BAHRAIN
Bahrain MEW Water Tanks
Owner: Bahrain Ministry of Electricity and Water
Budget: $30 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of two new water storage tanks at Buquwah in Bahrain. Each tank is 10 million gallons. The contract also includes the replacement of exiting old tanks at different locations in Bahrain. The tanks to be replaced with new ones are five million gallons each.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that the project is in the foundation phase and is expected to complete by December 2008.
KUWAIT
KMoE - Al Zour South Power Plant
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a new open cycle gas fired power plant at Al Zour South. The power plant will have a power generation capacity of 800 Megawatts (MW) and have five gas fired turbines.
Update: Sources indicated that Alstom will supply turbines to the plant. Turbines will be delivered by July 2008.
KMoE - Subiya Power Plant
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water
Budget: $3 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 2,500 MW.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that GE has won the contract to supply 20 Frame 9E gas turbines.
KPIC - Shuaiba Olefins 3
Owner: Kuwait Petrochemical Industries Company (KPIC)
Budget: $2 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply and construction of the third olefins complex. The development is still at its early study stage. The scope of work is expected to be similar to Olefins II of Equate.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that FEED will be awarded properly in the fourth quarter of 2007.
OMAN
Dakhiliyah Water Supply Distribution Network - Phase 2
Owner: Oman Ministry of Electricity & Water
Budget: $2.6 billion
Scope: The project calls for the installation of water network and storage units for Dakhiliyah region in Oman. The plan to enhance water distribution and eliminate shortage will serve about 250,000 people in seven states in the region. The seven states of the Dakhiliyah region are Bid Bid, Samayil, Izki, Nizwa, Manah, Bahla and Al Hamra. The development is expected to meet the demand for potable water in the region for at least 25 years. As phase 1 of the development, a water transmission pipeline for Dakhiliyah region from Barka desalination plant was installed along the main carriageway from Seeb to Fanja, Bid and Samayil. Phase two aims to reach areas far from the main pipeline along the carriageway. The project also involves the installation of tanks, pumping facilities and related civil works.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that the project is still under study. No bidding timetable is set yet.
SAC – Sohar Aluminium Smelter - Power Plant
Owner: Sohar Aluminium Company (SAC)
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and commissioning (EPC) of a 1,000 MW gas-fired power station to serve the planned 3,25,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) Sohar Aluminium smelter.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that the project is in the commissioning phase.
QATAR
ExxonMobil Ras Laffan Aromatics
Owner: ExxonMobil
Budget: $4 billion
Scope: The project calls for the EPC of 1.6 mtpa ethane cracker and aromatics and olefins complex.
Update Sources close to the project indicated that the PMC bid has been issued recently with the award date expected in December 2007.
Mesaieed IPP
Owner: Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa)
Budget: $2.5 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply, construction and operation of the first independent water and power project IPP at the new power and desalination complex in Mesaieed. The plant will have a power generation capacity of 2,000 MW. The contract will be BOO-based.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that GE has won the contract to supply 12 gas and five steam turbines to the project.
Qatalum Project - Smelter
Owner: Qatalum
Budget: $4.5 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of 1.2 million tpa aluminium smelter. The project also includes a 1,350 MW gas-fired power plant, a 220 kilovolts (KV) substation and a 400 KV grid connection. The scope of the project also includes housing for 1,100 employees and their families.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that construction is confirmed to start in November 2007.
Qatar Power Transmission Program Phase 8
Owner: Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa)
Budget: $3.5 billion
Scope: The project calls for Phase 8 of Qatar’s comprehensive power transmission and distribution programme. Phase eight is expected to be larger than Phase 7 and includes new substations, underground cabling and overhead lines to serve new upcoming and ongoing residential and commercial developments. The project
includes: Three substations of 400 KV; Twenty-nine substations of 220/132/66 KV; cables of 423 km, 220/132/66 KV; cables of 61 km, 400/220 KV; overhead lines of 162 km, 220 KV.
Update: Sources indicate that EPC proposals have been invited for substations, underground cabling and overhead lines packages.
