More than $10bn worth of contracts were awarded across the Middle East region in December, according to this selected checklist compiled from MEED reports throughout the month.
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Table: Contracts awarded in December 2007
| Project | Contractor | Client | Estimated value ($m) | Date |
| Algeria | ||||
| Construction of 1,200 MW combined-cycle power plant at Terga, supplying three GT26 gas turbines | Alstom (France) | Algerian state energy company Sonelgaz | 1,980 | 05/12/2007 |
| Build seawater desalination plant at Souk Tlata | Consortium of Hyflux (Singapore) and Malakoff International (Malaysia) | Algerian Energy Company (AEC) | 251 | 10/12/2007 |
| Bahrain | ||||
| Redevelopment of main boulevard in Manama including retail, residential areas, offices, supermarket and hotel | Ahmed Mansoor al-Aali Company (Bahrain) | Gulf Holding Company (Kuwait) | 216 | 17/12/2007 |
| Egypt | ||||
| Design, build and operate extension to Gabl el-Asfar wastewater treatment plant | Degremont - France | Construction Authority for Potable Water and Wastewater | 50 | 07/12/2007 |
| Iraq | ||||
| Construction of 1,320 MW power plant located in Kut, in Wasit province, 150kms south of Baghdad | Shanghai Heavy Industry (China) | Electricity Ministry | 940 | 06/12/2007 |
| Kuwait | ||||
| Build state’s fourth gas fractionation train- construction of gas train at Mina al-Ahmadi refinery | SK Engineering & Construction (South Korea) | Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) | 679 | 04/12/2007 |
| Build water pipeline connecting the Suaiba North desalination plant to Mina Abdullah water distribution complex | Al-Nahar Industrial Trading & Contracting Company | Ministry of Energy (Electricity & Water) | 29 | 07/12/2007 |
| Libya | ||||
| Delivery of 10 200kV high-voltage substations in Tripoli, Misurata and Benghazi areas | Areva (France) | General Electricity Company of Libya (Gecol) | 440 | 13/12/2007 |
| Two 400kV high-voltage substations serving Sebha and Tobruk regions | ||||
| Supply of 69 transformers to reinforce Libyan electricity network | ||||
| Oman | ||||
| Technical advice for IWPP | Electrowatt Engineering Services (Switzerland) | The Oman Power & Water Procurement Company | na | 19/12/2007 |
| Legal consultancy for IWPP | Berwin Leighton Paisner (UK) | The Oman Power & Water Procurement Company | na | 19/12/2007 |
| Residential development at Muscat Golf Course - 80 villas, 25 three-storey apartment buildings and associated infrastructure | Larsen & Toubro (India) | Muscat Golf Course Project | 110 | 27/12/2007 |
| Qatar | ||||
| New ship-building facility | Daewoo Engineering and Construction Company (South Korea) | Qatar Gas Transport Company | 610.6 | 03/12/2007 |
| Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Develop and operate open-pit phosphate mine at Al-Jalamid | Consortium of the Kier Group (UK), Al-Qahtani (local) and Comedat (Jordan) | Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) | 200 | 03/12/2007 |
| Beneficiation plant at Al-Jalamid mine | Guizhou Hongfu Industry & Commerce Development Company (Hongfu) (China) | Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) | 350 | 07/12/2007 |
| Expand oil-fired Rabigh power plant, adding 960 MW capacity and procuring turbines | National Contracting Company (NCC) | Saudi Electricity Company | 802 | 10/12/2007 |
| Build pipe factory in Dammam’s second industrial city | Brandt Engineered Products (Canada) | Zamil Group (Saudi Arabia) | 174 | 10/12/2007 |
| Build 27,000-tonne-a-year ethylene amines complex at Jubail | Consortium of Hanwha Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Engineering Company (South Korea) | Arabian Amines Company (US/local) | 200 | 12/12/2007 |
| Produce polyethylene, polycarbonates, cumene and phenols | Mohammed al-Mojil Group (Saudi Arabia) | Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company | 400 | 12/12/2007 |
| UAE | ||||
| Build convention centre complex at Jebel Ali Free Zone - exhibition halls, auditorium, food court, fitness centre, retail outlets, 322-room hotel, two office towers and a 4,100-space car park | Al-Habtoor Engineering Enterprises | Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (Jafza) | 490 | 03/12/2007 |
| Upgrade Al-Nahdah II Project | Emirates Roads Contracting Company | The Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai | 32.1 | 05/12/2007 |
| Build new bridge on Al-Qudrah Road across Dubai Bypass Road | Wade Adams Contracting | The Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai | 23.7 | 05/12/2007 |
| MEP for a 40,000-refrigeration-tonne district cooling plant at Dubai’s Business Bay Executive Towers development | Gulf District Cooling Ascon (GDC) | Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) | 54 | 09/12/2007 |
| Infrastructure construction work for Saraya development - includes 28 mid- and high-rise residential and commercial towers, hotel and serviced apartments | Orascom Construction Industries affiliate | Sorouh Real Estate, UAE | 953 | 10/12/2007 |
| 220,000 cubic-metre-a-day sewage system | JV between Degremont (France) and Besix (Belgium) | Jumeirah Golf Estates- Nakheel | 800 | 11/12/2007 |
| Build bridge connecting Palm Deira to mainland Dubai | Bel Hasa Six Construct | Roads & Transport Authority of Dubai | 81.7 | 12/12/2007 |
| Reverse osmosis desalination plant at F2 IWPP at Qidfa, Fujairah | Veolia Water (France) | Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Company (Adwec) | 115 | 23/12/2007 |
| Supply 120,000 tonnes of X70 48-inch coated line pipe | Salzgitter Mannesmann (Germany) | Dolphin Energy (Abu Dhabi) | 200 | 24/12/2007 |
| Al-Mashtal mixed-use development in Abu Dhabi | Mouchel Parkman | Sorouh Real Estate | na | 31/12/2007 |
| Total | 10,181.1 | |||
IWPP=Independent Water and Power Plant; MEP=Mechanical, electrical and plumbing
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