Duqm, The first fish oil refining unit at the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD) was inaugurated today. The unit has the processing capacity of 10 tons per day of fish meal and fish oil extract suitable for human consumption.
Through the new refining unit, that is set up at the zone designated for fish and food industries in SEZAS, the plant can extract the fatty acids (Omega-3) found in fish.
Eng. Ahmed Ali Akaak, Acting CEO of the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, said that the fish oil refining unit represents an added value to the fish and food industries in the region. The unit, he added, uses the latest technologies in refining fish oil.
Mohammed Basheer, Chairman and the owner of the plant, said that the plant’s cost stood at USD 3 million. The plant also crushes fish until it turns to a dry powder that is used as animals feed by 25% and 30% as fish oil.
He pointed out that the plant will continue, through its former unit, to meet the needs of local and international markets for raw material. Those materials reach all the way to China, India, Europe, Thailand and Malaysia. He added that they are studying the possibility of expansion in the near future.
Source: Oman News Agency