| Project | Contractor | Client | Estimated Value ($m) | Date |
| Algeria |
| Construction of a 1,000 cubic metres a day (cm/d) crude processing unit and a compression station with capacity of 8 million cm/d at the Rhourde Nouss field in the southeast of Algeria. | Japan’s JGC Corporation | Sonatrach | 470 | 10/7/2008 |
| Build the new 4.7-million-tonne-a-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Arzew. | Snamprogetti (Italy) with Chiyoda Corporation (Japan) | Sonatrach | 4,500 | 13/7/2008 |
| Egypt |
| Manage nine projects for TMG. | Joint venture between Hill International (US) and Talaat Moustafa Group Holding (TMG) (Egypt) | Talaat Moustafa Group Holding (TMG) | na | 23/7/2008 |
| Kuwait |
| Build a conference at Bayan Palace in Kuwait. | Al-Hani Construction & Trading Company | Ministry of Public Works | 105 | 7/7/2008
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| Build a health centre at Bayan Palace. | Al-Amiah | Ministry of Public Works | 53.5 | 7/7/2008 |
| Gather 3D seismic data on Kuwaiti onshore oil and gas fields to determine the potential for hydrocarbons discoveries in the state’s existing and undiscovered fields. | WesternGeco | Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) | 83 | 16/7/2008 |
| Build a 300/132/11KV substation at Jaber al-Ahmed in Kuwait | Hyundai Engineering & Construction (South Korea) | Ministry of Electricity & Water | 92.1 | 29/7/2008 |
| Libya |
| Construction of public service networks for gas, drinking water, phone services and pavements in Benghazi and El Beida, both on the coast. | Sacyr Vallehermoso (Spain) | SV Ledico (60 per cent owned by Sacyr and 40 per cent owned by the Libyan government) | 957 | 14/7/2008 |
| Oman |
| Construction of an international maritime college in Sohar. | Al-Qasim Trading & Contracting | Ministry of Manpower | 35 | 9/7/2008 |
| Qatar |
| Design and build the new Ras Laffan Emergency & Safety College. | Black Cat Engineering & Construction and SEG Qatar | Qatar Petroleum, Texas A&M University and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science & Community Development | 302 | 21/7/2008 |
| Phase 8 expansion and development of Qatar’s electricity transmission network. | Nexans (France) | Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) | 92 | 23/7/2008 |
| Design contract for a new gas sweetening unit at Dukhan. The unit will have capacity to process about 450 million cubic feet a day (cf/d) of gas from the Khuff reservoir | Technip (France) | Qatar Petroleum (QP) | 6.7 | 28/7/2008 |
| Monitoring contract for work on Qatar Petroleum’s sites and facilities. Carry out compliance testing of the incinerator facility at Halul island, which houses a number of QP’s giant crude oil storage tanks | SGS Qatar | Qatar Petroleum (QP) | na | 30/7/2008 |
| Saudi Arabia |
| Design, supply, install and commission a 1,200MW thermal power plant next to the existing Shuaiba power plant, 100 kilometres south of Jeddah. | Alstom (France) | Saudi Electricity Company | 3,000 | 3/7/2008
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| Modification of boilers at the Ghazlan power plant to increase its overall power generating capacity. | Raymond International Group and Alstom (France) | Saudi Electricity Company | 150 | 7/7/2008
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| Supply and apply corrosion-resistant linings and coatings on more than 1,000 kilometres of steel water pipelines. | Raymond International Group | Saline Water Conversion Corporation |
| Install a large-diameter glass-reinforced plastic pipeline as part of the National ChevronPhillips petrochemicals complex in Jubail. | Raymond International Group | Saudi Polymers Company |
| Design and engineering of a range of buildings within Jubail. | Saudi Consulting Services | Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu | 11 | 13/7/2008 |
| Construction of 16 buildings at King Khaled University. | Guangdong Overseas Construction Group (China) | Ministry of Higher Education | 612 | 13/7/2008 |
| Construction of a 380-kV substation in Al-Qassim province. | Siemens (Germany) | Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) | 191 | 18/7/2008 |
| Build a fuel-oil pipeline connecting the existing network with the existing Al-Qassim power plant. | Gulf Consolidated Contractors (local) | 132 |
| Construction of five smaller substations close to Riyadh. | Al-Osais Contracting Company (local) | 119 |
| Reinforce and upgrade the Wadi al-Dawasir power plant in the south of the Nejd region. | Al-Toukhi Contracting (local) | 163.7 |
| Construction of 134 villas in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). | Al-Redwan (local) | Emaar The Economic City (EEC) | 99 | 23/7/2008 |
| Dredging and excavation for a waterfront development at Yanbu on the Red Sea coast. | China Harbour Engineering Company | Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu | 100 | 24/7/2008 |
| Increase the capacity of the plaster plant at Yanbu by 240,000 tonnes a year (t/y) to 390,000 t/y. Carry out the engineering and construction work, and install a multi-million-dollar gypsum calcining system to produce stucco, as part of a new wallboard line | Claudius Peters Technologies (Germany) | Saudi Mada Gypsum Company | na | 28/7/2008 |
| Tunisia |
| Build a 400M272W combined cycle power plant at Ghannouch in southern Tunisia. | Alstom (France) | Societe Tunisienne de l’Electricite et du Gaz (Steg) | 529 | 1/7/2008
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| UAE |
