MEED
Issue No 3 15-21 January 2010
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Abu Dhabi pushes for lower prices for onshore oil deals
National Petroleum Construction Company keen to finalise deal $1.5bn of contracts this month -
Abu Dhabi to start building world's biggest hydrogen power plant this year
Cost of project to build plant estimated at $2.2bn -
Adnoc pushes ahead with tenders on $10bn Shah gas scheme
Management tender goes ahead despite changes to key construction packages -
Algiers' plans for expansion unravel
A range of upstream developments promise increased production of oil and gas in Algeria, but its recent history is one of falling short of its goals and failing to find bidders for new contracts -
Ashraf Elibrachy
A leading corporate lawyer practising in Egypt -
Bahieldin Elibrachy
A leading corporate lawyer practising in Egypt -
Buying into organic growth
Activity will eventually return to the Gulf mergers and acquisitions sector, but a cautious and cash-strapped market means 2010 is set to be a slow year -
Cairo launches study into private power plants
Independent power project will have capacity of 3,500MW -
Cairo to invite metro bids in second half of 2010
Preparation of tender documents delayed by three months -
Casablanca to issue tram tenders by April
The $850m tram is scheduled to open 12 December 2012 -
Contractors submit bids for extension to Doha airport terminal
Contract involves five-level building as part of New Doha International airport -
Contractors submit commercial bids for Cleveland Clinic
The estimated $1.4bn hospital will be built on Abu Dhabi’s Sowwah Island -
Dow and Kuwait set date for London arbitration hearings
US firm wants $2.5bn for 2008 cancellation of K-Dow joint venture -
Dubai should delay Hassyan
Electricity authority needs to hold off on private plant until finance markets have improved -
Dubai's private power aspirations
The emirate may struggle to persuade investors to support its plans for privatised utilities -
Egypt corporate law
The six the leading corporate lawyers practising in Egypt are: Zaki Hashem, Bahieldin Elibrachy, Taher Helmy, Emad el-Shalakany, Sara Hinton and Ashraf Elibrachy -
Egyptian Petroleum seeks $2bn export finance
Deal will be first big loan from Middle East in 2010 -
French contractor starts work on Abu Dhabi’s Deerfields Town Square
Shopping mall will be built on the main highway to Dubai -
Galfar Engineering & Contracting
Oman’s largest contractor must look further afield to win contracts and find growth -
Galfar Engineering & Contracting: MEED Assessment
The company has won some big contracts and benefited from the ongoing expansion in Oman’s construction sector -
Gulf contract disputes will lead to greater transparency
As Gulf states take on more international partners, they will have to get used to scrutiny -
Jordan awards consultancy on third independent power plant
US firm wins power advisory contract -
Kuwait cuts shortlist of advisers for private power scheme to two
Two consortiums still in running to advise government on Al-Zour project -
Kuwait Oil pushes back oil pipeline deadline to February
Bids were originally due in May 2009 -
Kuwait petroleum council indecision stalls megaprojects
Prime minister delays appointment of new council members -
Kuwait plans $500m Mina al-Ahmadi sulphur facilities revamp
Deal is one of only two major refinery schemes to move ahead in 2010 -
Medgaz success is the exception for Algeria's energy industry
Those running Algeria’s energy industry also need to accept some of the blame for the failures -
Partners plan January award for Jubail rubber storage
Local/Singaporean Petro Steel is the front runner to win the contract -
Qatar to revive plans for single financial regulator
Single body to oversee sector expected to be set up later this year -
Qatar to tender new national museum in May
Jean Nouvel-designed building will be built on the Corniche -
Rising contractor prices will affect the region's oil giants
The kind of savings that Adnoc made last year on contractors’ prices are no longer available -
Riyadh looks to the long term
The Oil Ministry plans to double the country’s refining capacity by 2015 in a bid to become the supplier of choice for the booming economies of Asia -
Run the rule over Qatari regulation
The success of the central bank bailouts means other regulators face the danger of taking a very minor role in the new regulatory body -
Sara Hinton
A leading corporate lawyer practising in Egypt -
Saudi Electricity prepares to launch next independent power project
Utility to shortlist bidders for PP11 scheme in February -
Saudi Telecom seeks $600m for international expansion
Telecoms firm is approaching banks for loan to expand Indonesian network -
Special Report: Oil & Gas - Focus turns to downstream developments
Over the next five years, contractors will be working hard to help Riyadh achieve its goal of doubling its oil refining capacity by 2015. -
Taher Helmy
A leading corporate lawyer practising in Egypt -
Tehran refines its options
As the US government makes plans to impose petrol sanctions on Iran, the Islamic republic is casting about for ways to increase its refining capacity -
Tunis delays private power projects
Four groups in line to bid for independent power project at Bizerte -
Zaki Hashem
A leading corporate lawyer practising in Egypt
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