Bahrain
Hidd IWPP Privatisation and Desalination Expansion Phase 3
Owner: Bahrain Ministry of Electricity and Water
Budget: $1.3 billion

Scope: The scope of work consists of Engineering Procurement and Commissioning (EPC) of an additional 60 mg/d MSF desalinated water to the existing facility. Phase 1, which was completed in 1999, added 280 MW. Phase Two added another 600 MW when it was completed in 2004. This new capacity was configured to create sufficient steam for the additional 60 mg/d MSF desalination plant.
Status: Developer has officially awarded Veolia 336 million USD EPC contract to expand desalination capacity of Hidd IWPP.

Coke Calcination Expansion
Owner: Aluminium Bahrain (Alba)
Budget: $250 million
Scope: The project calls for expanding the coke calcination plant at Alba’s existing facilities. The expansion will add nearly 600,000 tonnes per year (tpy) to the production capacity, which will be doubled to 1.2 million tpy.
Status: Bechtel has submitted a feasibility study for doubling the production capacity at Alba’s coke calcination plant.  A decision to proceed is expected within the next couple of months.  The decision will also depend on finalising a gas supply agreement with Qatar.

Iron Pelletising Plant Expansion
Owner: Gulf Industrial Investment Company (GIIC)
Budget: $450 million
Scope: The development aims to expand the iron pelletising plant at Hidd for GIIC. The scope of work involves the installation of kiln, rollers and pelletising machines. The facility will have a capacity of 6 million tpy of iron pelletising.
Status: GIIC is evaluating bids. Award is expected in mid 2006.

Refinery Gas Desulphurisation (RGD)
Owner: Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (BAPCO)
Budget: $140 million
Scope: The project calls for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new 80,000 tpa gas desulphurisation unit, 2 sour water stripping units, amine treating unit and upgrading works at Bahrain refinery. The scope of work also includes installation of 225 tonnes a day sulfur recovery unit. The project aims to reduce sulfur hydrogen to 150 particles per million.
Status: Bapco and Forster Wheeler have signed the EPC contract for Foster Wheeler to build a gas desulphurisation plant at Bahrain refinery. The facility will be commissioned in early 2008.

Kuwait
Shuaiba North Power and Desalination
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Energy
Budget: $700 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of combined cycle power and desalination plant at Shuaiba north in Kuwait. The plant will generate 500 MW of power and will produce 60 million gallons per day of desalinated water.
Status: Ministry has invited contractors to submit bids by May 7, 2006, for the EPC contract to build Shuaiba North power and desalination plant. Award is expected in September 2006. Construction is estimated to take 3 years to complete.

Wafra Agricultural Water Distribution
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW)
Budget: $176 million
Scope: The development calls for the installation of a water distribution system from Sulaybiyah waster water treatment plant to Wafra agricultural area in Kuwait. The $200 million project is broken down into 3 packages: 1 and 2 call for the construction of pumping station and a pipeline network.
Status: UGCC has signed the contract with MPA for the Wafra pumping station, last package of Wafra agricultural water distribution scheme. Feeder network was awarded to Kharafi and pipeline was awarded to Mushrif.

Al Zour North Power and Desalination
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Energy
Budget: $2.3 billion
Scope: The scope of work consists of the design, construction, testing and installation of a new 2,500MW plant located at Al Zour North. The oil-fired plant will have 5 steam turbines each with a 500 MW power generation capacity.
Status: Ministry has extended bid submission to July 25, 2006.

Subiya Power Plant - Heavy Fuel Pipeline from Mina Al Ahmadi
Owner: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Budget: $222 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a 170 km pipeline to supply heavy fuel oil (gas-oil fuuel) to the 1,500 MW Subiya power plant north of the Al Ahmadi port in Kuwait.  The pipeline will have a 20”-inch diameter. The contract includes EPC, Management and also FEED work.
Status: Worley Parsons have been awarded the EPCM contract to design, manage, supply and install the gas-oil fuel pipeline from Mina Al Ahmadi to Subiya power plant. Design will take 9 months to complete.

