Country | Project | Contractor | Client | Estimated value ($m) | Date |
Algeria | Deploy a wireless mobile communications system on the High Plateau railway line | Nortel | L’Agence Nationale d’Etudes et de Suivi de la Realisation des Investissements Ferroviaires | na | 02/04/2009 |
Algeria | Design, engineer, supply and commission the electrical balance of 150MW Hassi R’Mel solar hybrid power plant | ABB | UTE Abener Hassi R’Mel Construction | 14 | 02/04/2009 |
Algeria | Design, engineer, supply, install and commission two substations and 10 mobile substations | ABB | Sonelgaz | 56 | 08/04/2009 |
Iran | Two-year contract to manage the drilling and operations of ten rigs | Pars Petro Zagros Engineering & Services (PPZ) | Central Iranian Oil Fields Company (CIOFC) | na | 07/04/2009 |
Iran | Supply of crude carrier weighing more than 160,000 tonnes | Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (South Korea) | National Iranian Oil Tanker Company (NIOTC) | 128 | 20/04/2009 |
Iraq | Front end engineering and design contract for 300,000 barrel-a-day (b/d) oil refinery at Nasiriyah | FosterWheeler | Iraq Oil Ministry | 128 | 01/04/2009 |
Iraq | Rebuild and redevelop border crossing into the Syrian town of Rabia, 120 kilometres west of Mosul | Unnamed Ukrainian company | Governorate of Ninewa province | 5 | 07/04/2009 |
Iraq | Repair Iraq’s faulty railway carriages so that they can be redeployed on the country’s national rail network | NK Trucks (Austria) | Iraqi Transport Ministry | na | 15/04/2009 |
Iraq | Provide field service representatives and instructors to support Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (Mrap) vehicles used in Iraq | BAE Systems | US Department of Defense | 47 | 22/04/2009 |
Kuwait | Supply five drilling rigs: two of 500 horsepower, two of 1,000 horsepower and one of 1,500 horsepower | Burgan Company for Well Drilling, Trading & Maintenance | Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) | 420.6 | 13/04/2009 |
Kuwait | Contracts covering measurement and logging services while overseeing directional drilling | Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Anadrill International, Weatherford Oil Tools Middle East, all US; Burgan Company for Well Drilling, Trading & Maintenance and China’s Sinopec for the provision of drilling rigs | Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) | 390 | 19/04/2009 |
Oman | Exploration and production sharing agreement (Epsa) for a newly-created concession, carved out of Block 6, covering the Al-Ghubar and Qam al-Am areas | Harvest Natural Resources | Petroleum Development Oman | na | 16/04/2009 |
Oman | Advisory contract for the planned Ghubrah independent water and power project (IWPP) | UK consortium including British Power International and law firm DLA Piper, led by Ernst & Young | Oman Power & Water Procurement Company (OPWP) | 2.6 | 27/04/2009 |
Qatar | Operation and maintenance services for the Doha South wastewater treatment plant as well as for industrial area sewage treatment works | Veolia | Public Works Authority (Ashghal) | 71.7 | 08/04/2009 |
Qatar | Deal spanning 20 years to supply of 1 million tonnes a year (t/y) of liquefied natural gas to Poland’s state-owned gas exploration and production company | Qatargas | PGNIG | na | 15/04/2009 |
Qatar | Supply of electronic risk assessment system, a software package which standardises work methods and safety protocol across the company | RAP International (UK) | Qatar Petroleum (QP) | 1.5 | 20/04/2009 |
Qatar | Engineering and fabrication contract at Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City | Interserve (in a joint venture with Madina Group) | Qatar | 19 | 21/04/2009 |
Qatar | Construction works contract on the Barwa Commercial Avenue project in southern Doha | Hochtief | Barwa Real Estate Company | na | 27/04/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Construction of a pipeline running from the Ras Tanura refinery to Riyadh via Dhahran and Al-Hasa in the Eastern Province | Nacap-Suedrohrbau | Saudi Aramco | na | 07/04/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Supply engines to power up to 12 Airbus A330 aircraft ordered by the Saudi national carrier as well as maintenance work | Rolls-Royce | Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) | 900 | 08/04/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Equip Royal Saudi Air Force fleet of F-15 fighter aircraft with the Sidewinder infrared-guided air-to-air missiles | Raytheon | Royal Saudi Air Force | 100 | 08/04/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Environmental modification contract on 400,000-barrel-a-day refinery at Yanbu. Work covers front-end engineering and design as well as engineering, procurement and construction management of the facilities | WorleyParsons | Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company (Samref) | 400 | 23/04/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Design of four stations on the Haramain high-speed railway between Mecca and Medina | Foster & Partners and Buro Happold (UK) | Saudi Transport Ministry | na | 26/04/2009 |
UAE | Contract for Dubai’s sewerage, drainage and irrigation networks | Arabtec Engineering Services | Dubai Municipality | 40 | 02/04/2009 |
UAE | Construction contract for the second phase of its Jumeirah Business Centre, part of the Jumeirah Lakes Towers development | Al-Ahmadiah Contracting & Trading | Al-Fajer Properties (AFP) | na | 13/04/2009 |
UAE | Engineering studies, front-end engineering and design (Feed) and detailed design, project management and construction management for BP Sharjah’s assets including the Kahaif, Moveyid and Sajaa gas fields and the Sajaa gas plant | Amec | BP Sharjah | na | 14/04/2009 |
UAE | Project, located at Mohammed Bin Zayed City, involving the construction of 170 villas and community facilities | Pivot Engineering and General Contracting Company | International Capital Trading (ICT) | 71 | 20/04/2009 |
UAE | Construction of the Sheikh Khalifa specialist hospital in the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah | MSM Group | Public Works Ministry | 217 | 23/04/2009 |
Total | | | | 2723.4 | |