Shell - Ras Laffan Olefins Complex
Owner: QP - Shell
Budget: $4 billion
Scope: The scope of work will include the EPC of an ethane cracker with a capacity of 1.6 million tpa, located at the Ras Laffan Industrial City. The feedstock will be sourced from the Pearl GTL project. The scope will be expanded to include the derivative plants such as high density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) or others.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that Shell and QP are in the final negotiation stage for the project investment. The budget is expected to be $4 billion.
SAUDI ARABIA
Al Rajhi – Jubail Petrochemical Complex
Owner: Al Rajhi Saudi Group
Budget: $4 billion
Scope: The project calls for FEED and EPC at a grassroots petrochemical complex in Jubail for Al Rajhi. The facility is planned to have an ethane cracker, polypropylene (PP) plant and ethylene glycol (EG) plant.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that negotiation for the feedstock allocation is still ongoing.
Aramco – Ras Tanura Integrated Refinery & Petrochemical Complex
Owner: Saudi Aramco
Budget: $7 billion (Aromatics)
Budget: $5 billion (Cracker)
Budget: $10 billion (Polyolefins)
Scope: The project calls for the design and construction of an integrated petrochemical complex in Ras Tanura and the expansion of the existing 550,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery by at least 100,000 bpd with 70,000 bpd of high olefins of fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) and 80,000 bpd of vacuum gas oil hydrocreator. The core units of the petrochemical complex are:1) A 1.2 million tpa ethane/naphtha cracker producing 400,000 tpa of ethylene and 400,000 tpa of naphtha. The cracker will be fed with 70 million cubic feet per day (mscfpd) of ethane from the Juaymah gas plant. 2) A high olefins fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) complex producing purified terephthalic acid (PTA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), toluene di-isocyanate (TDI), methyl diphenyl di-isocyanate (MDI), acrylonitrile (ACN), styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). 3) A chlor-alkali complex and an aromatics complex mainly producing pyrolysis aasoline, paraxylene and benzene. The complex will have nearly 30 downstream process units producing at least 300 different products.
Update: Sources indicate that the FEED/PMC has been awarded to KBR.
Delta/INEOS – Jubail Olefins Complex – Cracker
Owner: Delta - INEOS
Budget: $2 billion
Scope: The scope of work includes the EPC contract for a greenfield olefins complex in Jubail for Delta/Innovene. The complex will have a 1.2 mtpa ethane cracker, HDPE and LDPE units.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that the feed stock allocation is still pending.
GCC Electricity Interconnection Grid - Phase 3
Owner: GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA)
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for connecting the first two phases of the project. Phase one: Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain to get linked with phase two: UAE and Oman. The scope of works includes supply and installation of overhead transmission lines, substations, cabling and related civil facilities.
Update: Phase three, connecting the first two phases, is likely to start in 2006 and will be completed by the end of 2008.
HOI-Midroc-Sara – Jubail Olefins Complex
Owner: HOI – Midroc – Sara
Budget: $6billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an integrated petrochemical complex in Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia. The complex will have a 1.4 million tpa ethane/propane cracker, a 400,000 tpa LDPE unit, a 300,000 tpa PP unit, a 400,000 tpa alpha olefins unit, a 400,000 tpa acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) unit and a 750,000 tpa monoethylene glycol (MEG) unit.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that the negotiation for feedstock allocation is still ongoing.
King Abdullah Economic City – Phase 1 – Desalination
Owner: Emaar Economic City Company
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply and installation of a 700,000 m3/d reverse osmosis desalination plant to serve the first phase of the King Abdullah Economic City development including the industrial district, the residential district, the villas, the resorts, the golf course and the port.
Update: Emaar Economic City and Sete Energy have signed a MoU. The plant will be built in five stages. The first stage will complete in 12 months. The final stage will complete in 21 months.