Kabad Wastewater Treatment Plant
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW)
Budget: $300 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a 345,000 cu m per day wastewater treatment plant in Kabad, Kuwait. The scope of work also includes piping and related civil works. The contract also involves the decommissioning of the existing Janhra plant, converting it to main pumping station and connecting it to the new plant at Kabad through 1,400 mm diameter ductile iron pipeline. The Budget: for the new Kabad wastewater treatment plant is estimated at $120 million.
Status: Kharafi is the low bidder for the Kabad STP. Mushrif is in second place. The ministry is expected to evaluate offers in 3 months.

Umm Al Rehmam Wastewater Reservoir
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW)
Budget: $100 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a wastewater reservoir at Umm Al Rehmam natural dry lake. The development will cover nearly 14 sq km. The reservoir will store treated wastewater in the winter for distribution in the summer.
Status: Bid submission date was extended to mid April 2006.

Al Zour South Power Station Conversion
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Energy
Budget: $800 million
Scope: The project calls for converting the existing 1,000 MW gas fired Al Zour South power plant to combined cycle. The scope of work also includes the supply and installation of heat recovery boilers and 2 steam turbines of 250 MW each.
Status: Ministry will ask the Council of Ministers for exemption rather than having to re-tender. If the Central Tender Committee and Council of Ministers approve the exemption, the ministry will award Al Zourth South EPC to Siemens with Al Ghanim, the only bidder for the project.

Shuwaikh Desalination Plant
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Energy
Budget: $400 million
Scope: The project calls for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 30 mg/d desalination plant that will use the Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology and be able to produce 30mg/d of desalinated water.
Status: Ministry is waiting for a government decision to know if it can proceed with awarding the project to Doosan, the only bidder, or if it has to re-tender the project.

Oman
Wadi Dayqah Water Dam
Owner: Oman Ministry of Regional Municipalities; Environment & Water Resources
Budget: $113 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a 400 m long and 73 m height dam, earthfill saddle dam, 2 storage tanks, 2 substations and a series of secondary saddle dams. The main dam will create a reservoir of about 100 million cu m. Next step is a water supply network supplying Muscat and Quriyat as a separate contract, which calls for building a water supply network from Muscat to Quriyat, as part of Wadi Dayqah Dam project. The scope of work involves the design and construction of 125,000 cu m per day water treatment plant, 2 pumping stations, 130 Km pipeline, 1,100 cu m reservoir, 82.5 Km power cable and access roads.
Status: Ministry has awarded Vinci the contract to build the dam package of Wadi Dayqah water scheme to be commissioned in early 2009. Vinci will be receiving ministry permission to start construction. Next package to be awarded is the Muscat and Quriyat supply network.

Muscat Wastewater Project Phase 2
Owner: Oman Wastewater Services Company (OWSC)
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: Mainly covers Seeb. It includes the expansion of the existing Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Darsait by 7,500 cu m per day to reach 21,000 cu m per day on DBO basis. The development also involves the construction of 25 km trunk line, drainage basin near Muscat, vacuum sewage collection systems and designing a network for an area covering about 507 sq km.
Status: OWSC has invited prequalification for the second phase of Muscat wastewater scheme. Award is expected in late 2006.

Salalah Dam
Owner: Oman Ministry of Regional Municipalities; Environment & Water Resources
Budget: $300 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an interceptor guard dam at Salalah. The scope of work involves earth fill, split way, basin, diversions, drainage system, a 5.5 Km pipeline, relocation of 4 pumping wells, open water channel, power lines, reconstruction of 2 Km by-road, access roads and landscaping.
Status: Ministry has invited prequalification by May 15, 2006 for the Salalah interceptor guard dam.

Cement Expansion - Grinding Mill
Owner: Oman Cement Company (SAOG)
Budget: $250 million
Scope: The expansion scheme calls for the turnkey installation of 5,000 t/d of a clinker line and 1 million t/d of a grinding unit at the plant near Muscat and adding 3,000 t/d grinding plant at the Sohar facility.
Status: Grinding mill package of Oman Cement expansion will be commissioned in September 2006. Holtec is evaluating bids for the clinker line package.

