Country | Project | Contractor | Client | Estimated value ($m) | Date |
Egypt | Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the expansion of the delayed coking unit at the Alexandria refinery | Technip (Paris) | Middle East Oil Refinery (Midor) | 55 | 4/2/2009 |
Iran | Front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the debottlenecking and upgrade of its Basra export terminal | Foster Wheeler | South Oil Company | na | 9/2/2009 |
Iran | Construction of 5,000 new housing units, as well as a range of schools, hospitals and parks. The company will also build a supermarket and commercial units for up to 2,000 shops. | na | Basra Investment Commission | 1,500 | 17/2/2009 |
Iraq | Front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for new oil export facilities to supplement the existing Basra export terminal | Foster Wheeler (US) | South Oil Company | na | 19/2/2009 |
Iraq | Front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the construction of a new refinery in Karbala | Technip | State Company for Oil Projects (Scop) | 25.2 | 20/2/2009 |
Kuwait | Construction of the 1,050 bed Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah hospital | Posco Engineering & Construction (South Korea) and Syed Hamid Behbani & Sons (local) | Public Works Ministry | 1,200 | 5/2/2009 |
Kuwait | Renovation of the drainage network in the Bayan area of Kuwait | Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons | Public Works Ministry | 65 | 5/2/2009 |
Kuwait | Upgrade the sewer network in the Sabah al-Salem suburb | Mohammed Abdulmohsin al-Kharafi & Sons | Public Works Ministry | 52 | 11/2/2009 |
Kuwait
| Replacement of oily and effluent water lines with reinforced thermosetting resin pipelines at gathering centres 23 and 25 | Imco Engineering & Construction Company | Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
| 6.3 | 20/2/2009 |
New crude pipelines from transit line 3 to the Doha East power plant | Al-Ghamin for General Trading Company | 26.9 |
Improve the maintenance systems of trim coolers and desalter heaters at gathering centres 27 and 28 in West Kuwait. | Gulf Spic Trading and Contracting Company | 4.1 |
Kuwait | Conduct depletion studies | International Reservoir Management (US) | Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) | 0.92 | 20/2/2009 |
RPS Energy (UK) | 0.92 |
Degolyer and MacNaughton (US) | 0.96 |
Morocco | Mobile phone licence | Wana | Agence Nationale de Reglementation des Telecommunications (ANRT) | na | 5/2/2009 |
Morocco | Fit out of the Mazagan Resort villas at the El-Jadida development | Depa | Istithmar, Kerzner and the Moroccan government | 50 | 16/2/2009 |
Oman | Consultancy contract for a feasibility study into the development of a full commercial port at Shinas | Dar Al Handasah (Shair & Partners) | Omani government | 10 | 9/2/2009 |
Oman | Conduct a four-month study into track alignment for the first phase of the Oman’s section of the GCC Railway project | Systra (France) | Oman’s Supreme Committee for Town Planning | na | 13/2/2009 |
Qatar | Build pumping stations and sewage pipes for the Doha North sewage treatment plant | Vinci Construction Grand Projects and Entrepose Contracting | Public Works Authority (Ashghal) | 489 | 2/2/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Reinforcement of substations in the Sudair and Ghournath areas | ABB Contracting Company | Saudi Electricity Company | 63 | 3/2/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Construction of five new 110-kv substations: Quwaizah 2, Al-Nuzhah in Jeddah, Mina 3 and Tiyam in Medina, and Tuwal in Jizan | ABB Contracting Company | Saudi Electricity Company | 95 | 3/2/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Construction of a headquarters complex in Riyadh | Al-Latifia Trading & Contracting | General Organisation for Social Insurance (Gosi) | 401 | 6/2/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Construction contract for a housing project at King Saud University | Al-Rashid Trading & Contracting Company | King Saud University | 427 | 16/2/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Sub-contract for construction work on the ethylene package at the National ChevronPhillips olefins complex at Jubail | Mohammed al-Mojil Group (MMG) | Saudi Industrial Investment Group and ChevronPhillips Chemical Company | 109 | 17/2/2009
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Saudi Arabia | Construction contract for the platforms and pipelines package at the Karan gas development. | J Ray McDermott | Saudi Aramco | 1,200 | 17/2/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Fit-out contract for the Al-Khobar Hotel & Office towers project | J/Brice Design International (US) | Al-Othman Group | na | 22/2/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Upgrade the water injection facilities at the Ras Abu Ali plant | Bonatti (Italy) | Saudi Aramco | 158 | 25/2/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | Supply Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) with more than 30 gas turbines for its PP10 power plant to be built in Riyadh | GE (US) | Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) | 1,000 | 25/2/2009 |
Saudi Arabia | 10-year engine maintenance deal | GE Aviation Services | Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) | 300 | 25/2/2009 |
UAE | Infrastructure contract for Abu Dhabi’s low-carbon project Masdar Development | Al-Jaber Group | Abu Dhabi government | 1,600 | 10/2/2009 |
UAE | Construction of seven substations together with cables and overhead transmission lines in Al-Ain | Larsen & Toubro (India) | Al-Ain Distribution Company | 164 | 25/2/2009 |
UAE | Upgrade and expansion of the 33kV transmission network in Abu Dhabi | Larsen & Toubro (India) | Abu Dhabi Distribution Company | 67 | 25/2/2009 |
UAE | Design and build a recycling plant for construction and demolition debris produced in the emirate | Thiess Services Middle East | Abu Dhabi’s Centre for Waste Management | 309 | 27/2/2009 |
UAE | Build 12 new ships and refit a further 12 vessels for the UAE’s navy | Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) | UAE Navy | 253 | 26/2/2009 |
Total | 9,632.2 |