MEED Middle East Economic Digest articles from August 2006

MEED Middle East Economic Digest archives from August 2006

Clinging to hope.(COMMENT)
August 4, 2006... In crude economic terms, Lebanon is still paying the price for its devastating civil war. As a direct result of the energetic reconstruction programme of the 1990s, it is one of the most highly indebted countries in the world, with some $38,800...

The forgotten war: Gaza under siege as attention turns to Lebanon.(GAZA--WEST BANK)
August 4, 2006... Events in Gaza have been overshadowed by ongoing hostilities on the Lebanese-Israeli front in recent weeks. But on 1 August, Dan Rohrmann, UNICEF special representative in the Palestinian territories, warned that "as the international media...

Looking back ...(SEVEN DAYS)(Calendar)
August 4, 2006... 5 August 1966 The Export-Import Bank of Washington and the Chase Manhattan Bank are to lend the Kuwait National Petroleum Company a total of $57.5 million to help finance the Shuaiba refinery. 2 August 1991 Riyadh announces it...

Prospects for ceasefire appear remote.
August 4, 2006... A solution to the crisis in Lebanon looked distant in early August as all parties remained unable to quell the violence. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on 2 August that the conflict in Lebanon could be brought to an end within...

On the record.(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... "THERE IS AN ARC OF EXTREMISM NOW STRETCHING ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AND TOUCHING COUNTRIES FAR OUTSIDE THAT REGION... WE WILL NOT WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST THIS GLOBAL EXTREMISM UNLESS WE WIN IT AT THE LEVEL OF VALUES" UK Prime Minister Tony...

US delays departure of troops from Iraq: 28 July.(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... US delays departure of troops from Iraq US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announces that about 3,500 US troops will remain in Iraq for up to four months beyond their planned departure date. The move comes two days after US President Bush...

Syria supports Lebanese right to resistance: 28 July.(NEWS DIGEST on MEED.com this week)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Syrian Vice President Farouq al-Shaara stresses the right of Palestinians and Lebanese to self-defence. "Syria will continue to support the right of the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples to resist the Israeli occupation," Al-Shaara said during a...

Iranian student leader dies in prison: 31 July.(NEWS DIGEST on MEED.com this week)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... An Iranian student leader dies in prison after going on hunger strike. Akbar was first arrested in 1999 during clashes between security forces and students at Tehran University. He was released in 2005 and re-arrested recently.

Insurgents kidnap 25 people: 31 July.(NEWS DIGEST on MEED.com this week)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Gunmen kidnap 25 people from an office in central Baghdad. The insurgents, dressed in police uniforms, abduct employees and customers from a shopping street in the Arasat district. Witnesses say the offices belong to the Iraqi-American Chamber...

UN Security Council demands nuclear halt: 31 July.(NEWS DIGEST on MEED.com this week)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The UN Security Council demands that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment programme by 31 August and warned that failure to do so could result in sanctions. The resolution is adopted by 14 votes to one, with Qatar voting against. Iran rejects...

Series of blasts kill 55 in Iraq: 1 August.(NEWS DIGEST on MEED.com this week)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... At least 55 people are killed in a series of attacks by insurgents in Iraq. A bomb attack on a bus carrying Iraqi troops between Tikrit and Baiji leaves up to 23 soldiers dead. A suicide bomb in Baghdad's Karrada district targets security...

Thousands of Shias take to Baghdad streets: 2 August.(NEWS DIGEST on MEED.com this week)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Thousands of Shia civilians responsible for guarding Iraqi neighbourhoods take to the streets of the capital. Members of the so-called popular committees chant slogans accusing "terrorists" and Saddam loyalists of leading a Sunni Arab...

Saudi Arabia donates $2 million to Lebanon: 2 August.(NEWS DIGEST on MEED.com this week)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Saudi Arabia donates $2 million to support the work of the UN World Food Programme in Lebanon. The donation is part of the proceeds from a 26 July telethon where Saudi people made contributions to the emergency relief efforts.

Crunch time: as Israel's offensive against Hizbollah continues, the conditions of a ceasefire and plans for an international force are being thrashed out. The results could have a significant impact on the political landscape of southern Lebanon and the wider region.(LEBANON)(Cover story)
August 4, 2006... For the people of Qana in the south of Lebanon, history has a tragic way of repeating itself. Ten years ago, during Operation Grapes of Wrath, Israeli shells landed on the UN's Fijian battalion headquarters where civilians were sheltering,...