Cement Expansion - Clinker Line
Owner: Oman Cement Company (SAOG)
Budget: $300 million
Scope: The expansion scheme calls for the turnkey installation of 5,000 t/d a clinker line and 1 million t/d grinding unit at the existing plant near Muscat and adding 3,000 t/d grinding plant at the Sohar facility.
Status: Holtec is evaluating bids for the clinker line package.

Sohar Aluminium Smelter
Owner: Sohar Aluminium Company (SAC)
Budget: $1.46 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of 325,000 tpa aluminium smelter project on 1.5 million sq m at Sohar Industrial Area in Oman. Single AP35 potline will be built, together with associated carbon and casting facilities. An 800 MW gas fired power station also to be built to serve the aluminium smelter. The project will also include a desalination plant and a port facility.
Status: Carillion has been awarded the civil earthwork package on Sohar Aluminum smelter.

Barka 2 IWPP
Owner: Oman Ministry of National Economy
Budget: $900 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a new Independent Water and Power Project IWPP at Barka in Oman. The new IWPP is expected to have a power generation capacity of 700 MW and 20 million gallons per day of water. The contract also includes the acquisition of the existing Rusail 1 station.
Status: Prequalified developers have formed 4 groups to submit bids on May 29, 2006 for the Barka 2 IWPP project.

Qatar
Mesaieed IWPP (Facility B) – Power
Owner: Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa)
Budget: $2.3 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply, construction and operation of the first independent water and power project IWPP at the new power and desalination complex in Mesaieed. The plant will have a power generation capacity of 2,000 MW and desalination capacity of 40 mg/d. The contract will be build, own and operate (BOO) based.
Status: Bids for Mesaieed IWPP have been submitted to Kahrama and are under evaluation.

Aluminum Smelter
Owner: National Aluminum Company Limited India (Nalco)
Budget: $3.5 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of 500,000 tpy aluminum smelter with 1,500 MW power plant. No further detail is available at this time. The facility is still proposal. Location has still to be decided to be either Qatar or Oman.
Status: Nalco plans to setup a $3.5 billion aluminum complex in the Gulf. Location will be either Qatar or Oman. Nalco will submit proposal to government of India for approval in order to proceed. Government is expected to take normally 1 year for evaluating the proposal or 6 months in the best case.

Power Transmission Network
Owner: Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa)
Budget: QR144 million
Scope: The project calls for the installation of a power transmission network.  The development is part of the Qatar power transmission system programme.  The scope of work includes the installation of power transmission cables in and around Doha.
Status: Kahrama has awarded the Doha power transmission network project to Siemens India, which will commission the cabling works in 19 months.

Mesaieed Direct Reduction Iron Plant (DRI)
Owner: Qatar Steel Company (QASCO)
Budget: $200 million
Scope: The scope of work would include the construction of a new 1.2 mtpa direct reduction plant at its facilities in Mesaieed.
Status: Siemens will integrate the Simelt Simpax optimisation package, on behalf of Midrex Technologies, in the automation systems of the DRI. Siemens will install the process model and later will optimise it for production.

Mesaieed Integrated Steel Facility
Owner: Qatar Steel Company (QASCO)
Budget: $1.2 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an integrated steel facility in Mesaieed in Qatar and will have 2 main units: hot briquette iron (HBI) plant and flat rolled steel products plant. The facility will have a production capacity of 4 million tpy.
Status: Siemens will integrate the Simelt Simpax optimisation package, on behalf of Midrex Technologies, in the automation systems of the DRI. Siemens will install the process model and later will optimise it for production.

Saudi Arabia
Jubail Coke Plant
Owner: Manafe International for Petroleum Coke
Budget: $300 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of grass root facility to produce 1 million tpy of petroleum coke in Jubail.
Status: Ministry of commerce and industry has approved the foundation of Manafe International for Petroleum Coke. Manafe plans to setup a 1 million tpy plant in Jubail.

Jubail n-Paraffin & LAB Plant
Owner: Gulf Farabi Petrochemical Company Limited (GFPC)
Budget: $325 million
Scope: The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a 120,000 tpa n-Paraffin and 70,000 tpa LAB plant in Jubail.
Status: Facility is in the finishing stage and is expected to be commissioned shortly.

