Over $9bn worth of contracts were awarded across the Middle East region in March, according to this selected checklist compiled from MEED reports throughout the month.
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Table: Contracts awarded in March 2007
| Project | Contractor | Client | Estimated value ($m) | MEED issue |
| Bahrain | ||||
| Arcapita headquarters construction | Murray & Roberts Contractors (Middle East-South Africa)/Nass Contracting | Arcapita | 160 | 30/03/07 |
| Egypt | ||||
| Oil exploration blocks | Petrocorp International (Australia)/United Oil Company (Syria)/Melrose Resources (UK)/Gujarat State Petroleum Company (India) | Ganoub el-Wadi Petroleum Company | na | 02/03/07 |
| Gas liquefaction plant expansion | Engineering for the Petroleum & Process Industried | Egyptian Natural Gas Company | 200 | 23/03/07 |
| El-Tebbine power plant civil engineering | Orascom Construction Industries | Cairo Electricity Production Company | na | 16/03/07 |
| El-Tebbine power plant water pumps | TMB (Italy) | Cairo Electricity Production Company | na | 16/03/07 |
| Kuwait | ||||
| South Surra international tennis complex | Wara Consruction Company | Kuwait Commercial Market Complex Company | 100 | 02/03/07 |
| Drilling rigs | Burgan Company for Well Drilling, Trading & Maintanence | Kuwait Oil Company | 242 | 16/03/07 |
| Drilling rig | Kuwait Drilling Company | Kuwait Oil Company | 161 | 16/03/07 |
| Emergency power supplies | Combined Group | Ministry of Energy (Electricity & Water) | 283 | 23/03/07 |
| Emergency power supplies | ECC Energy Solutions | Ministry of Energy (Electricity & Water) | 317 | 23/03/07 |
| Conversion of Al-Zour power plant to combined cycle | Siemens (Germany)/Alghanim International Contracting & Trading Company | Ministry of Energy (Electricity & Water) | 728 | 23/03/07 |
| Libya | ||||
| Tripoli West steam power plant extension | Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Korea)/Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company (Korea)/Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Korea)/Archirodon Construction (Geneva-based) | Gecol | 1,200+ | 02/03/07 |
| Sebha housing units | CKG Engineering & Construction (Indonesia) | Organisation for Development of Administrative Centres | 274 | 09/03/07 |
| Oman | ||||
| Salalah methanol plant construction | GS Engineering & Construction (South Korea) | Salalah Methanol Company | 721 | 16/03/07 |
| Qatar | ||||
| Musaimeer road upgrade | Combined Group (Kuwait) | Public Works Authority | 76 | 16/03/07 |
| NDIA concourse C superstructure | Taisei Corporation (Japan)/TAV (Turkey) | NDIA Steering Committee | 700 | 30/03/07 |
| Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Yanbu second-phase aromatics plant | Hanwha Corporation (South Korea) | Safra Company | 500 | 02/03/07 |
| Seawater reinjection facilities, Khurais | Tekfen (Turkey) | Saudi Aramco | 200 | 02/03/07 |
| Khurais crude increment programme | Contracting & Construction Enterprises | Saudi Aramco | 134 | 09/03/07 |
| Jubail ethylene amines complex PMC and FEED | Jacobs Engineering (US) | Arabian Amines Company | 150 | 09/03/07 |
| Substation at Jubail 2 | Areva T&D (France) | Saudi Electricity Company | 148 | 16/03/07 |
| Extension of Tihama power plant | Al-Toukhi Contracting | Saudi Electricity Company | 129 | 16/03/07 |
| Ground handling and catering services | Saudi Arabian Airlines | Sama Airlines | na | 23/03/07 |
| Phase 2 acetyls complex civil engineering works and utilities construction | Nasser al-Hajri Corporation | Saudi International Petrochemical Company | na | 30/03/07 |
| UAE | ||||
| Yas island project management | KBR (US) | Aldar Properties | na | 09/03/07 |
| Phase 1 Jebel Ali M power and desalination station | Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (South Korea)/Fisia Italimpianti (Italy) | Dubai Electricity & Water Authority | 1,690 | 09/03/07 |
| Emirates Financial Towers construction | TAV (Turkey) | Emirates International Holding/Moafaq al-Gaddah group | 120 | 16/03/07 |
| Construction of Sky Courts development in Dubailand | Al-Habtoor Engineering Enterprises | National Bonds Corporation | 409 | 23/03/07 |
| Trans-emirates oil pipeline PMC | ILF Consulting Engineers (Germany) | International Petroleum Investment Company | na | 30/03/07 |
| U-bora mixed-use tower complex construction | TAV (Turkey) | Bando Housing Corporation (South Korea) | 191 | 30/03/07 |
| Fairmont Palm hotel construction | Dubai Contracting Company | IFA Hotels & Resorts (Kuwait-based) | 136 | 30/03/07 |
| Taj Grandeur Residences construction | ETA Ascon | ETA Star | 93 | 30/03/07 |
| Jumeirah ake Towers Construction | Al-Ahmadiah Contracting | Al-Fajer Properties | 272 | 30/03/07 |
| Total | 9,334 | |||
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