Middle East contracts awarded: September 2008

15 September 2008
More than $11.4bn worth of contracts were awarded across the Middle East region in September, according to this selected checklist compiled from MEED reports throughout the month.

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Table: Contracts awarded in September 2008

ProjectContractorClientEstimated value ($m)Date
Kuwait
Provide maintenance services at the Mina Abdulla refineryImco Engineering & ConstructionKuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)70.42/9/2008
Provide maintenance services for the road network operated by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)Kuwait Systems for General Trading & ContractingKuwait Oil Company (KOC)20.72/9/2008
Supply two deep drilling rigs and personnel to operate the rigs to KOCBurgan Company for Drilling, Trading & MaintenanceKuwait Oil Company (KOC)6222/9/2008
Libya
Design two new college campuses in LibyaRMJM (UK)Organisation for the Development of Administrative Centres (Odac)na8/9/2008
Provide two onshore rigs in the Sirte basinPunj Lloyd (India)Waha Oil Company consortium (Libya)4222/9/2008
Oman
Expand reservoirs and transmission facilities at the Barka desalination plantGalfar Engineering & Contracting CompanyOman's Public Authority for Electricity & Water8523/9/2008
Construction package at Duqm airport in OmanDesert Line ProjectsThe Ministry of Transport and Communication70.6530/9/2008
Qatar
Install Doha’s first ever submarine power cablePrysmian Cables & Systems (Italy)Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa)19511/9/2008
Design contract for the Ras Laffan Emergency & Safety College in Qatar. The contract covers consultancy services and detailed engineering of the college.Tebodin Middle EastLebanon’s Societe d’Enterprise & de Gastion and Blackcat Qatarna15/9/2008
Build the gas pipeline between Ras Laffan and MesaieedPunj Lloyd (India)Qatar Petroleum80023/9/2008
Saudi Arabia
Construction of a 1,200MW power plant in Saudi ArabiaAlstom (France)Saudi Electricity Company 3,0001/9/2008
Construction package for the second ringroad in JeddahShibh al-Jazira Contracting CompanyTransport Ministry 703/9/2008
Five-year general inspection services contract for Aramco’s capital projects during the design, procurement and construction of onshore and offshore facilitiesVelosi (UK)Saudi Aramco na8/9/2008
Field inspection and testing for Al-Khafji Joint Operations which runs the offshore portion of the Divided Zone, an oil field shared between Saudi Arabia and KuwaitVelosi (UK)Al-Khafji Joint Operations (Joint venture between Aramco Gulf Operations and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company) 2.28/9/2008
Civil works package in Riyadh for the PP10 power plantAl-MabaniArabian Bemco 26711/9/2008
Site development works for support industries at Jubail 2, the extension to Jubail Industrial City, on Saudi Arabia's eastern coastAl-Harbi Trading & ContractingRoyal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu6818/9/2008
Reinforce six 132-kV substations at Al-Dayir, Ayban, Samitha, Habuna, Khalidiyah and Haraga IIndustrial Services Company Saudi Arabia (Iscosa)Saudi Electricity Companyna18/9/2008
Contract covers the electrical transmission and distribution works for the first phase of the King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi ArabiaSiemens (Germany)Emaar, The Economic City14822/9/2008
Construction work at Jubail 2Abdullah Ahmad Dossary Trading Enterprise (AAD)The Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu3225/9/2008
Sub-contract work for the $4bn National ChevronPhillips (NCP) olefins complex at Jubail. The work includes offsites and utilities work.Mohammed al-Mojil Group (MMG)Daelim Industrial Company (South Korea)na30/9/2008
Syria
Design, supply, construction and commissioning of a gas-fired power plant with a minimum capacity of 700MWMetka (Greece) and Anslado (Italy)Public Establishment for Electricity Generation & Transmission 917 11/9/2008
Contract for a 140,000-barrel-a-day (b/d) refinery in Furoqlos, near the northern city of HomsPDVSA (Venezuela), National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company, Al-Bukhari Group (Malaysia) and Homs Refinery CompSyria’s Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ministryna17/9/2008
Tunisia
Upgrade existing offshore platforms and increase production volumes from the Ashtart field in the Gulf of GabesProduction Services Network (UK)Societe de Recherche et d’Exploitation des Petroles en Tunisie (Serept)na24/9/2008
UAE
Manage the offshore crude increment programme planned by Zadco. The contract covers eight integrated projects. The separate elements include: offshore produced water facilities, the expansion of the Upper Zakum gas treatment plant, a main oil line, the east and west area development programmes, and downstream facilitiesAmec (UK)Zakum Development Company (Zadco)na1/9/2008
Build six towers (Tameer Towers) between the sea and the Central Park area of the Shams Abu Dhabi developmentAl-Habtoor Engineering, Murray & Roberts (South Africa) and Al-Rahji ContractingTameer1,6001/9/2008
Construction of a five-star hotel with 300 rooms, together with a spa and staff accommodation. on Saadiyat island in Abu Dhabi emirateAlec (local)Al-Jaber Group1632/9/2008
Shoring and enabling works for zones two and seven of the Dubai Lagoon projectNSCC (local)Schon Properties7.53/9/2008
Build a sales centre for Sama Dubai opposite the Madinat JumeirahSystem ConstructSama Dubaina7/9/2008
Build the Saba 4 tower at Jumeirah Lake Towers. The 222-metre-high tower will have 51 floors of office space and a multi-floor parking areaArabtec Construction (local)Saba Properties JLT1808/9/2008
Built 800 villas in DubailandDubai Civil Engineering (DCE)Dubai Properties54410/9/2008
Construction of a commercial office complex in Schon Business ParkUnited Engineering Construction (Unec)Schon Properties10914/9/2008
Provide the district cooling piping network to Palm Jebel AliAdvanced CompositesNakheel Properties1615/9/2008
Enabling works of the Shams Abu Dhabi, Gate District tower project as well as the dewatering and excavation worksArabian Sea Foundation (A joint venture of Orascom Construction Industries (Egypt), Hydra Commercial Investments, Sorouh Real Estate and Capital Investment)Joint venture of Sorouh and Tameer Holdings Investments15018/9/2008
The 18-month contract involves 390,000 cubic metres of excavation and 557,000 cubic metres of filling, together with piling works for the marina’s quayChina Harbour EngineeringTanmiyat Investment Group4123/9/2008
Build the monorail system at the $5bn City of Arabia development in DubailandMetrail (Switzerland)I & M Galadari Groupna25/9/2008
Build the Atrium project at Dubai Waterfront. The contract involves all associated structural, civil, electromechanical works, external works and commissioning.Arabtec ConstructionLocal affiliate of Australia’s Sunland Group65428/9/2008
First phase earthworks contract on the AED40bn Arabian Canal projectTristar Transport & ContractingLimitless2,10029/9/2008
Technology and engineering services contract for the expansion of Ruwais refineryUOP (a division of Honeywell)Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer)na30/9/2008

Total

11,414.5

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