Tabuk Power Plant
Owner: Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
Budget: $200 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of new 150 MW power plant to serve Tabuk. The plant will have two turbines, 75 MW each. The 2 units will be distillate fired.
Status: Bids have been submitted to SEC. Award is planned in mid-2006 but expected to take 2 or 3 more months.

Ras Al Zour IWPP
Owner: Water and Electricity Company (WEC)
Budget: $4.5 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of new Independent Water and Power Project IWPP at Ras Al Zour in Saudi. The new gas operated IWPP is 3,a 000 MW and 220 million gallons a day. The contract is 20 years Build Operate Transfer BOT based.
Status: WEC has appointed the same advisors of Shuqaiq IWPP for Ras Al Zour IWPP, which will be tendered in late 2006.

Shaybah Oil Field Development - Metal Coating Complex Expansion
Owner: Universal Metal Coating Company Ltd. (UNICOIL)
Budget: $167 million
Scope: The project calls for the expansion and doubling of the existing production capacity, which currently operates a steel cold rolling (CR) and galvanising mill with an installed production capacity of about 130,000 tpy.
Status: Unicoil has completed the construction and started commissioning of all processing units and production lines of its expansion.

Jubail Acetyle Complex - Utilities and Offplots
Owner: Sipchem Helm Arabia
Budget: $150 million
Scope: The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the supply of electricity, seawater, wastewater management, a cooling tower and related works.
Status: Fluor has received a letter of intent for the EPC contract to build the AA and AAnh units at the acetyls complex of Sipchem in Jubail. The contract also includes common complex facilities.

Shuaiba Mecca Overhead Line
Owner: Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
Budget: $100 million
Scope: The project calls for the supply and installation of a 380 kV overhead power transmission line from Shuaiba IWPP to Mecca. It is estimated that the transmission line will be approximately 87 km long.
Status: Bids are under evaluation for the EPC contract for the 87 km 380 kV overhead power transmission line connecting Mecca to the Shuaiba IWPP. Sources also indicated that SSEM is low bidder. An award is expected later in April 2006.

Khurais Full Field Development - Qurayah Seawater Treatment
Owner: Saudi Aramco
Budget: $1.7 billion
Scope: The scope of work includes the PMS, FEED & EPC contracts.  Indications are that the PMS & FEED role will be combined.  The construction work will include the expansion of the Qurrayah water treatment facilities.  4 new units will be added to the existing plant with a combined capacity of 4 million barrels per day.  New seawater supply and injection facilities will also be installed at Khurais. Treated water will be reinjected into Khurais, Abu Jifan and Mazalij fields.
Status: SNC Lavalin with Saipem have been awarded the Qurayyah seawater injection plants package, part of the Khurais full oil field development. Formal contracts are expected shortly.

Rabigh Clinker Line
Owner: Arabian Cement Co. Ltd. (ACC)
Budget: $85 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a new clinker production line at ACC’s cement facility in Rabigh. The plant will have a production capacity of 6,000 tpy. The scope of work also includes expansion of existing power and desalination plant for ACC at its Rabigh facility.
Status: Siemens will supply and install all electrical equipment and control systems for cement line 6 expansion at the Rabigh facility of Arabian Cement Company. The contract also involves power supplies, automation devices, motor control center and field instrumentation.

Fadhili Sudair Overhead Line
Owner: Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
Budget: $630 million
Scope: The scope of work consists of building two 380 KV double circuit overhead power transmission lines linking Al Fadhili and Al Shumlul sub-stations to the Sudair sub-station.
Status: Siemens has been awarded a $34 million contract to supply and install a 380 kV control systems and protection systems at the Sudair and Fadhili substations and SCADA for the overhead lines. The contract will be completed in 25 months.

Jubail Acetyle Complex - Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM)
Owner: Sipchem Helm Arabia
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 300,000 tpa Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) plant in Jubail as part of the Acetyls programme.
Status: Fluor has received la etter of intent for the EPC contract to build the VAM units at the acetyls complex of Sipchem in Jubail.

