Omani upstream energy firm ARA Petroleum says it has teamed up with Austrian solar engineering specialist Heliovis to set up what is billed as the world’s first solar-thermally powered, zero emission water desalination plant in the Sultanate of Oman.

In partnership with the Ministry of Health’s blood bank department, ARA Petroleum, one of the Zubair Corporation’s specialised energy and natural resource companies, hosted a blood donation drive at its facility in Azaiba for the second consecutive year. Speaking about