Middle East contracts awarded: June 2008

16 June 2008

Over $6bn worth of contracts were awarded across the Middle East region in June, according to this selected checklist compiled from MEED reports throughout the month.

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Table: Contracts awarded in June 2008

ProjectContractorClientEstimated Value ($m)Date
Algeria
Sub-contract which covers civil works and piling installation for Sonatrach’s 5 million-tonne-a-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Skikda in the north-east of AlgeriaOrascom Construction Industries (Egypt)KBR (US)na25/06/2008
Chad
Two Dining Facility (DFAC) contracts to feed EU troops stationed in the central African nation of Chad. The contract includes preparing and serving three hot and cold meals per day.GCC Services ( subsidiary of Kuwait’s Agility Logistics)Economat des Armees (EDA)17416/6/2008
Iran
Three-year deal to drill 13 wells in the massive Kish gas fieldNational Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC)National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)na11/6/2008
Drill 24 wells on phase 13 of the South Pars gas fieldDana Drilling Company (Iran)Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC)na23/06/2008
Kuwait
Supply and operate two 3,000-HP rigs to KOC for onshore drilling operations over a period of five-yearsNabors Drilling International (US)Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)22315/6/2008
Supply, install, survey and maintain the electric submersible pumping (ESP) systems at KOC’s oil fields for a period of up to five yearsWood Group (Aberdeen)Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)11716/6/2008
Baker Hughes90.5
Construct a new booster station in southeast Kuwait, consisting of two identical single-stage compression trains, delivering 249 million cubic feet a day of sour gas from gathering centres 3, 4, 6, 7 and 21. The scheme also involves the installation of a rich gas chilling system, a gas and condensate dehydration plant and scrubbers on the main feed lineSnamprogetti (Italy)Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)67624/06/2008
Libya
Five exploration and production-sharing agreements covering exploration, carbon dioxide storage and enhanced oil recovery projectsOccidental Petroleum (US)National Oil Corporation (NOC)na23/06/2008
OMV (Austria)
Oman
Build a 82,000-cubic-metre-a-day sewage treatment plant at SeebHyundai Rotem (South Korea)Oman Wastewater Services Company201.810/6/2008
Qatar
Design, supply and delivery of the main electrical systems for the Sidra Medical and Research Centre in DohaKentz GroupQatar Foundation for Education, Science & Community Development2081/6/2008
Service trains 6 and 7 of Ras Laffan’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) development and phase 2 of its Al-Khaleej gas developmentGE Oil & Gas (US)Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company (RasGas)na25/06/2008
Supply and install electrical systems for the Ras Laffan C natural gas-fired combi power plant that will have capacity of 2,730MW of power and 63 million gallons a day of desalinated waterABB (Europe)Hyundai Engineering and Construction (South Korea)23329/06/2008
Saudi Arabia
Supply planning and scheduling software to the Rabigh Refining & Petrochemicals Company (Petro-Rabigh)Honeywell (US)Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical Company (Japan)
na10/6/2008
Electrical works at Jubail 2Saudi Services for Electro Mechanic WorksRoyal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu10719/6/2008
Construct two bridges in the Bay Le Sun residential community, KAECHuta Group (Saudi Arabia)King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC)2218/6/2008
Supply 10 new tug, supply and safety ships to assist with Saudi Aramco’s offshore operationsZamil Operations and Maintenance Company (Zomco)Saudi Aramcona16/6/2008
Build, own and operate two cooling stations for residential and commercial buildings in Bay La Sun VillageCity Cool Company (UAE)King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC)17423/06/2008
Build Headquarters Business Park in JeddahSaudi FreyssinetAldar al-Khasa21325/06/2008
Syria
Design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of a 400MW extension to the Tishreen thermal power plant in SyriaBharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) (India)Public Establishment of Electricity for Generation and Transmission at the Ministry of Electricity48530/06/2008
UAE
Phase 2a of the parallel roads scheme which involves the construction of roads, intersections, bridges and underpasses through the Business Bay development and the Dubai creek extensionSungwon Corporation (South Korea)The Roads & Transport Authority (local)
46312/6/2008
Build the entries and exits serving the carparks at Rashidiya metro stationEmirates Road Contracting (ERC) (local)The Roads & Transport Authority (local)
19912/6/2008
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) contract for the Fairmont Palm Hotel & Resort on Palm Jumeirah. Supply, install, test and commission the complete heating, ventilating and air conditioning works as well as the plumbing, drainage, water treatment and fire-fighting systemsDrake & Scull InternationalIFA Hotels & Resorts (Kuwait)449/6/2008
Build residential towers with a total built-up area of 145,000 square metres at the Downtown Burj Dubai developmentArabian Construction Company (ACC) (Lebanon)Emaar Properties (local)2229/6/2008
Build a car park next to the Jumeirah Station on the red line of the Dubai MetroAli Moosa & Sons Contracting (local)The Roads & Transport Authority (local)
1239/6/2008
Build 1,500 homes at the Al-Furjan development in the Jebel Ali area of DubaiArabtec Construction (local)Nakheel Properties (local)8178/6/2008
Carry out detailed engineering on the Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (Adcop) aimed at transporting crude from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah on the federation’s east coastPenspen (US)Abu Dhabi government owned International Petroleum Investment Company (Ipic)na8/6/2008
Build the Trump International hotel and tower on the Palm Jumeirah in DubaiJoint venture of Al-Habtoor Engineering Enterprises and Murray & Roberts Contractors (Middle East)Joint venture of Nakheel and the Trump Organisation (US)7903/6/2008
Carry out the dredging and reclamation works for the Dana island project in Ras al-KhaimahDredging International (Belgium)Ras al-Khaimah government54417/6/2008
Build the car park at Rashidiya station on the Dubai metro networkETA AsconThe Roads & Transport Authority (local)16317/6/2008
Total6,289.30

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