Bahrain
BIC – Ruf Bahrain Automobile Manufacturing and Assembly Plant
Owner: Ruf Automobiles GmbH
Budget: $70 million

Scope: The project calls for the construction of a plant to manufacture the German Ruf model vehicles. The factory is being built in the Sakhir City development. The plan also includes the construction of a showroom for the Ruf factory. Ruf Automobiles aims to make and sell its cars in the Gulf region from the site. The facility will be built on 8 acres (nearly 32,000 sq m) and will have a 3.5 Km test and training circuit.
Update: Sources indicate that the RUF Plant will open within 6 weeks. The Plant is now 80 per cent complete.

Kuwait
Doha West Water Transmission & Distribution
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Energy
Budget: $50 million
Scope: The project calls for the supply and installation of a 1.2 m dia ductile iron water pipeline from the Doha West power and desalination plant to the nearby Doha West water storage and distribution complex. The scope of work also includes upgrading the Doha West pumping station and upgrading and rehabilitating the Doha West water storage and distribution complex.
Update: Sources indicate that Kuwait Controls is the lowest bidder for the project.

Karo – Shuaiba Aromatics Complex
Owner: Kuwait Aromatics Company (KARO)
Budget: $1.5 billion
Scope: The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 770,000 tonne per annum (tpa) paraxylene and 330,000 tpa benzene plant with  infrastructure, storage & loading facilities and associated works. The ethylene will be sourced from the Equate Olefins II project.
Update: It is indicated that companies have submitted bids after Kuwait Aromatics asked for bidders to submit fresh prices. Previous prices were above the original budget of $1 billion. New prices exceed the original budget too.

KMOE – Al Zour North Phase 1 – Desalination
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water
Budget: $1.5 billion
Scope: The scope of work includes the design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of a new desalination plant with 125 million gallons per day (mg/d) capacity on a multi stage flash (MSF) basis as well as on a reverse osmosis (RO) basis.
Update: According to sources close to the project, Al Zour north will be re-tendered with gas-fired turbines after emergency power for summer 2007 is commissioned.

KMoE – Al Zour North Phase 1 – Power
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water
Budget: $3 billion
Scope: The scope of work consists of the design, construction, testing and installation of a new 2,500 megawatts (MW) plant located at Al Zour North. The gas fired plant will have 5 steam turbines each with 500 MW power generation capacity.
Update:  According to sources close to the project, Al Zour north will be re-tendered with gas-fired turbines after emergency power for summer 2007 is commissioned.

KMOE – Al Zour South Power Station Conversion
Owner:  Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water
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 supply and installation of heat recovery boilers and 2 steam turbines with a capacity of 250 MW each.
Update:  Sources indicate that the bidding process for Al Zour south conversion project is on hold until the emergency capacity is installed by the end of July 2007.

KMoE – Subiya Power Plant
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water
Budget: $1.5 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a new gas-fired power plant at Subiya. The power plant will have a proposed power generation capacity of 1,500 MW.
Update: According to sources close to the project, Subiya plant will be re tendered after emergency power for summer 2007 is commissioned.

Oman
PDO – Coal Fired Power Plant in Raysut
Owner: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a coal fired power generation plant in Raysut in southern Oman. The plant will be the first in the region to be coal fired. The plant capacity has not been decided yet.
Update: Sources indicate that government has invited consultants to express their interest in renewable energy study by March 15, 2007. The programme includes pilot projects in rural areas.

Rusayl 1 & Barka 2 IWPP – Desalination
Owner:  Oman Ministry of National Economy
Budget: $500 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 26 million gallons per day of water. The contract also includes acquisition of the existing 668 MW Rusail 1 plant at about $180 million.
Update: Sources indicate that a $800 million finance deal has been closed.

Rusayl 1 & Barka 2 IWPP – Power
Owner: Oman Ministry of National Economy
Budget: $1 billion
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 26 million gallons per day of water. The contract also includes acquisition of the existing 668 MW Rusail 1 plant at about $180 million.
Update: Sources indicate that $800 million finance deal has been closed.

Salalah IWPP – Desalination
Owner: Power and Water Procurement Company (PWPC)
Budget: $100 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of 400 MW power and 15 million gallons per day desalination IWPP in Salalah on Built, own and Operate (BOO) basis.
Update: Sources indicate that prequalifications were due submission by March 26, 2007. Bids for power interconnection consultancy were due submission by March 5, 2007.

Shadeed – Sohar Integrated Steel Complex – DRI & Meltshop
Owner: Al Gaith Holding
Budget: $300 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an integrated steel complex in Sohar. The plant will have a 500,000 tpa direct reduction iron (DRI) unit and a 1 million tpa melt shop to produce steel billets and hot briquette iron (HBI). Sohar industrial area will provide 16 m deep and 300 m long natural gas, seawater and dedicated port access to handle 175,000 dwt vessels. Midrex will provide its Hotlink technology to the facility.
Update: According to sources close to the project, construction is nearly 40 per cent complete.

