BAHRAIN
Falcon Cement Plant in Hafeera
Owner: Falcon Cement Company
Budget: $50 million
Scope: The project calls for the supply and construction of a clinker line and cement mill at Hafeera industrial zone in Bahrain. The new facility, called Falcon Cement Company, will have a production capacity of 950 tonnes per day (tpd), i.e. 342,000 tonnes per annum (tpa).
Update: The plant is under construction and is expected to be completed by August 2008.

KUWAIT
KMOE – Al Zour North Phase 1 – Desalination
Owner: The Kuwaiti 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: Sources indicated that the new tender is expected to be issued in January or February 2008.

KMoE – Subiya Power Plant
Owner: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity and Water
Budget: $2 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a new gas-fired combined-cycle power plant at Subiya. The power plant will have a proposed power generation capacity of 1,500 MW.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that a tender has been issued and bid submission takes place on 28 July 2008. The project now includes a seven-year operation and maintenance period. The first unit of the Subiya plant is due to come online 18 months after the construction.

OMAN
Barka IWPP 3 – Power
Owner: The Omani Ministry of National Economy
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for developing a plant on the design, build and operate (DBO) basis as a third expansion of the Barka Independent Water and Power Plant (IWPP). It will produce 700 to 800 MW and 130,000 cubic meters per day (m3/d) third phase expansion of Barka Independent Water and Power Plant (IWPP).
Update: OPWP has appointed Bank Muscat and Project Financing Solutions as the financial advisers, Berwin Leighton Paisner as its legal adviser and Electrowatt as its technical adviser for the project.

Salalah IWPP – Power
Owner: Oman Power & Water Procurement Company (PWPC)
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a 400 MW power and 15 mg/d desalination IWPP in Salalah on a build, own and operate (BOO) basis.
Update: Sources close to the project indicate that a consortium led by Mitsui and Saudi Oger is to develop Salalah IWPP.

Sur IWP
Owner: The Omani Ministry of Electricity & Water
Budget: $300 million
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply, construction and operation of a new reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant for a 20 year period with a production capacity of 17.66 mg/d capacity which is expandable to 20 mg/d. The plant is located in Sur, in the Sharqiyah region in Oman. The contract also includes the acquisition of the existing 2.7 mg/d facility.
Update: Sources indicated that the project is under construction and is expected to be completed by 2009.

QATAR
Honam – Waseeta – Mesaieed Petro-chemical Complex – Cracker
Owner: Honam – Waseeta JV
Budget: $1.1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an ethane cracker and aromatics complex with a capacity of 1.7 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) in Mesaieed industrial city in Qatar. The complex will be integrated with the existing Mesaieed refinery. The scope of work includes 900,000 tpa of ethane and naphtha cracker to produce butane to be converted into propylene to feed two polypropylene plants totalling 700,000 tpa. It also includes a naphtha reformer to produce benzene to be converted to 600,000 tpa of styrene and 200,000 tpa of polystyrene. The facility will also produce 150,000 tpa of aromatics and 50,000 tpa of other by-products.
Update: Source close to the project indicate that contractors had been invited to submit prequalification applications by the end of May 2008 for the downstream portion of the petrochemicals complex at Mesaieed.

Mesaieed IPP
Owner: Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa)
Budget: $2.5 billion
Scope: The project calls for design, supply, construction and operation of the first IWPP 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 indicated that the project is under construction and is expected to be completed by May 2010.

Qafco 5
Owner: Qatar Fertilisers Company (Qafco)
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a fertiliser facility of 1.26 mtpa plant for urea and two plants for ammonia with a total capacity of 1.584 mtpa. The facility will be built 1.5 km from the existing Mesaieed complex in Mesaieed in Qatar. It will also have a 167 MW power plant, desalination, effluent water treatment and air separation facilities, nitrogen plants and seawater cooling towers. The scope of work will be similar to that of Qafco IV.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that construction has started at Qafco-5 and the Qatar Melamine projects. The Qafco- 5 project will receive funding in the range of $1.6 billion including $500 million as a revolving facility.

Qatalum Project – Cast House & Anode Baking Plant
Owner: Qatar Aluminum (Qatalum)
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply and construction of an anode baking plant and casthouse. The plant will include a baking facility, furnace buildings, anode handling equipment and an anode storage area. The cast house will have a metal treatment plant foundry, ingot extrusion area and a storage area. It will have the capacity to produce value-added products such as extrusion ingot and primary foundry alloy.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that 20 per cent of the overall project is completed with 4,000 people working on site. The project is progressing on schedule.

Qatalum Project – Power – Combined Cycle Plant
Owner: Qatalum
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the supply and installation of a 1,250 MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant, a 220 kilovolts (kv) substation and a 400 kv grid connection as well as a water treatment plant, DCS, transformers and associated facilities to serve the 1.2 mtpa aluminium smelter. The power plant will have four gas turbines and two steam turbines.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that 20 per cent of the construction is complete.