King Abdullah Economic City – Phase 1 – Power T&D
Owner: Emaar Economic City Company
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design; supply, installation and commissioning of an integrated power transmission and distribution plant for the entire first phase of the King Abdullah Economic City development. The project will be carried out in two stages: three 110 KV substations in stage 1 and four 380 KV substations in stage two. The scope of work includes linking the substations and connecting the network to the SEC grid. The first phase of the King Abdullah Economic City includes the industrial district, the residential district, the villas, the resorts, the golf course and the port.
Update: Arabian Bemco Contracting Company has signed an MOU with Emaar to set up six gas turbine plants.
NCP – Jubail Petrochemical Complex Expansion 3
Owner: National Chevron Phillips Company (NCP) – Saudi Arabia
Budget: $3 billion (Downstream Derivatives)
Budget: $2 billion (Ethane Cracker)
Scope: The scope of work includes the FEED and EPC contract for the construction of a 1.2 million tpa ethane cracker at the new National Chevron Phillips (NCP) petrochemical complex in the Jubail Industrial Area. The new NCP petrochemical complex will produce ethylene, propylene, olefins and other downstream derivatives.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that NCP held a meeting for the bidding firms to discuss the project. Daelim Industrial Company, TR and Tecnimont were supposed to submit new revised prices by the end of August 2007. The award is expected in October 2007.
Osos PBT Complex in Yanbu
Owner: Osos Petrochemicals
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply and construction of a 75,000 tpa polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) facility in Yanbu. The facility will also have a butanediol (BDO) unit and a PTA unit to feed the PBT plant. Aramco will supply the BDO unit with butane feedstock.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that the deadline to submit bids had been extended to the end of August 2007, with commercial bids due to be submitted by the end of September 2007.
Saudi Yemen Power Interconnection
Owner: Ministry of Water and Electricity
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for linking the Saudi and Yemen power grids. The connection to the Yemeni power network will be from Southern Saudi Arabia. As much as 1,000 MW are estimated to be economically viable. The feasibility study recommends the exchange of 500 MW. The project mainly calls for the supply and installation of a back-to-back substation to link the 60 Hz Saudi grid and the 50 Hz Yemen grid.
Update: It is understood that the project is still under study.
SEC - PP10 Phase 1
Owner: Saudi Arabia Ministry of Water and Electricity
Budget: $3 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of the 10th power generation plant in the Central Province. The facility is called PP10. Power generation capacity of the plant will be 3,325 MW. The PP10 is located, 80 km west of Riyadh. The plant will have a 2,000 MW capacity in the phase.
Update: Sources indicated that bids were due for submission by mid August 2007.
Shuaiba IWPP Phase 3 - Desalination
Owner: Water and Electricity Company (WEC)
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an IWPP of 900 MW of power and 880,000 m3/d of water at Shuaiba in Saudi Arabia. The plant will use light crude oil as fuel to generate power.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that Water and Electricity Company (WEC) has arranged a loan of $235 million to finance the project. The main bank involved in the finance is the International Gulf Bank.
Yanbu IWPP
Owner: Marafiq
Budget: $3 billion (Desalination)
Budget: $4 billion (Power)
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an IWPP in Yanbu. This IWPP will be the second for Marafiq. The plant will have a power generation capacity of 2,000 MW and desalination of 600,000 m3/d to 950,000 m3/d. The contract will be a 20-year BOOT based one. The power plant will be oil-fired.
Update: The scope will be finalised by mid-August 2007. RFP will be issued in October 2007.
UAE
Shuweihat IWPP
Owner: Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA)
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, engineering, procurement, financing, construction, commissioning and operation of the new IWPP in Shuweihat. It is expected to be similar to the S1 facility, with a capacity of 1,600 MW and 100 mg/d.
Update: Expressions of interest were submitted on 24th July, 2007.
ADWEA - Fujairah IWPP 2 - Power
Owner: Adwea
Budget: $2 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply, installation, commissioning and operation of the second IWPP in Fujairah. The power plant will be gas-fired and generate 2,000 MW. The desalination capacity will be 130 mg/d .
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that the JV of IP and Marubeni have signed a 20-year PWA agreement and DBO contract with Adwea for $2.8 billion.