Shuqaiq IWPP Phase 2
Owner: Water and Electricity Company (WEC)
Budget: $1.2 billion
Scope: The scope of work consists of expanding the existing facility to 850 MW and 47 mg/d. The project structure is based on a 20-year Build Own and Operate (BOO) agreement. The plant will be crude oil fired.
Status: Prequalified developers have formed 4 groups to submit bids on July 30, 2006 for the Shuqaiq IWPP.

Jubail Aromatics Complex
Owner: Saudi Formaldehyde Chemical Company Limited (SFCCL)
Budget: $490 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an aromatics complex in Jubail industrial city on a plot 250,000 sq m in size.  The aromatics plant will have a production capacity of 330,000 tpy of methanol, 82,500 tpy carbon monoxide (CO), 50,000 tpy methyl amine, 60,000 tpy di-methyl formaldehyde and 100,000 tpy di-carbon methyl.
Status: L&T has started site preparation work on the SFCCL aromatics complex in Jubail.

PP9 Expansion
Owner: Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
Budget: $720 million
Scope: The project calls for the expansion of the existing power plant PP9 in Saudi by about 1,200 MW. The new expansion will be built on Blocks C and D alongside the existing facility. The expansion will use 20 heavy crude frame 7 turbines provided by General Electric.
Status: SEC has awarded Bemco the 32 month EPC contract to carry out supply, installation and commissioning of the expansion to the PP9 and its substation in Riyadh.

UAE
Jebel Ali Refinery Expansion
Owner: Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC)
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The scope of work includes the upgrade of the existing facility to enable both splitters to handle sour condensate, installation of 70,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) of liquefied petroleum gas/naphtha hydrotreater and a 36,000 BPSD crude catalytic reformer and an ancillary processing unit.
Status: Construction will start in May 2006.

Ras Al Khaimah Clinker Line
Owner: Pioneer Cement Industries (PCI)
Budget: $120 million
Scope: The project calls for the design and construction of a new clinker production plant with output of 1million ton per year, in Al Ghail area in Ras Al Khaimah.
Status: Clinker production will start in mid-May 2006.

Sharjah STP Expansion Phase 7
Owner: Sharjah Municipality
Budget: $350 million
Scope: The project calls for the expansion of Sharjah sewage treatment plant (STP) by 75,000 cu m per day of treatment handling capacity.
Status: Bids are due for submission.

Al Hamra Power and Desalination Plant
Owner: Al Hamra Power Company
Budget: $150 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of combined power and desalination plant in Al Jazeera Al Hamra district in RAK. The plant is 133 MW power generation capacity, 27,400 million cu m per day desalinatio- based reverse osmosis (RO) and 11,000 ton cooling.
Status: Hamra Power has selected CH2M for the EPC contract involving the desalination plant. CH2M has received LoI and contract signing is expected in July 2006. Wartilsa will supply turbines for the combined power plant.

Ruwais Melamine Plant
Owner: Abu Dhabi Melamine Industry Company
Budget: $200 million
Scope: The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for an 80,000 tpa melamine plant in Ruwais. Included will be offsites & utilities as well as storage and loading facilities.
Status: Abu Dhabi Melamine Industry Company was founded after Adnoc and Agrolinz signed a joint venture to develop and operate Ruwais melamine plant.

Abu Dhabi Reinforcement Steel Plant
Owner: Abu Dhabi National Company for Building Materials (Buildco)
Budget: $65 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a steel plant to produce re- enforcement steel at a capacity of 350,000 metric tpy. The production facility will be built on 445,000 sq m plot at the new industrial area of Abu Dhabi.
Status: Danieli will design, supply and install the reinforcement plant. Construction will start in mid 2006.

Taweela Umm Al Nar Water Pipeline
Owner: Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA)
Budget: $211 million
Scope: The project calls for supply and installation of 57 Km 1,600 mm water transmission pipeline from Taweelah IWPP to Umm Al Nar. The scope of work also includes the construction of 4 water storage tanks of 70,200 cu m each.
Status: ADWEA has preliminarily awarded Egyptian Contracting the EPC contract to supply and install the 57 Km water pipeline from Taweelah to Umm Al Nar. The contract also includes the construction of 4 water storage tanks. Construction will be completed in 20 months.