Qatalum Project – Reduction Cells & Potroom Equipment
Owner: Qatalum
Budget: $750 million
Scope: The project calls for the design and construction of two potlines, reduction cells, pot tending and raw material handling equipment.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that 20 per cent of the construction is complete.

Qatalum Project – Smelter
Owner: Qatalum
Budget: $1.6 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of 1.2 mtpa aluminium smelter. The project also includes 1,350 MW gas fired power plant, a 220 KV substation and 400 KV grid connection. The scope also includes administration buildings and a workshop, a potroom building, storage facilities, a seawater system, carbon and alumina offloading and storage silos, offsite facilities and utilities, a process water system, potable water system, fire water system, gas distribution system, compressed air system and sewage system waste treatment and housing for 1,100 employees and their families. Additionally, a total of 441 accommodation units and a number of community areas will be built in the village. A mosque will be constructed at the centre of the complex with a number of accommodation plots around it. Each plot will have two canteens with food supplied from one large central kitchen located at another part of the village. The village will also have its own mini-market.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that 20 per cent of the construction is complete.

SAUDI ARABIA
Aramco – Manifa Field Development – Onshore – Central Processing – Package 3 (Power Generation & Substation)
Owner: Saudi Aramco
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the development of the Manifa oil field located in the Southeast of Safaniya. The development aims to produce 1 million bpd of Arabian heavy crude oil in a three-phase development programme. The first phase aims to produce 300,000 bpd by 2009. The offshore part of the scope of work includes engineering, supply and installation of at least 20 production platforms, dredging of 25 drilling islands, construction of 40 km access causeway for 30 to 40 metres water depth rigs, sub-sea pipelines and tie-ins with existing offshore production facilities. The onshore part will involve gas oil separation plants (GOSPs), separators and crude stabilisation units. Drilling of at least five new wells at the field is also planned. Manifa field currently has eight wells drilled since 1964. Package three of the offshore part includes a power generation plant and main substation.
Update: Sources indicate that JGC is the frontrunner to win the contract for the package covering the utilities, storage and shipping at the central processing facility.

Aramco – Ras Tanura Integrated Refinery & Petrochemical Complex – WSPP
Owner: Saudi Aramco
Budget: $2 billion
Scope: The project calls for power, water and steam generation facilities to support the Ras Tanura refinery and the integrated petrochemical complex. The contract will be on a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) basis.
Update: Sources indicate that the Saudi Hollandi Bank is out of the race for the advisory mandate on the project financing deal for the complex, as it hasn’t secured an international banking partner for its bid.

Maaden – Al Zabirah Bauxite Development
Owner: Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden)
Budget: $5 billion – Alumina Refinery
Budget: $5 billion- Aluminium Smelter – Phase 1
Scope: The project involves the construction of an aluminium smelter with a capacity of 720,000 tpa of aluminium and an alumina refinery of 1.4 million tonnes processing capacity at Ras Al Zour, located on the central east coast of Saudi Arabia. Bauxite will be mined at Al-Jalamid and transported via the planned minerals railway. The development also includes the construction of a 1,800 MW power plant with desalination capacity.
Update: Sources close to the project indicate that Maaden will sign the joint venture agreement with Alcan in August 2008. Alcan will act as the project developer.

Maaden – Al Zabirah Bauxite Development – Aluminium Smelter – Phase 2
Owner: Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden)
Budget: $15 billion
Scope: The project calls for expanding the production capacity of the Maaden aluminium smelter at Ras Al Zour from 720,000 tpa to 2 million tpa. Smelter expansion may require expanding the alumina refinery and the power generation plant as well.
Update: Sources indicate that Maaden will sign the joint venture agreement with Alcan in August 2008. Alcan will act as the project developer.

Marafiq – Yanbu IWPP
Owner: Marafiq
Budget: $3 billion- Desalination
Budget: $5 billion- Power
Scope: The project calls for the construction of an IWPP in Yanbu. This will be the second IWPP for Marafiq. The plant will have a capacity of 1,700 MW of power and 150,000 m3/d of desalination, which can be increased up to 950,000 m3/d. The contract will be BOOT-based for 20 years. The power plant will be heavy fuel oil (HFO)-fired.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that Mott Macdonald has undertaken the development of RFP and will look into the technical optimisation and functional specifications regarding the development and preparation of tender documents, adjudication and preparation of power purchase.

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 purified teraphthalate acid (PTA) unit to feed the PBT plant. The scope of work also includes offsites and utilities. Aramco will supply butane to the BDO unit.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that contract award is expected before the end of the third quarter of 2008.