Linking the nation: Damascus is planning a radical overhaul of the transport sector.(Damascus International Airport)
August 4, 2006... Damascus International Airport has seen better days. Aircraft sit rusting at the side of the runways, while paint peels off the wails of the arrivals lounge. "They keep some of the old aircraft just to use for spare parts. The US sanctions make...

Contractors line up for Manifa causeway: first major contract tendered in redevelopment.
August 4, 2006... Saudi Aramco has invited pre-qualified contractors to submit bids by 31 October for the contract to build the causeway on its proposed $9,000 million offshore Manifa oil field redevelopment project in the Eastern Province. The contract is the...

Shell awards $4bn contracts for Pearl.(QATAR)
August 4, 2006... The Royal Dutch/Shell Group issued letters of intent on 28 July to three groups for key engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts on its integrated Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) project. The contracts are worth a total of more than...

Hefty response for Zadco full field project.(contracts)
August 4, 2006... About 14 local and international companies submitted expressions of interest by the I August to Zakum Development Company (Zadco) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract covering the Satah full-field development project...

Pipeline bids opened.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Three companies submitted bids in late July for the RO 60 million ($156 million) contract to supply carbon steel pipes to Oman Gas Company (OGC). The bidders for the line pipe contract are Jindal Saw and Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren, both...

Boots & Coots boosts contract.(ALGERIA)
August 4, 2006... The US' Boots & Coots International Well Control announced in late July that it had signed an amendment worth $12.3 million to expand one of its five-year 'SafeGuard' contracts. The extension brings the total value of the company's Algerian...

KNPC eyes IOCs for Al-Zour refinery.(Kuwait National Petroleum Company)(international oil company)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) reaffirmed plans to take on board an international oil company (IOC) to partner it for its new refinery project at Al-Zour. "We are looking to grant a maximum equity of 40 per cent to a foreign partner."...

New find for Total.(LIBYA)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... France's Total announced n late July its first discovery in Block NC 191 in the southern Murzuq basin. The 1,735-metre deep, D1 well tested at 675 barrels a day (b/d). Appraisal of the new find and of the potential of the remainder block, for...

J Ray McDermott wins Qatargas 3/4 topsides.(QATAR)(Jebel Ali-based J Ray McDermott )(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Jebel Ali-based J Ray McDermott (Middle East) announced on 1 August that it had been awarded the fabrication and installation contract of three wellhead decks and topsides for Qatargas 3 and Qatargas 4 projects in the North field. The contract...

Litwin wins Mohammedia.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Paris-based Litwin has been awarded a $41 million contract to design and build a cogeneration plant at the Mohammedia refinery. Under the 24-month contract, Litwin will build a 40-MW plant, producing a minimum of 70 tonnes an hour of...

CCC/NPCC bids low on Abu Dhabi project.(Consolidated Contractors International Company)(National Petroleum Construction Company)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... A team of Athens-based Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC) and Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) is understood to have submitted a low bid of an estimated $400 million for package 3 on the offshore...

Aramco plans major pipeline upgrades.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Saudi Aramco has invited companies to express interest by 6 August for a lump-sum turnkey (LSTK) contract covering the upgrade of 15 existing sour crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL) and sour gas pipelines at various locations in the kingdom....

Award nears for Khurais mega contracts.(SAUDI ARABIA)
August 4, 2006... Final clarifications were completed in late July for the two main packages on the estimated $11,000 million onshore Khurais crude increment programme, Bids were submitted in late June for both packages, Italy's Snamprogetti and Paris-based...

Cicsco closes in on Koya refinery.(Cicsco contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Denver-based Cicsco is the frontrunner on the estimated $750 million lump-sum turnkey (LSTK) contract to build a 70,000-barrel-a-day (b/d) grassroots refinery near Koya, some 60 kilometres northeast of Kirkuk. "We expect to be invited to Amman...

Aramco studies bids for bulk plants upgrade.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... About eight local and international companies submitted bids in late July to Saudi Aramco for three major contracts to build and expand twelve bulk plants across the kingdom. The bidders include Lebanon's Contracting &Trading (CAT),...

Tender for SHY-1 phase 2.(contracts)(Shedgum-Yanbu)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Saudi Aramco is due to issue a tender by late August for the second-phase expansion of the Shedgum-Yanbu east-west (SHY1) natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline, following the submission of initial responses from about ten companies for the...

ShawCor takes Khurais pipeline contract.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Toronto-based ShawCor has announced that its in-kingdom joint venture affiliate, Arabian Pipecoating Company (APCO), has been awarded a contract for epoxy-coating of more than 2,200 kilometres of oil, gas and salt-water pipelines to serve the...

