ARAB PETROLEUM INVESTMENTS CORPORATION (APICORP):

* ANNOUNCE $100 MILLION INVESTMENT AS PART OF A CONSORTIUM OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL BANKS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF OMAN’S DUQM REFINERY

* SAYS CONTRIBUTED $100 MILLION TO THE FINANCING OF THE REFINERY, $50 MILLION SHARIA COMPLIANT, AND $50 MILLION CONVENTIONAL TRANCHE

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