Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a contract for the commissioning and qualification management for Pfizer Saudi’s Greenfield pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), in Rabigh, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Amec Foster Wheeler’s services will include commissioning management and coordination, and facilitation of the operational qualification...

Petrofac has won a contract by Saudi Aramco to undertake the engineering, procurement, and construction of a sulphur recovery plant as part of the company’s Fadhili programme. Fadhili is a greenfield development located 30 km west of the city of Jubail in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. When completed, the gas plant will have...

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), the Gulf’s largest utility, has contracted two companies for SR2.5 billion ($667 million) to build and operate the Green Duba power plant, SPA the state news agency said. Spanish solar firm Inteq Energia and the Saudi Services for Electro Mechanic Works (SSEM) won the bids for the 605 MW plant, which...

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia  have signed contracts worth approximately $300m to lay a new 350,000-barrel per day (bpd) oil pipeline between the two countries, with the link due to be operational in 2018, Bahrain’s Energy Minister said yesterday. Bahrain relies on output from the Abu Safa oil field that it shares with Saudi Arabia for...

Hill International, the US based leader in managing construction risk, has received two contracts to provide programme management consultancy support services in connection with the Living Communities Programme in Saudi Arabia. The two contracts received from the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (Modon)  and together have a combined estimated value to Hill of approximately SR22.5 million...

Engineering group DRA has won a contract with Saudi Arabia’s mining group Ma’aden Gold and Base Metals (MGBM) for the Ad Duwayhi gold mine, according to the recent report. The mining project, located 450km southwest of Riyadh, will be performed using open-pit methods, said the Saudi Gazette report. The operation will have a conventional gold...

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...

Jacobs has been awarded  a four-year contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for a record-breaking chemical complex in Saudi Arabia. Sadara Chemical Company is investing about US$20bn (£12.3bn) in what is said to be the world’s largest chemical complex to ever be constructed in a single phase. The site in Jubail...

Foster + Partners has won the contract to develop a city-wide public transport plan for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.   The work includes the design of metro, ferry, bus, cycle, public spaces and stations. The Jeddah Public Transport Programme (JPTP) consists of a three-line metro and light rail system, bus network, marine ferries and taxis and the...

Dubai’s Arabtec has been awarded a Dh1.04 billion ($283.16 million) contract from Saudi Aramco to build 380 villas in Saudi Arabia, the contractor said today. Arabtec, which this week put four of its five Saudi subsidiaries up for sale, said it would complete the project in Al Dhahran within 28 months. The company said it...

A consortium led by Serco Group, the international service company, has signed a contract with the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) to provide management and technical support for operations on the Gulf kingdom’s North South Railway (NSR) project. The contract, which starts immediately, has a total value to Serco of approximately £120 million ($184.4 million) over...

Target Engineering Construction Company, which maintains a strong presence in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, will be responsible for executing a variety of construction projects in the oil and gas sector. Target was awarded seven contracts totalling AED 930 million from Saudi Aramco   The three main contracts are focussed on improving Saudi Aramco’s downstream facilities. Target...