Drilling at Block 22.(YEMEN)(Oracle Energy Corporation )(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Oracle Energy Corporation of Canada has announced plans to drill a new well at onshore Block 22 in the fourth quarter, Fatima-1 well will be drilled to a depth of 2,250 metres. Block 22 is spread over 8,151 square kilometres and is located in...

CBI takes Golden Pass LNG terminal.(contracts)(Chicago Bridge and Iron Co)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... US-based Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the US for RasGas 3 and Qatargas 3 projects. CB&I beat off...

Politics pushes up prices: oil prices near psychological barrier.(prices and rates of petroleum)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Oil prices rose further to $80 a barrel in late July and early August. Continued escalation of the fighting between Israel and Hizbollah, pipeline problems in several producing countries and a storm in the US all contributed to the spike. Spot...

Sinopec signs up for Arak.(National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... National Iranian Oil Refining & Distribution Company (NIORDC) has signed a major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to increase capacity at Arak refinery and improve product quality. The contractor is a consortium of...

NPCC takes two from Maersk Oil.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) announced on 2 August that it has been awarded the pipeline design, fabrication and installation contract to serve packages 9 and 10 on the offshore Al-Shaheen oil field development...

Dow in talks over Ras Lanuf: project key to Libya's capacity expansion plans.(LIBYA)
August 4, 2006... Negotiations are at an advanced stage between National Oil Corporation (NOC) and the US' Dow Chemical Company over a $1,000 million-2,000 million project to upgrade and expand the Ras Lanuf and Marsa el Brega petrochemicals complexes. NOC...

Award due for Sohar olefins.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... An award is pending on the estimated $150 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the polypropylene package on the olefins complex to be built at Sohar. Final bid clarifications have now been completed. Turkey's...

Uhde takes Sabic Europe.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Germany's Uhde has been awarded an estimated $256.1 million contract by Sabic Europe to construct a bimodal high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant at the company's site in Gelsenkirchen, in Germany. The new 250,000-tonne-a-year (t/y)...

RTA issues documents for road contracts; Shaikh Zayed road interchange 1 package the largest on offer.(UAE)
August 4, 2006... Dubai's Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has issued tender documents for five contracts to upgrade various road projects across the emirate. The largest package is the interchange 1 redevelopment on Shaikh Zayed road. For the Interchange...

Fouzan gets more Imam university work.(Al-Fouzan Trading and General Construction Company)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The local Al-Fouzan Trading & General Construction Company has been awarded an estimated SR 750 million ($200 million) contract to build the third phase of the Imam Muhammed bin Saud Islamic University expansion in Riyadh. Al-Fouzan is already...

DCE picked for 23 Marina.(Dubai Civil Engineering)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The local Dubai Civil Engineering (DCE) has been selected for the AED 485 million ($132 million) main construction contract on the 23 Marina tower project in Dubai Marina. The three-year contract calls for the construction of a 380-metre,...

Malaysians take bridges.(BAHRAIN)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Malaysia's Gamuda has been awarded the long-awaited contract to expand the Sitra causeway for an estimated $170 million. The company was low bidder by a considerable margin when revised prices were submitted in May by Gamuda and a team of...

Amwaj Gateway scheme launched.(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Locally-based RealCapita has launched the estimated $183 million Amwaj Gateway project, to be built at the entrance to the $1,500 million Amwaj Islands development under construction off the coast of Muharraq. The project covers an area of...

Lagoon contracts let.(Ahmed Mansour Al-A'Ali)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The local Ahmed Mansour Al-A'Ali with Singapore's BPL has received a letter of intent (Lol) for the main construction package on the $86 million The Lagoon project, part of the Amwaj Islands development off the coast of Muharraq. The scheme...

Roads planning picks up speed.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Bids have been invited by 15 August by the Works & Housing Ministry for the implementation of an immediate roads strategic project, designed to upgrade road junctions to reduce congestion and delays. It includes roadworks, underpasses, bridges,...

Bids to flood in.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Companies have until 11 September to submit bids for the Salalah flood control project, The RO 20 million ($52 million) project involves earthworks, stone pitching and the construction of levees, concrete walls, twelve box bridges and the...

Five in for Seeb interchange.(Nagarjuna)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Five companies have submitted bids for the contract to build an interchange at Seeb International Airport. India's Nagarjuna submitted the lowest bid at RO 10.5 million ($2Z3 million), 2 per cent lower than the next price of RO 10.7 million...

New regulations delay Nuqul HQ.(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Plans to build the new headquarters for the local Nuqul Group have been delayed following new regulations from the Greater Amman Municipality. "The Mayor is currently reviewing regulations over the height of towers in the capital," says a...

