other GCC countries as
well as India. Over the last 40 years, Galfar has established itself as the
“Preferred Partner in Development” in Oman with a turnover nearly USD 1
Billion. The Company has grown steadily over the last 4 decades,
owns a fleet of more than 7000 equipments, employs a workforce of over 23,000
and also prides itself as the largest employer of Omani nationals in the
Private Sector.
The Company’s endeavor towards excellence in
construction quality, safety, performance, employee satisfaction and social
responsibility has enabled it to be the most trusted and sought after
Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Operations & Maintenance and
Project Management company in the region. It has consistently delivered
projects, providing value-added engineering, construction and service skills to
customers for whom the quality of execution, efficiency and reliability are
critical.
Since its inception in 1972, Galfar, with its
strong leadership has executed a focused strategic vision and is now a Public
Limited Company listed in the Muscat Securities Market. The company has also
been successful in creating an excellent track record in ensuring shareholder
confidence. For the short term, growth is already built into our order book
based on the plans of our major clients and partners. It has also identified
areas for growth based on regional trends and evolving market conditions.
Galfar always has the highest concern for safety
and this is evidenced by securing some of the best records for Safety in its
operations, having won several awards from government organizations, clients
and the Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council.
Galfar, with its Oil & Gas, EPC, Civil &
Utilities and Roads & Bridges Business Units, has the experience and
expertise to undertake construction projects of scale and technical complexity.
Its portfolio of completed and ongoing projects is impressive as it is diverse.
In the Oil & Gas sector, the company has
undertaken several large scale projects for Petroleum Development Oman, which
value in the range of US $200 million to US $370 million. Some projects of note
are the 5-year Off-Plot Delivery Contract (ODC), Qarn Alam Steam Off Plot EPC
Facilities, Kauther Gas Plant & Associated Facilities, the LNG Upstream
Central Processing Unit and the Harweel Cluster EPC Phases - 2A & 2B
Facilities, which required erection of 8500 tons of equipment & 8000 tons of
structural steel, pouring of 38000 cubic meters of concrete, 210,000 inch dia.
of welding and installation of 300,000 km.. of electrical and instrumentation
cables. In addition, the Company is executing several lump-sum EPC and non-EPC
contracts and is PDO’s biggest contractor in terms of the value of jobs and
resources deployed.
In Civil and Utilities sectors, the projects
include major hospitals, palaces, stadias, power and water distribution and
sewerage collection & conveyance projects. The marine projects completed by
the company include ports, harbours, jetties, seawalls and breakwaters. The
Khasab harbour project for example, consisted of 1.5 km. of breakwaters, 500m
quay walls, dredging of 350,000 cubic meters and reclamation of 750,000 cubic
meters. Some of these projects value about US $ 200 million. Some major
projects include the Duqum Dry Dock Facilities, Al-Ansab Sewage Treatment
Plant, Central Prison at Sumail, A’ Seeb Coastal Strip Vacuum Sewer Network
& Ancillary Works project at Seeb and the Corporate Headquarters building
of the Saud Bahwan Group and the Corporate Headquarters of Bank Muscat, among
others.
In the Roads and Bridges sector, Galfar is known
for some of the best executed projects in the region. Recently completed
projects of significance are the Dualization of Wadi Adai Al Amerat Road,
Rushtaq-Miskin Road, Rehabilitation of Batinah Highway and the US $340 million
value Muscat Expressway which was commissioned for the 40th Annual Celebrations
commemorating the rule of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said. The 53 km. Long
Muscat Expressway project included 112 km. of cross roads, earth retaining
walls of 56 m. height, tallest ever Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls
of 60 m, very large arch culverts (Tech-spans), 15 million cubic meters of
earth work, 1.25 million tons of asphalt and 120,000 cubic meters of concrete.
Few of the recently awarded projects include the
Development of Salalah International Airport, Ras Al Hadd Airport, the Design,
Build, Operation & Maintenance of the New Darsait Sewage Treatment Plant.
Galfar has had successful partnerships with
international design and construction firms like Petrofac, Snamprogetti,
Bechtel, Daewoo among others for the execution of some of these prestigious
projects.
Galfar is committed to
social responsibilities and is providing suitable training, employment and
growth opportunities to Omanis at all levels. The promoters of the company are
major shareholders in medical colleges, engineering colleges and training
institutes to train Omani nationals. Galfar strives to be a leader in the
Omanization programme and hence maintains high levels of Omanization. Galfar’s
efforts in fulfilling the Country’s Omanization targets have been lauded by the
Government of the Sultanate of Oman.
In addition to the
Sultanate of Oman, Galfar also has operations in Kuwait, India, Libya and has
associates in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
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