Oman Gas Company S.A.O.C. (OGC) is the major gas transportation company in Oman delivering natural gas to main economic sectors and major consumers comprising of Domestic, Power and Desalination plants, Fertilizer, Methanol, Petrochemical, Refinery, Steel and Cement plants. The Company is involved in the transmission and distribution of natural gas, through a large network of gas pipelines, compressor stations and gas supply stations. The Company also provides project management services in pipeline construction. OGC was established in August 2000 as a closed joint stock company between the Government of Oman represented by the Ministry of Oil & Gas holding 80% of the shares and Oman Oil company holding the remaining 20%. Royal Decree no. 78/2000 has granted the Company concession rights for 27 years to own, construct, maintain and operate natural gas facilities in the Sultanate of Oman. The company's gas pipeline network is spread across the country with more than 2300 kilometers of high pressure transmission pipelines and ancillary facilities covering Fahud, Muscat, and Sohar in the north and from Saih -Rawl to Salalah in the south of the country. In 2008 OGC delivered nearly 7.9 Billion Sm3 of natural gas to its customers OGC has made numerous achievements since its inception, and the company is proud to be associated with the first cross boarder gas transportation. The first import gas received from the Dolphin pipeline from Qatar in October 2008. In the short span of eight years, Oman Gas Company is going through an evolution and slowly changing from a gas transportation Company into an integrated enterprise harnessing the power of Oman's natural gas transportation. The company employs 189 people of whom 90 % are Omanis. The company's management systems are certified to ISO-9001:2000 quality standard, ISO-14001 environmental standard and the Occupational Health and Safety Management System's OHSAS-18001 standard. The Company is set to face the many challenges and opportunities, OGC is guided by its corporate values and dedication and teamwork of its human resources in charting the way ahead to success