Intermass awarded Damac towers.(Damac Properties)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Local real estate developer Damac Properties has awarded the local Intermass Engineering Contracting Company the main construction contract on its Crescent tower project at the International Media Production Zone. The two-year contract covers...

Award nears on Bahrain Investment Wharf dredging.(BAHRAIN)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Al-Khaleej Development Company (Tameer) is in negotiations with two shortlisted bidders for the dredging and reclamation contract on the estimated $2,000 million Bahrain Investment Wharf, to be built close to the Bahrain International...

Gulf investors commit.(MOROCCO)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Three more Gulf-based real estate developers have announced plans to invest in real estate projects in Morocco. Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House (GFH) is planning schemes in Marrakech and Tangiers, and two Abu Dhabi-based companies, Sorouh Real...

Asghal issues 14 tenders for schools construction.(Public Works Authority )(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has issued tenders for the construction of 14 schools. The works are split into two packages, with each involving the construction of seven schools. Tenders are due to be returned on 5 September for...

Airport prequals due: award for end of year.(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Companies are due to submit prequalification applications by the end of September for the contract to operate, maintain, expand and upgrade Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) near Amman. "An award is expected by end-2006," says a senior...

Galfar scoops PDO jobs.(contracts)(Petroleum Development Oman)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded the local Galfar Engineering & Contracting two contracts worth a combined $70 million. A $50 million road contract covers the resurfacing of 125 kilometres of unpaved road from Fahud to Lekhwair...

QP goes with SOM for new admin building.(Qatar Petroleum contract with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill L.L.P)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Qatar Petroleum (QP) has awarded the design contract for its new administrative complex to Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Design will be carried out over the next two years and the complex is expected to be...

Fouzan takes healthy work.(Al-Fouzan Trading and General Construction)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The local Al-Fouzan Trading & General Construction Company has been awarded an estimated SR 165 million ($44 million) contract to build a new 300-bed maternity hospital Makkah. The three-year project forms part of the estimated SR 1,000 million...

Consultants picked for W Hotel at DFC.(contracts)(Dubai Festival City)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The local office of KEO International Consultants has been selected as the lead consultant for the W Hotel at Dubai Festival City (DFC). The 350-room low-rise hotel will be built on the banks of the Creek at the heart of DFC's...

Tameer plans marina tower.(UAE)(Tameer Holding)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Sharjah-based Tameer Holding, which ms 50 per cent-owned by Saudi Arabia's Al-Rajhi Group, is planning to build an estimated AED 1 billion ($272 million) tower at Dubai Marina. Known as the Elite Residence, the 91-storey tower will comprise 76...

Forasol piles into Palm residences project.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The local/Swiss Arabian Forasol has been awarded the foundations package on the estimated AED 2,000 million ($544 million) Marina Appartments project on Palm Jumeirah. The project involves the construction of a number of apartment buildings at...

Quattro comes to the fore.(UAE)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... A group of three developers plan to build an estimated AED 1,000 million ($272 million) mixed-use development at Jumeirah Village South (JV3-Circle). The Quattro hotel and business park will comprise two office towers and two 143 room hotels....

Work starts on Frisco Ridge.(UAE)(Tatweer)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Tatweer, part of Dubai Holding, has awarded the local Khansaheb Civil Engineering the estimated AED 30 million ($8 million) road works and infrastructure contract for a new development in Dubailand known as Frisco Ridge. The consultant is the...

Tenders issued for Aviation Club hotel.(contracts)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The Aviation Club and Dubai Duty Free, both local, have invited five companies to bid by 7 August for the main construction package on the Aviation Club hotel project in Garhoud. The contract calls for the construction of an eight-storey,...

Contractors shortlisted for Golf Gardens.(UAE)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Local developer Sorouh Real Estate has shortlisted seven local companies for the earthworks package at Golf Gardens. The shortlisted companies are National Projects & Construction, Abu Dhabi Maintenance & Contracting, Al-Husam, Hilal Bilbadi &...

Minerals rail list ready.(SAUDI ARABIA)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The Public Investment Fund (PIF) has finalised the list of pre-qualifiers for the first three civil and trackwork packages on the planned $2,800 million minerals railway project. The consortiums will now be invited to submit technical and...

ADC sets sights on $800 million ports upgrade.(JORDAN)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) signed on the 1 August a JD 500 million ($710 million) joint venture agreement with Netherlands-based APM Terminals, part of Denmark's Maersk Group, to manage and expand the container terminal in the Aqaba...

