Over $17.1bn worth of contracts were awarded across the Middle East region in January, according to this selected checklist.
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Table: Contracts awarded in January 2009
| Country | Project | Contractor | Client | Estimated value ($m) | Date |
| Algeria | Exploration licence at Rhourde Yacoub concession in the Berkine Basin | Eon Ruhrgas (Germany) | Ministry of Energy and Sonatrach | 48 | 22/1/2009 |
| Bahrain | More than double the capacity of the onshore Awali field | Occidental Petroleum (US) | Bahrain’s National Oil & Gas Authority (Noga) | na | 13/1/2009 |
| Iran | Development of the North Azadegan oil field which holds about 6 billion barrels of crude | China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) | National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) | na | 15/1/2009 |
| Iraq | Construction and agriculture projects in the Iraqi province of Salah al-Din | Aphrodite Trading | Iraq National Investment Commission | 300 | 23/1/2009 |
| Iraq | Investment permit to build a new housing compound consisting of 5,000 housing units in the province | Unnamed Turkish company | The Investment Commission in Karbala | 248 | 28/1/2009 |
| Iraq | Build a 1,500 unit village in Sulaimaniyah | Unnamed German company | Construction Ministry of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) | 70 | 28/1/2009 |
| Kuwait | Expansion of the Umm al-Hayman wastewater treatment plant | Al-Dar Consulting (Lebanon) | Public Works Ministry | na | 19/1/2009 |
| Lebanon | One year management contracts for Lebanon’s two mobile phone networks | Telecommunications Ministry | Orascom Telecom (Egypt) and Zain Group (Kuwait) | na | 13/1/2009 |
| Libya | Seismic contract for a survey on a gas exploration block in Libya | BGP - the geophysical division of Chinese oil company China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) | Shell Group (UK/Dutch) | na | 20/1/2009 |
| Libya | Engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of infrastructure networks including water mains, sewerage tunnels, and roads for the Souk al-Juma area of Tripoli | Punj Lloyd (India) | Libyan Housing and Infrastructure Board | 267 | 25/1/2009 |
| Muscat | Water sector consultancy contract | KPMG, Atkins (UK) and Gide Loyrette Nouel (France) | Public Authority for Electricity & Water (PAEW) | 1.85 | 12/1/2009 |
| Muscat | Sewage treatment contract for the development of the Nimr oil field | Bauer Environment Group (Germany) | Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) | na | 14/1/2009 |
| Muscat | Exploration licence for Oman’s Block 55 oil and gas concession | Epsilon Energy (Canada) | Oil & Gas Ministry | na | 27/1/2009 |
| Qatar | Build the new Doha Convention Centre | Midmac Contracting and Belgium’s Six Construct | Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company | 800 | 12/1/2009 |
| Qatar | Automation upgrade deal for the Qatargas 1 facility | Invensys Process Systems (UK) | Qatar Liquefied Gas Company (Qatargas) | na | 22/1/2009 |
| Qatar | Extension to the main terminal building at the New Doha International Airport plus inbound baggage handling facilities | Sky Oryx (Joint venture between Japan’s Taisei Corporation and Turkey’s TAV) | New Doha International Airport Steering Committee | 1,000 | 28/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Renovate the office of the Minister of Defence & Aviation | Depa | Al-Yamama Company for Trading & Contracting | 8 | 5/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Supply high voltage power cables | Riyadh Cables & Metals | Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) | 358 | 5/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Build the 380-kV substation in Western Mecca | Al-Fanar Construction | Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) | 118 | 5/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Design and build the first school within the King Abdullah Economic City | Saudi Freyssinet | Emaar The Economic City | 32 | 7/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Sub-contract on the offshore Safaniyah oil field development, covering dredging work for a crude pipeline to the mainland | Royal Boskalis Westminster (Netherlands) | Saipem (Italy) | na | 8/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Upgrade Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company (Samref) facility at Yanbu | WorleyParsons | Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil Corporation (US) | 2,000 | 16/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Perform a study and prepare a masterplan for the new city centre at Jubail Industrial City, to be set around Mardumah Bay | Wilbur Smith Associates (US) | Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu | 2 | 19/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Build drinking water infrastructure, including a reverse osmosis desalination plant, at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) | Huta Marine Works | Emaar the Economic City | 52 | 19/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Infrastructure and plant stations at the Princess Noura bint Abdulrahman University for Women | El-Seif Engineering & Contracting | Finance Ministry | 2,000 | 30/1/2009 |
| Saudi Arabia | Contracts will cover the majority of the construction work at the site for the new women’s college in Riyadh, Princess Noura bint Abdulrahman University for Women, including low-rise faculty buildings and associated works | Saudi Binladin Group | Finance Ministry | 2,700 | 30/1/2009 |
| Saudi Oger | 3,300 | ||||
| UAE | Marine works contract for the Marasy development in Abu Dhabi | Arabian Construction Company (ACC) and Leader Marine Contracting (Hong Kong) | International Capital Trading (ICT) | 22 | 5/1/2009 |
| UAE | Construction of three towers within Ajman’s Rainbow Towers project | Master Civil Construction Company | Sweet Homes | 123 | 6/1/2009 |
| UAE | Legal advisory contract for the Mina Saqr 1 power plant project | Linklaters | Ras al-Khaimah Investment Authority (Rakia) | na | 6/1/2009 |
| UAE | Legal advisory contract for the planned Al-Hamra 2 power plant in Ras al-Khaimah | Linklaters | Ras al-Khaimah Investment Authority (Rakia) | na | 15/1/2009 |
| UAE | Project management consultancy (PMC) contract | Veco (US/Canadian) | Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (Adco) | na | 15/1/2009 |
| UAE | Consultancy contract for the extension to the Green Line of the Dubai Metro | Parsons International (US) and Systra (France) | Roads & Transport Authority | na | 25/1/2009 |
| UAE | Replacement of existing gas gathering, lift and treatment facilities at the Asab field | Petrofac (UAE) | Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Operations (Adco) | 2,300 | 26/1/2009 |
| UAE | Installation of degassing stations at Sahil and Shah, plant and flow lines, and the main oil lines connecting Sahil and Shah to Asab | TR (Spain) and Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC) (Athens) | Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Operations (Adco) | 1,200 | 26/1/2009 |
| UAE | Manage Aldar’s commercial property portfolio in Abu Dhabi | John Buck International | Aldar Properties | na | 28/1/2009 |
| UAE | Appointed as building and civil design representatives for local authority approvals and construction contractors respectively | Naser Nofal Consulting Engineering and Al Dhafra International Projects | Gulf Fluor | 136 | 29/1/2009 |
| UAE | Reappointed as technology and EPC contractors for the Abu Dhabi Industrial City fluorides complex | UK-based Simon Carves, a member of India’s Punj Lloyd Group, and Switzerland’s Buss Chemtech | Gulf Fluor | ||
| Total | 17,087.3 | ||||
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