Sabic – YanSab Olefins Complex – Cracker
Owner: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic)
Budget: $1.5 billion
Scope: The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a 1.3 mtpa mixed ethane/propane cracker.
Update: Sources indicate that Technip has taken an $80 million charge on the Yansab olefins plant at Yanbu, because of problems with sub-contractors.

SEC – Qurayah IPP
Owner: Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
Budget: $3 billion
Scope: The project calls for the design, supply and construction of a 2,000 MW heavy crude oil-fired power plant in Qurayah on a BOO basis.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that Mott Macdonald is carrying out a study and will prepare the design and specifications and conduct tender evaluation and the design audit as well as being responsible for commissioning supervision and performance testing services for Qurayah IPP.

SEC – Shuaiba Power Plant Expansion – Phase 2 Stage 2
Owner: SEC
Budget: $1 billion
Scope: The project calls for the expansion of the existing power plant at Shuaiba by about 1,110 MW. The turbine plant will use heavy fuel to generate power. The project involves the supply and installation of three steam turbines 370 MW each.
Update: Archirodon is responsible for site preparation, soil improvement and site services including landscaping and irrigation, waste water and storm water drainage, evaporation and waste water holding ponds, potable water and water treatment systems.

Shuaiba IWPP Phase 3
Owner: Water & Electricity Company (WEC)
Budget: $1 billion- Desalination
Budget:  $2 billion- Power
Scope: The overall project calls for the construction of an IWPP at Shuaiba in Saudi Arabia to produce 3 x 900 MW of power and 880,000 m3/d. The plant will use light crude oil as fuel to generate power. The project will serve Makkah, Jeddah and Taif.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that Archirodon is executing the main civil works, buildings/structures, excavation of 754,000 cu m and the installation of a water proofing membrane (117,000 sq m). Civil works are expected to be completed in September 2008.

Shuqaiq 3 Power Plant
Owner: The Saudi Ministry of Water and Electricity
Budget: $1.5 billion
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a 1,000 MW power plant in Shuqaiq.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that the Mott Macdonald group is working on the study, design report, site investigation and preparation of tender documents (specifications) services for the steam power plant.

SWCC – Jubail to Eastern Province Water Transmission
Owner: The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The project calls for the supply, installation and commissioning of a pipeline and a pumping station to transport 300,000 m3/d water from the IWPP in Jubail to Dammam, Khobar, Ras Tanura, Qatif, Sayhat and Safwa in the Eastern Province. The project involves the supply and installation of a 135 km carbon steel pipeline of 60 to 76 inches diameter and an upgrade to the existing Hofuf water transmission system, which supplies Abqaiq and Hofuf with water from the Al-Khobar desalination plant.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that ILF consulting engineers have been appointed as Owner’s Engineer by the SWCC.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
DEWA – Hassyan Power & Desalination Plant (Station P)
Owner: Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa)
Budget: $1 billion- Phase 1 – Power
Budget: $500 million – Phase 2 – Desalination
Budget: $1 billion- Phase 2 – Power
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a greenfield power generation plant with a desalination unit. Phase 1 includes 1,500 MW of power and 120 mg/d of water. The programme will be in two packages 1) power plant package P, consisting of gas turbines associated with heat recovery steam generators, auxiliary boilers, back pressure steam turbines and all associated works; and 2) desalination package D, consisting of  multi-stage flash (MSF) desalination units, seawater pumps, drinking water pipes and all associated works. The combined capacity will be 3,000 MW of power generation and 200 mg/d of desalination water. At the end of the multi-phase programme, total generation will be 9,000 MW power and 600 mg/d desalination in Hassyan and 5,000 MW in Lehbab.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that Dewa will re-tender the project as bids submitted on April 30 were very high. Five bids were submitted for the power plant phase 1 and 2 and four were submitted for desalination plant phase 1 and 2.

Dubailand – Downtown – City of Arabia – District Cooling
Owner: I & M Galadari Group
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The project calls for supplying 120,000 tonnes of district cooling for 25 years to the many different developments at Dubailand. The scope of the contract includes the supply, installation, operation and maintenance of the district cooling system. The system will provide cooling to the City of Arabia, Mall of Arabia, the Restless Plant, the 11 km Wadi Walk of 1,600 apartments and two residential and commercial towers of 34 storeys each.
Update: Sources close to the project indicated that the project is under construction and expected to be completed by 2009.

Emirates Aluminium (Emal) – Power
Owner: Emirates Aluminium Limited (Emal)
Budget: $500 million
Scope: The project calls for the construction of a power plant of 2,000 MW. The power plant will be a natural gas-fired combined cycle plant with supplemental duct firing and dual fuel (No 2 fuel oil) operations. The plant will be dedicated for the smelter complex near the Khalifa port and industrial zone in Abu Dhabi.
Update: Piling and foundation works have begun on the aluminium smelter buildings and the power plant. Long-lead items have been delivered onsite.