Filipinos to run Tartous container terminal.
August 4, 2006... Tartous Port General Company (TPGC) has awarded International Container Terminal Services (ICTS) of the Philippines the 10-year build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract for the container terminal at Tartous port, 258 kilometres west of Damascus....

Bids in for NDIA support facilities work.(New Doha International Airport)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Bids are under evaluation for two packages on the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) project covering the airline support facilities and special systems. Tenders are expected to be issued by September for a number of construction packages...

Siemens wins rail contract.(ALGERIA)
August 4, 2006... A consortium of Germany's Siemens and the local Estel was awarded in late July a $55.7 million contract for the supply and installation of safety and telecommunications systems for the Tebessa-Ain M'Lila and Gue de Constantine-Oued Smar railway...

Hidd rebids due.(BAHRAIN)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Bids are due on 8 August for the retendered infrastructure contract on the new Khalifa bin Salman port at Hidd. The local Ahmed Mansour al-A'Ali was the low bidder when prices were originally submitted in late 2004 with the lowest of its three...

Jazeera signs up Lufthansa Technik.(Jazeera Airways contract with Lufthansa Technik)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Local low cost carrier Jazeera Airways has signed a 10-year, $70 million maintenance contract with Germany's Lufthansa Technik. The contract covers the maintenance, repair and overhaul of Jazeera's Airbus A320 fleet and total engine maintenance...

Correction.(REGIONAL)(Correction notice)
August 4, 2006... DHL is Germany-based since its acquisition in 2002 by Deutsche Post World Net, and not as stated in MEED 21:7:06.

OICT nears launch.(OMAN)(Oman International Container Terminal )(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Oman International Container Terminal (OICT) at Sohar industrial port plans to begin operations in September. The greenfield terminal, which will have a capacity of 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), received its final shipment of...

Zonescorp steams ahead with port plans: entity unveils $1,000 million oil and gas city.(UAE)
August 4, 2006... The Higher Corporation for Specialised Economic Zones (Zonescorp) is moving ahead with a number of major developments across the emirate of Abu Dhabi. It has unveiled plans to develop a bulk handling port, which will be located in ICAD 3; a new...

Bids in for Shuqaiq: Mitsubishi Corporation-led group in the lead.(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Water & Electricity Company (WEC) opened on 30 July three developer bids for its planned Shuqaiq independent water and power project (IWPP). According to the unevaluated bid opening prices, the team of Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation with...

Shuqaiq IWPP.(POWER & WATER)
August 4, 2006... * Developer (s): Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan, with Gulf Investment Corporation, Kuwait-based, and ACWA Power Projects, local Power island EPC contractor: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Desalination EPC contractor: Doosan Heavy...

Bids studied for Kureimat 3.(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) is evaluating technical bids for the contract to supply and install two gas turbines on the 750-MW Kureimat 3 combined cycle power project. Two companies submitted bids. They are Germany's Siemens and...

TIM fuels Gaza generators.(temporary international mechanism)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The European Commission (EC) agreed in late July to supply fuel oil to power emergency generators at water pumping stations and water treatment plants in Gaza. Under the temporary international mechanism (TIM), the commission will distribute...

Talks set to resume on Mediterranean power.(TUNISIA)(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The election of a new government in Italy in April has delayed the development of plans to build a 1,200-MW combined cycle power plant at El-Haouaria, Abdelaziz Rassaa, energy director at the Energy Ministry told MEED on 27 July. Negotiations...

Consultants invited to power The World.(UAE)
August 4, 2006... Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has invited consultants to bid by 8 August for a contract covering the feasibility and conceptual design of a power supply scheme to The World islands and an unnamed island near to the Palm Jumeirah....

Eagle soars at Sports City STP.(PEOPLE & WATER)(Eagle Electromechanical Company )(sewage treatment plant )(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The local Eagle Electromechanical Company has been awarded the $16 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build the 25,000-cubic-metre-a-day sewage treatment plant at Dubai Sports City. Canada's Zenon will install...

South Sinai work gets under way.(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The South Sinai governorate has awarded two design contracts under its EU-financed South Sinai Regional Development Programme (SSRDP). The architectural and engineering package for water supply in St Catherine, in Sinai, and wastewater...

Desal dropped from IWPP.(QATAR)(independent water and power project )(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... The desalination element has been removed from the planned Mesaieed independent water and power project (IWPP). The three developer teams which submitted bids in April are now being asked to offer revised proposals for a 2,000-MW independent...

Wind farm blows nearer.(Brief article)
August 4, 2006... Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite & du Gaz (STEG) is expected to issue in September a tender for the contract to develop three wind farm projects in the north with combined capacity of 100-120 MW. The project has been under study for more...