| Build 300 villas and terrace homes at the Al-Furjan development in the Jebel Ali area. | Al-Shafar Transport and Contracting Company (local) | Nakheel | 163 | 1/7/2008
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| Build the Summit tower project at Dubai Media City. The contract involves the construction of a 30-floor commercial building. The total built-up area is about 100,000 square metres. | ETA Ascon | ETA Star | 132 | 8/7/2008
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| Build 462 villas at Jumeirah Park in Dubai. | Nurol Group (Turkey) | Nakheel | 272 | 8/7/2008 |
| Produce and process more than 1 billion cubic feet of sour gas from Abu Dhabi’s onshore Shah field. | Joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and ConocoPhillips (US) | 1,000 | 8/7/2008 |
| Installation of gas distribution pipelines at Yas island. Work involves laying 15-20 kilometres of pipes to provide gas to the planned Formula One race track on the island. It also includes pressure-reducing stations and desulphurisation facilities. | Joint venture betweeb Lootah BC Gas (local) and QEnergy | Aldar Properties | 20.4 | 9/7/2008 |
| Conversion of existing gas pipelines to carry liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The contract, known as NGD-7, also calls for the connection of the LPG pipelines to local petrol stations. | Adnoc Distribution and Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Company (Gasco) | 19.6 |
| Enabling works contract for the Arena Mall shopping centre at Dubai Sports City (DSC). Work involves site preparation, shoring works and the excavation of 1.1 million cubic metres of material for a three-level parking basement with 7,000 spaces. | NSCC | Dubai Sports City | na | 10/7/2008 |
| Construction of 1,504 villas and townhouses, a hotel, hotel apartment building, shopping mall, hospital, health club, two mosques, and a school on over 400,000 square metres of land in Ajman. | Sweet Homes General Contracting | Sweet Homes (local) | 600 | 13/7/2008 |
| Dredging 86 million cubic metres of sand to form 540 hectares of new land, and the construction of a breakwater and shore protection at Nakheel’s Port Rashid development. | Joint venture between Dredging International(Belguim) and Royal Boskalis Westminster (Netherlands) | Nakheel | 600 | 13/7/2008 |
| Construction of five 17-storey towers above a five-level carpark and includes a hotel, office tower, serviced apartments and retail and food outlets at the Al-Bustan development in Abu Dhabi. | Al-Habtoor Engineering Enterprises (local) | Al-Hamid Group (local) | 613 | 14/7/2008 |
| Full mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) contract for two sites on Yas Island: Rotana Resort and Centro by Rotana. | Drake & Scull International | Aldar Properties | 34 | 14/7/2008 |
| Enabling works for the 98-storey Damac Heights project in Dubai Marina. | Zetas Foundation Technology | Damac Properties | 13 | 15/7/2008 |
| Construction of four bridges and five kilometres of elevated roadways connecting the island to Abu Dhabi Island and Reem Island. | Al-Naboodah Construction Group | Mubadala Real Estate & Hospitality | na | 20/7/2008 |
| Construction of two 26-storey buildings covering an area of 85,000 square metres in Dubai Sports City. The buildings will feature one, two and three-bedroom apartments, a swimming pool and health spa. | Ranya Group (local) | Chapal World (local) | 100 | 21/7/2008 |
| Construction of two multi-level interchanges to replace two roundabouts in the Al-Quoz area. | Gunal Construction Company (Turkey) | Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) (local) | 231.9 | 21/7/2008 |
| Upgrade the road between the Umm Suqeim junction up to the junction of Emirates road, widening the road and constructing two flyovers. | ETA Ascon Group | 119.2 |
| Design and build the planned 240-kilometre-long, 48-inch-diameter gas pipeline between Taweelah in Abu Dhabi and Qidfa in Fujairah. | Stroytransgaz (Russia) | Dolphin Energy | 418 | 23/7/2008 |
| Construction of the Silverene Towers - one with 44 storeys, the other with 38. They will share a common four-storey retail podium. | Arabtec Construction (local) | Cayan Investment & Development (Saudi Arabia) | 174 | 24/7/2008 |
| Build the Lakeside development at the International Media production Zone (IMPZ). Construction of four towers, two with 21 storeys and two with 22 levels. | Intermass Engineering & Contracting Company (local) | Damac Properties | 219 | 27//7/2008 |
| Construction of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, which has been planned as the world’s first graduate university dedicated to renewable energy | Al-Ahmadiah Hip Hing (Local/Hong Kong joint venture) | Masdar City | na | 28//7/2008 |
| Earthmoving work for the Escape project in Ajman | Kazarooni Contracting Company | Escape, LLC | na | 28//7/2008 |
| The contract covers the financing, concept, construction and operation of two new wastewater plants in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain | Besix (The Netherlands) and Veolia (France) | Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority | 824 | 30//7/2008 |
| Supply equipment (gas turbines, steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators and condensers) to the captive power plant at the Emirates Aluminium (Emal) production facility near Al-Taweelah in Abu Dhabi | GE (US) | Emirates Aluminium (Emal) | 500 | 30//7/2008 |
| Total | 17,856.1 |
