MEED
Issue No 38 18 - 24 September 2009
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Al-Zour power project will test mettle of Kuwait
Kuwait must maintain its momentum as some foreign investors are already sceptical -
Baghdad must maintain focus over infrastructure
Ministries are now advocating directly contradictory port projects. Electioneering will not assuage the concerns of potential investors -
Gulf power grid shows value of joint projects
The success of the GCC electricity grid should inspire governments to push on with other plans -
Iraqi ministries clash over deep-sea port plan
Fresh proposal for dedicated oil export facility threatens to undermine development of commercial port -
Abdel Khan
Abdel Khan is a sustainability consultant, Faithful & Gould -
Abu Dhabi asks for combined prices on Lower Zakum deals
Processing and reservoir injection work is worth more than $400m in total -
Almabani to build road tunnels under Riyadh
Saudi Arabia’s Almabani General Contractors has won a SR1.5bn ($411m) contract to dig road tunnels under an airbase in Riyadh. -
Al-Zour power and water project puts Kuwait to the test
Investors will be closely monitoring progress on the country’s first independent power and water project -
Arab Potash Company
Plans to increase the Jordanian minerals company’s tax burden could hit expansion plans -
Arab Potash Company: MEED Assessment
Access to natural resources and investment funding should enable the company to maintain long-term profit growth -
Chinese banks in talks to fund Salalah
Sembcorp seeks Far East finance after failing to raise enough money from local and Western banks -
Common defence policy proves elusive for Gulf states
While the GCC states are spending ever increasing amounts on developing their own armies, they have yet to forge a credible joint defence force -
Gulf power grid a model for regional co-operation
The first phase of the ambitious $1.6bn project to create a GCC-wide power network has been a great success since it came on line in July, and could form the blueprint for future collaborations -
Hyder Consulting to advise Aldar on Al-Falah villas
Abu Dhabi real estate developer Aldar Properties has selected UK-based Hyder Consulting as the infrastructure design consultant on its multi-billion-dollar Al-Falah villas development on the outskirts of the capital. -
Interview: Abdel Aziz Abu Hamad Aluwaisheg
The director general for international economic relations at the GCC tells MEED about the work going on behind the scenes to harmonise the bloc’s regulations and increase trade -
Jeffrey Willis
Jeffrey Willis is sustainability leader for the Gulf, Arup -
Kahramaa awards work to develop Qatar's transmission network
Saudi Arabia’s National Contracting Company wins first contract on phase nine of network expansion -
Korean firms compete to build $400m plant in Jubail
Four South Korean contractors have submitted bids for a $400m petrochemicals project at Jubail in Saudi Arabia more than a year after the Saudi authorities cancelled the original tender because they thought prices were too high. -
Kuwait university retenders contract to upgrade campuses
Kuwait University is planning to retender the project management contract for the upgrade of its campuses in the coming weeks. -
Local rivalries threaten Gulf integration
If the GCC is to be successful in creating a single currency, it must first overcome differences between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh over issues such as the location of the Gulf central bank -
Mario Seneviratne
Mario Seneviratne is director, Green Technologies -
National interests impede trade in the Gulf
Slow decision-making and policy divisions among the six GCC member states are hampering efforts to sign free trade agreements with other economic blocs -
Offshore oil fields key for Abu Dhabi
Next year, Adma-Opco will tender contracts for its first offshore oil developments in more than 40 years -
Q&A: Michael Hogan, general manager, Arab Potash Company
Hogan explains where he thinks the company’s strengths lie and its planned capital investments -
Saudi Aramco to make two key gas awards by end of September
SNC Lavalin and KBR in line for deals at Arabiyah and Shaybah fields -
Saudi banks link up for power deal
Samba, Al-Rajhi and Alinma offer $1bn in financing to bidders for Saudi Electricity Company scheme -
Six groups bid to build Abu Dhabi clinic
Six consortiums have submitted technical bids for an estimated AED5bn ($1.4bn) contract to build Abu Dhabi’s Cleveland Clinic hospital. -
Special Report: GCC - Power grid raises hopes of regional co-operation
The rulers of the six GCC member states will find little to cheer about when they meet for the council’s annual meeting in December, which this year is being hosted by Kuwait -
Takreer to award refinery expansion deals in October
Abu Dhabi is requesting final commercial bids on the plant by 30 September -
The MEED List: Gulf green buildings
Six key figures driving environmental sustainability in Gulf construction are: Issa al-Mohannadi, Abdel Khan, Sadek Owainati, Mario Seneviratne, Tim Armstrong and Jeffrey Willis -
Tim Armstrong
Tim Armstrong, technical director, WSP Middle East
