Almost $2.4bn worth of contracts were awarded across the Middle East region in November, according to this selected checklist compiled from MEED reports throughout the month.
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Table: Contracts awarded in November 2007
| Project | Contractor | Client | Estimated value ($m) | Date |
| Algeria | ||||
| Marine survey on planned Galsi gas pipeline to Italy; includes survey of landing points in Algeria, Sardinia and Italy | Fugro (Netherlands) | Galsi S.p.A | 26 | 02/11/2007 |
| Build gas compression facilities at Salah field | Petrofac International | Consortium of the BP (UK), Statoil (Norway) and state energy company Sonatrach | 600 | 30/11/2007 |
| Egypt | ||||
| Front-end engineering and design contract; covers onshore processing facilities for 300 million cubic feet a day of gas and 4,000 barrels a day of condensate on the Abu Sir and El-King fields | KBR (US) | North Alamein Petroleum Company (Nalpetco) | 10 | 02/11/2007 |
| Kuwait | ||||
| Build Siddiq W 300/132-kV substation, and expand Ahmadi W 132/11-kV substation to 300 kV | Siemens - Germany | Electricity & Water Ministry | 93 | 26/11/2007 |
| Provide oil field services, including coiled tubing, slicklines and well-lines, wellhead maintenance, surface well testing facilities and logging services | Gulf Drilling & Maintenance Company | Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) | 24.3 | 27/11/2007 |
| Build control and meteorology centres at Kuwait International Airport | Syed Hamid Behbehani & Sons Company | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | 38 | 27/11/2007 |
| Build Kuwait’s first reverse osmosis desalination plant | Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (South Korea) | Electricity & Water Ministry | 320 | 30/11/2007 |
| Oman | ||||
| Build third production line at plant near Muscat | China National Building Material Equipment Corporation (China) | Oman Cement Company | 162 | 09/11/2007 |
| Carry out two-rig drilling programme | Dalma Energy & Company (Muscat) | BP | na | 09/11/2007 |
| Collect seismic data over 2,800 sq kms at central Khazzan and Makarem tight gas fields | Global Geophysical Services (US) | BP | na | 09/11/2007 |
| Process new seismic data and reprocess existing seismic data at central Khazzan and Makarem tight gas fields | PGS Data Processing (Norway) | BP | na | 09/11/2007 |
| Carry out front-end engineering and design contract. Covers evaluation of options for appraisal phase of early production from central Khazzan and Makarem tight gas fields | WorleyParsons- Australia | BP | na | 09/11/2007 |
| Qatar | ||||
| Engineering, procurement and construction contract for gas treatment centres on Qatalum aluminium smelter at Mesaieed industrial area | Solios Environement (France) | Qatalum | na | 02/11/2007 |
| Front-end engineering and design contract on plant planned at Masaieed | Uhde | Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) | na | 25/11/2007 |
| Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Build container terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port | China Harbour Engineering Company | Saudi Trade & Export Development Company (Tusdeer) | na | 09/11/2007 |
| Supply three compression trains for olefins and styrene complex in Jubail - supply cracked gas, propylene refrigerant and binary refrigerant compressors | GE Oil & Gas (Florence) | National ChevronPhillips | na | 15/11/2007 |
| Work on expansion of the Hajj terminal and construct facilities for docking Airbus A380 superjumbos | Al Shaer Engineering | Saudi Binladin Group | 69 | 22/11/2007 |
| UAE | ||||
| Carry front-end engineering and design on the Asab, Bab, Bu Hasa and Ruwais modifications project | Veco (US/Canada) | Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Company (Gasco) | na | 02/11/2007 |
| Install electrical and telecoms systems and street lighting for Jumeirah Golf Estates scheme | Al-Buraq Contracting | Istithmar Leisure | 47 | 09/11/2007 |
| Carry out underground piping work for Jumeirah Golf Estates scheme | ETA Ascon (Dubai) | Istithmar Leisure | 51 | 09/11/2007 |
| Build Agronomy Centre at Jumeirah Golf Estates scheme | Hennessey Construction | Istithmar Leisure | na | 09/11/2007 |
| Construction of Gulf hotel development in Abu Dhabi, featuring five-star hotel consisting of several interconnected towers, 105 chalets and a large waterfront with a marina, canals and waterways | Al-Habtoor Engineering Enterprises | Abu Dhabi National Hotels | 272 | 09/11/2007 |
| Build eight buildings at Indigo Central development along Sheikh Zayed Road | System Construct | Indigo Properties | 35 | 09/11/2007 |
| Construction of Hasik-Ash Shuwaymiyah Road in Dhofar Governorate | Galfar Engineering and Contracting | Ministry of Transport and Communication | 177 | 12/11/2007 |
| Land levelling contract at Seeb International Airport | Galfar Engineering and Contracting | Ministry of Transport and Communication | 42 | 12/11/2007 |
| Expand gas processing facilities at offshore lower and upper Zakum fields; covers installation of two 220 million-cubic-feet-a-day gas injection compressors, air-cooling system, dehydration units, pressure vessels and reboilers | Consortium of the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) and Technip (France) | Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company | 370 | 21/11/2007 |
| Total | 2,336.3 | |||
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