Shadeed – Sohar Integrated Steel Complex – Pelletising
Owner: Al Gaith Holding
Budget: $600 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a 4 million tpa steel pelletising unit as an expansion to the under development Sohar integrated  steel complex.
Update: According to sources close to the project, DRI and meltshop package construction is nearly 40 percent complete.

Shadeed – Sohar Integrated Steel Complex – Seamless Tube
Owner: Al Gaith Holding
Budget: $4 billion
Scope: The project calls for design, supply, construction and operation of 1 million tpa seamless tube production facility in Sohar industrial port.
Update: According to sources close to the project, Shadeed and Jindal have signed an MoU to build seamless tube plant of capacity 1 million tpa in Sohar.

Qatar
Q-Chem II – Ras Laffan Mesaieed Ethylene Pipeline
Owner: Qatar Chemical Company II (Q-CHEM II)
Budget: $200 million
Scope: The scope of work includes the construction of a 130 km pipeline to transport ethylene from the Ras Laffan Cracker to the Q-Chem facilities in Mesaieed including pumping stations along the way.
Update: Sources indicate that prices were due submission by March 5, 2007.

Saudi Arabia
ADC – Cement Factory in Ahsa
Owner: Al Ahsa Development Company (ADC)
Budget: $400 million
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply and construction of 5,000 tons per day (1.8 million tpa) cement plant at Al Ahsa in the Eastern Region in Saudi Arabia.
Update: According to sources close to the project, ADC is finalising procedures of the license to use the 27 sq km gypsum rock raw material site in Ahsa.

Al Rajhi Benzene Recovery Unit in Jubail
Owner: Al Rajhi Saudi Group
Budget: $100 million
Scope: The project calls for design, supply and construction of 55,000 tonnes of benzene per annum (tpa) produced from pygas and at least 2,500 tonnes of toluene per annum (tpa).
Update: Sources indicate that Jacobs has been awarded the FEED contract. The contract with Jacobs also includes providing project management services (PMS).

Blood Derivative Factory in Medina
Owner: Jeddah Bio-Technical Limited Company (JBC)
Budget: $200 million
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply and installation of the Industrial Blood Derivative (plasma) Factory in Medina Industrial Zone. The production capacity of the factory is 500 tonnes of plasma per annum.
Update: According to sources close to the project, construction has already started. Equipment supply is expected to continue from June to September 2007.  Installation and testing will take three years.

Delta/INEOS – Jubail Olefins Complex – Cracker
Owner: Delta – INEOS
Budget: $2 billion
Scope: The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a green field olefins complex in Jubail for Delta/Innovene. The complex will have a 1.2 million tpa ethane cracker, high density poly ethylene (HDPE) and low density poly ethylene (LDPE) units.
Update: Sources indicate that Stone & Webster of Shaw will provide technology and will carry out EPC on the cracker. The contract will proceed only if feedstock is allocated from ministry of petroleum and natural resources.

GCC Nuclear Energy Program
Owner: GCC Secretariat General
Budget: $10 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply, build and operation of a nuclear energy plant for civil and industrial needs, mainly power generation and water desalination, in the GCC.
Update: According to sources close to the project, GCC and International Atomic energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to cooperate on feasibility study on nuclear power plant. Experts will start preparing general framework for the study.

Maaden – Al Jalamid Phosphate Mine Development
Owner: Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden)
Budget: $3 billion
Scope: The project calls for the development of the phosphate mine at Al Jalamid in north Saudi Arabia. The development also includes the construction of related infrastructure and facilities, which will also serve the Ras Al Zour integrated fertiliser and petrochemical complex.
Update: Bids were due for submission by the end of February 2007 for the beneficiation plant’s $150 million EPC contract. Award is due by the end of March 2007 for the five-year $200 million operation contract.

Mittal Tube Mill in Jubail
Owner: Mittal Steel Company N.V.
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply, installation and operation of 500,000 tpa seamless tube mill in Jubail Industrial City. 66 per cent of production capacity will be tubes used in oil and gas sectors and remaining is 4” to 14” dia pipelines.
Update: According to sources close to the project, Mittal and Bin Jarallah have signed partnership agreement to jointly build and operate the seamless tube mill in Jubail.

Nama – Hassad Petrochemicals Company
Owner: Arabian Industrial Development Company (Nama)
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a new petrochemical production facility in Jubail. The plant will produce 30,000 tpa of epichlorohydrin, 50,000 tpa of caustic soda, 45,000 tpa of chlorine, 58,000 tpa of hydrochloride acid and 45,000 tpa of calcium chloride.
Update: Sources indicate that Hassad project will be commissioned before the end of 2007.

NCP – Jubail Petrochemical Complex Expansion 3 – Ethane Cracker
Owner: National Chevron Phillips Company (NCP) – Saudi
Budget: $2 billion
Scope: The scope of work includes the front-end engineering & design  and engineering, procurement and construction  contract for the construction of a 1.2 million tpa ethane cracker at the new NCP petrochemical complex in the Jubail Industrial Area. The new NPC petrochemical complex will produce ethylene, propylene, olefins and other downstream derivatives.
Update: Sources indicate that EPC bids have been invited to be submitted by April 30, 2007. The contract will be signed on cost reimbursable basis and will be converted to lump sum after most of engineering is complete.

