How Do I Land A Job In The Middle East?
I am looking for a job in the Middle East, ideally the UAE, and wondered if you might have some tips about how to go about this? I have experience in the finance, medical and engineering sectors. Rebecca Steele, from expat financial advisers AES International, based in Dubai, answered this. “Having been a job seeker...
McDermott Awarded Major EPCI Contract in Middle East
McDermott International, Inc. has announced a major* contract award from a Middle East customer for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services offshore in the Arabian Gulf. “McDermott continues to receive considerable projects in the Middle East. This award signifies our long-standing position and strong relationships with our Middle East customers,” said Linh Austin, McDermott...
McDermott confirms EPCI Middle East Contract
McDermott International, Inc. announced a letter of award for a significant* contract for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for an offshore Middle East redevelopment project. They plan to fabricate and install four wellhead topsides, a manifold platform and jacket together with associated subsea pipelines and brownfield tie-in works. The combined total weight...
KBR Awarded EPCM Services contract for JVGAS projects in Algeria
KBR, Inc. announced it has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by JVGAS – a joint venture of Sonatrach, Statoil and BP – for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction management services in Algeria. Under the terms of the contract KBR will provide detail design engineering, procurement services as well as...
Petrofac bag US$700 million Sakhalin work
Petrofac has been awarded a contract worth more than US$700 million by Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy) for its onshore processing facility (OPF) on Sakhalin Island. The project comprises a lump-sum engineering, procurement and offshore fabrication component, as well as a reimbursable element for construction and site services. The scope of work includes...
Enoc awards pipeline deal for Jebel Ali refinery expansion
Enoc Group awarded the final contract of three packages that comprise its US$1 billion refinery expansion programme to Overseas-AST. The Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract includes the construction of various interconnecting pipelines between the refinery’s processing units, the storage tanks and the berth facilities within Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA). The pipelines, which range...
Saipem win US$850M Onshore E&C contract in Kuwait
Saipem has been awarded a new contract in the onshore E&C sector worth approximately 850 million USD. Activities involve engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for the “Feed Pipelines for New Refinery Project (NRP)” in relation to the development of the new Al Zour refinery located in the south of Kuwait. The contract has been awarded...
Saipem secure $900m EPCI contract at Zohr Field
Saipem and Petrobel have finalized offshore contract variations worth 900 million USD for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) activities in relation to the “Optimised Ramp Up” phase of the “supergiant” Zohr Field Development Project situated in the Mediterranean Sea off the Egyptian coast. Petrobel is a joint venture between IEOC (an Eni subsidiary in...
Petrofac secures $100 million in contracts in Iraq
Petrofac has secured a contract extension and a new award with a combined value of more than US$100 million for construction management, engineering, commissioning and start-up services for two International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Iraq. The awards reflect the extensive track record Petrofac has been amassing in the country since 2010. Today’s announcement builds upon...
Petrofac wins long term PDO Oman deal
Petrofac has secured a long-term Framework Agreement (FA) with Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) for the provision of Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EP+Cm) Support Services for major oil and gas projects. The Agreement, which is for ten years with an additional five-year option, builds upon a three-year programme of EP+Cm support contract delivery Petrofac has...
McDermott inks partnership deal with Saudi Aramco
McDermott International, Inc. announced today it signed another memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Aramco to expand and develop the company’s physical and human capital within Saudi Arabia as part of Aramco’s In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) initiative. The MOU was signed as part of the first ever Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum. McDermott was the only...
Bechtel wins major petchem projects in Egypt
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, announced that the company has been awarded two contracts by Carbon Holdings of Egypt: one to provide project management services for the Tahrir Petrochemicals Complex at Ain Sokhna, Egypt, and one to build two new polypropylene units at an adjacent site. In its project management role,...