McDermott wins Aramco contract
Construction and engineering company McDermott Middle East has wins initial work contract by Saudi Aramco for a key power supply system replacement for the offshore Marjan field. Work is expected to be executed through the fourth quarter of 2016 and will be included in McDermott’s first quarter 2015 backlog. The overall brownfield project comprises integrated...
French wins €440m Cairo metro contract
French consortium wins €440m Cairo metro contract. A consortium of firms including Vinci and Bouygues has landed €440m (£320m) worth of contracts to deliver Phase 4A of the third metro line of Cairo metro. Work will be carried out by a consortium of Vinci, Bouygues, Alstom, Thales, Colas and Eurovia in a consortium with Egyptian...
Turkey to build $3.5bn tunnel project
Turkey is set to build a 3 storey tunnel under Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul at an estimated cost of $3.5 billion the report said. The 6.5-km-tunnel would provide a road and rail connection between the city’s two sides, cutting travel times to 14 minutes, reported The Construction Index. Unveiling the project, Turkey’s prime minister Ahmet...
Maersk wins contract from Eni
Maersk Drilling has secured a $545m contract from Eni Ghana Exploration and Production for use of its newbuild drillship Maersk Voyager on the $7bn Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project, offshore Ghana. The firm contract period is 3.5 years with an option to extend by one year. Maersk Drilling said Maersk Voyager is the last...
Eagle Hills ‘plans $80bn Egyptian city’
Eagle Hills, an Abu Dhabi-based developer, is reportedly planning to build a new city near Cairo, costing up to $80 billion over a 12-year construction period. Bloomberg quoted two people with knowledge of the matter as saying the new city will include an airport, hotels, and a mall as well as amenities such as hospitals...
Galfar wins Oman BP power contract
BP Oman Khazzan project … a big win for Galfar. Oman-based Galfar Engineering and Contracting said it has been awarded a $10.05-million construction contract by BP Exploration (Epsilon) for the installation of a 26-km overhead line in the sultanate. The scope of work at Oman Khazzan 132-kV project includes the installation and commissioning of a...
Chevron awards Intecsea contract
Intecsea has been selected by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to provide engineering and long-lead procurement services for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase of the Buckskin/Moccasin development in the Gulf of Mexico The award comes as an integrated WorleyParsons and Intecsea team recently completed pre-FEED for the development. “This is a significant win for Intecsea,...
RT wins $4bn Uganda refinery contract
A consortium led by Russia’s RT Global Resources has been awarded a $4bn contract from the government of Uganda to build and operate a crude oil refinery in Uganda. RT Global Resources, which is owned by Russian defence conglomerate Rostec, leads a consortium including Russian oil producer Tatneft, VTB Capital, South Korea’s GS and Telconet...
Shapoorji Pallonji wins Kuwait deal
Shapoorji Pallonji construction major has won a KD150 million ($525 million) contract to build, operate and maintain colleges of social science, law and Shariah & Islamic studies, prayer areas and a faculty club for Kuwait University. The 42-month contract was recently signed during a ceremony under the auspices of the Minister of Education and Higher...
Odfjell Drilling awarded sub contract
Odfjell Drilling has been awarded the drilling engineering sub contract for the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform topside. Odfjell Drilling will be one of Aibel’s major sub-contractors for their engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Drilling Platform Topside of Johan Sverdrup in the Norwegian North Sea. “We are delighted with this contract award from...
Al Futtaim-Carillion lands deals in Dubai
Dubai-based developer Meraas has awarded two major construction contracts to the Al Futtaim-Carillion joint venture. The bigger of the two projects is a $350m contract to build a mixed-use development on the Dubai Creek waterfront. The project includes food, beverage and other retail buildings, underground and multi-storey car parks, three hotels, a mosque, museums, traditional...
Koram Railway contract to Keller Group
UK-based ground engineer Keller Group has won a major contract related to the new Koralm railway line through the Austrian mountains between Graz and Klagenfurt (pictured). The contract, valued at $35.3m (€31.2m), involves jet grouting, bored piling and anchor works as part of soil preparation for a tunnel that will be Austria’s longest. Work starts...