Qatar’s Manateq awards $459m contract
Manateq has awarded a $459 million contract for the development of Qatar’s first economic zone, this will focus on logistics and advanced technologies. A consortium formed by Spain’s Sacyr and Qatari firm Urbacon Trading & Contracting (UCC) has been hired to design and construct QEZ-1 in Ras Bufontas, it was reported in Spanish media earlier....
Mott MacDonald roped in for Bahrain airport deal
Mott MacDonald has been appointed to provide holistic design and management services for a new fuel farm complex and fuel hydrant coming up at the Bahrain International Airport. The UK-headquartered global engineering management and development specialist has signed the consultancy services agreement with Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) and The Oil and Gas Holding Company (nogaholding) for...
Petrofac wins $780m project in Kuwait
Oil and gas services provider Petrofac has won a $780m (£506m) contract for Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC) manifold group trunkline (MGT) system in the north of Kuwait. The deal will see it oversee engineering, procurement and construction of Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC) manifold group trunkline (MGT) system in the north of Kuwait. The project is part...
Leighton Asia wins £595m contract
Leighton Asia has won a £595m contract to build the boundary control point on the border between Hong Kong and China. The project for the Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai boundary control point buildings and associated facilities is the largest Hong Kong project awarded to Leighton Asia as sole contractor. The work includes construction of a passenger...
Unaoil unit wins Iraq gas project contract
UnaE&C Iraq, an engineering and construction subsidiary of Unaoil Group, has been awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of two compressor stations at Iraq’s West Qurna oil field by Basra Gas Company. The project will include collection of flared associated gas generated from Degassing Stations DGS7 and DGS8 in West Qurna. The gas will be,...
Italian firm in Qatar’s Al Khor stadium win
Italian firm, Salini Impregilo Group, has secured a multi-billion riyal contract to build the Al Bayt Al Khor stadium for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Salini Impregilo Group, which has a joint venture with Oman-based contractors Galfar and the Italian firm Cimolai, has signed a QR3.11 billion (€770 million) contract for the construction, operation and...
Amec Foster Wheeler win Malaysia contract
Amec Foster Wheeler have announced the award of a contract by SKS Corporation Sdn Bhd, together with Petromin Corporation of Saudi Arabia, another Asian partner and Ocenia PTE Ltd of Japan, to supply consultancy services for a proposed new refinery and petrochemical complex in Kedah state, Malaysia.The value of the consultancy contract, which will be...
Aecom Wins UAE Safety Management Contract
UAE-based Tawazun company has signed up Aecom, a global provider of professional technical and management support services, to start work on Jaheziya, its 1-sq-km safety security and disaster management city coming up in the capital Abu Dhabi. As part of the agreement, Aecom will work with Tawazun entities – Jaheziya and Tawazun Industrial Park (TIP)...
McDermott wins LTA for Saudi Aramco
McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) announced it has been selected by Saudi Aramco as one of the winners of a global competition for a new Long Term Agreement (LTA) for future brownfield work in various fields in offshore Saudi Arabia. The LTA, which was signed on June 10, 2015, at Saudi Aramco headquarters in Saudi...
Nexus consortium wins contract
Nexus consortium has been chosen to design, construct, finance, operate and maintain a 41km section of the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing toll road in Queensland, northeast Australia. The consortium is led by Spanish construction group Cintra Infraestructuras, a subsidiary of Ferrovial, and includes infrastructure PPP investor Plenary Group, Spanish conglomerate Acciona and Australian PLC Transfield...
Statoil awards Baker Hughes Contract
Statoil is awarding Baker Hughes Norway the onshore contract for integrated drilling services for Johan Sverdrup. The estimated contract value is NOK 1.5 billion and is valid for six years with a four-year extension option for the entire field life. The service will be provided locally from Stavanger. For the Johan Sverdrup field Statoil has...
Aqualia wins Saudi wastewater contract
CC Aqualia has been awarded a €20mn contract for the operation and maintenance of the two largest wastewater treatment plants in Saudi Arabia. In a consortium with the local company Alkhorayef Water and Power Company, the Spanish firm will manage facilities in Hadda and Arana in Mecca over three years. The plants treat an average...