State-run NIOC's subsidiary Petroleum Engineering and Development Co. (PEDEC) signed the agreement with Petro Omid Asia Co. to build the facility with a total capacity of 10 million barrels on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis in Jask, which is located on the Gulf of Oman coast, SHANA said.

Omid Investment Management Group Co. also signed the deal, under which construction should be completed within three years, SHANA added.

(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Adrian Croft)