Osos PBT Complex in Yanbu
Owner: Osos Petrochemicals
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply and construction of 75,000 tpa polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) facility in Yanbu. The facility will also have a butanediol (BDO) unit and a purified teraphthalic acid (PTA) unit to feed the polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) plant. Aramco will supply the butanediol (BDO) unit with butane feedstock.
Update: According to sources close to the project, Foster Wheeler has been awarded the FEED and PMC contract for Osos polybutylene terephthalate facility in Yanbu. FEED also covers basic design for offsite and utilities (O&U) package. PMC contract also covers EPC.

Safra 2 Aromatics Complex in Yanbu
Owner: Safra Company
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of Safra 2, the new aromatics plant in Yanbu Industrial City in Saudi. It will be 6 times bigger than the 110,000 tpa existing Safra 1 aromatics plant. It will have 2 naphtha processing steams totalling 1.5 million tpa, two distillation units, two continuous catalytic reformers (CCR) are to be built for the gasoline desulphurisation and fractionation scheme. The first naphtha steam will produce 500,000 tpa, of benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX). The second naphtha steam will produce propane, butane, motor gasoline (mogas) and blend stocks. The project also includes related infrastructure like tank farm and import and export pipelines.
Update: Sources indicate that Hanwha has been awarded the EPC contract.

Sipchem – Jubail Complex Expansion Phase 3 – Ethane/Propane Cracker
Owner: Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem)
Budget: $2 billion
Scope: The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction of petrochemical complex including 1.3 million tpa of ethane propane cracker, 800,000 tpa of  polymers and other downstream derivatives including 300,000 tpa of  Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), 300,000 tpa of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and 300,000 tpa of  polypropylene (PP). The project also includes expansion of ammonia plant by 1,650 tonnes per day.
Update: Sources indicate that technology providers have been invited to express their interest (EoI) in the cracker package. EPC tender is expected in May 2007.

UAE
Abu Dhabi Aluminium Smelter & Refinery
Owner: Abu Dhabi Aluminium
Budget: $2.4 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a greenfield aluminium smelter in Ruwais with 550,000 tpa of aluminium in the first phase and up to 2 million tpa of aluminium in later phases. In later stages, the project will also include an alumina refinery with 2 million tpa of alumina in the first phase and up to 4 million tpa of alumina in later phases. Initially, the Comalco alumina refinery in Queensland, Australia will supply aluminium for the smelter.
Update: Sources indicate that study is going on.

Abu Dhabi National Sugar Refinery
Owner: Abu Dhabi National Sugar Refining Company (NSRC)
Budget: $150 million
Scope: The project calls for the supply and installation of 750,000 tpa sugar refinery in the second Abu Dhabi industrial city (ICAD 2). The refinery will be installed in two phases. First phase will have a production capacity of 300,000 tpa.
Update: According to sources close to the project, land has been allocated for the refinery. First production is planned to start in 18 months and full production in five years.

Al Attar Aluminium & Glass Factory
Owner: Al Attar Properties
Budget: $56 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an aluminium and glass manufacturing plant. The facility will be built in Dubai Industrial City and will occupy an area of about 1 million sq ft (93,000 sq m) out of the total 2 million sq ft leased by Al Attar in Dubai Industrial City. The plant will be fully closed and air-conditioned. New and unique technology will be implemented for coating aluminium. The production facility will not utilise chrome at all in any process to save the environment. The development also includes the construction of luxurious labour accommodation with sport and leisure facilities.
Update: According to sources close to the project, construction has started.

Borouge – Ruwais Olefins Complex II (Phase 3 Expansion)
Owner: Borouge Pte Ltd.
Budget: $1.2 billion
Scope: The scope of work will include the construction of 1.4 million tpa ethane cracker, 752,000 tpa of  Olefins Conversion Unit (OCU), 540,000 tpa enhanced borstar technology polyethylene plant and 800,000 tpa enhanced borstar technology polypropylene plant (two units) at Ruwais with associated utilities.
Update: Sources indicate that prices are due for submission by March 4, 2007 for polyolefins and O&U packages. Bids are now due for the OCU unit.

Dubal – Aluminium Smelter Expansion – Potlines 5b & 6b
Owner: Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (Dubal)
Budget: $200 million
Scope: The project calls for expanding potlines 5b and 6b by 60,000 tpa in total for both. The scope of work involves adding 32 pots to the potline 5b and 40 pots to the potline 6b. Potline 5b uses D20 technology. Potline 6b uses in-house technology.
Update: According to sources close to the project, Dubal has put its planned Jebel Ali sites 10 and 11 expansions on hold. Dubal has to proceed with Emal first.  Already ongoing expansions will continue.