Nexans wins cable deal

  • Published: 13 October 2006 17:30
  • Last Updated: 13 October 2006 17:30

France's Nexans has announced the award

of a contract, worth

Eur 100 million ($128 million), to supply and install land

and subsea cables

linking Delma island with

the national grid. The scope

of works on the project involves the laying of a single core crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) underground

cable and two three-core

XLPE submarine cables between the island, in the far west of Abu Dhabi emirate, and Shuweihat power station. The connection will provide an additional 100 MW of

power to the island's 10,000 residents. The client is Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA).



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