Huge service stations coming to Oman

Oman Oil Marketing Company has unveiled a project to open two mega stations as it looks to modernize its services.

Oman Oil Marketing Company (OOMC) will open the two modern, 9,000-square-metre service station in Oman as they look to modernize fuelling infrastructure in the country.

The new mega stations will contain a host of new facilities, including money exchange outlets, gyms, restaurants, post offices, a laundry, play areas for children and shopping centres for families, reports the Times of Oman.

Both sites are part of OOMC’s new vision of modern, customer-centric gas stations. David Kalife, CEO of the company, spoke of how he wants stations to become “destinations.”

“We don’t want filling fuel to be the only reason to go to the station. We will have services for laundry, we have a post office service, and we have planned a gym, so we are attracting new services which have never been thought of before. We will have entertainment services for kids, and currency exchanges, because we want what we have to be women and children-friendly services, as well,” said Kalife to the Times of Oman.

Construction has already begun for one of the sites, expected to be open by the end of 2019 or beginning of 2020.

Oman Oil Marketing Company celebrated the opening of its 200th service station in Al Rusail in May 2018.