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  Contractors submit revised prices for Habshan 7 project

  Administrator

  17 February 2026

  

   

  Adnoc Gas has received revised commercial proposals from contractors for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works on a major project to add a new gas processing train at its Habshan complex in Abu Dhabi.

  Adnoc Gas, the natural gas processing business of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc Group), processes about 10 billion standard cubic feet a day (cf/d) of gas across several sites, including its Asab, Bab, Bu Hasa and Habshan facilities, as well as a natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation plant at Ruwais.

  The Habshan complex is one of the largest gas processing facilities in the UAE and across the Middle East and North Africa. Its output capacity is 6.1 billion cf/d. The complex comprises five trains and 14 processing units that receive gas feedstock from onshore and offshore fields in Abu Dhabi.

  With Adnoc Group pressing ahead with its P5 programme to raise oil production potential to 5 million barrels a day by 2027, high volumes of associated gas are set to enter the grid.

  The new train at the Habshan complex, which Adnoc Gas expects to commission in 2029, will play a key role in handling these additional gas volumes.

  MEED previously reported that contractors had submitted commercial bids for the new Habshan 7 gas train project to Adnoc Gas by the deadline of 10 December.

  Following an initial evaluation of commercial bids received, Adnoc Gas sought “best offers” from contractors for the project. Bidders submitted their revised prices by 6 February, according to sources.

  The following contractors are understood to be competing for the Habshan 7 project’s main EPC contract, as per sources:

  • Enppi (Egypt) / Petrojet (Egypt)
  • Jereh (China)
  • Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (India)
  • Petrofac (UK)
  • Sinopec (China)
  • Wison Engineering (China)

  MEED previously reported that contractors submitted technical bids for the project to Adnoc Gas by the deadline of 6 October.

  Adnoc Gas intends to install the Habshan 7 train adjacent to the Habshan 5 train. This will enable the new train to utilise the ullage in the Habshan 5 sulphur recovery and tail gas treatment units and optimise operations.

  The scope of work on the Habshan 7 gas train project covers the EPC of the following units:

  • New high-pressure pipeline from the main Habshan complex to the new gas train
  • Separation and condensate stabiliser unit
  • Acid gas removal unit
  • Mercury removal unit
  • Deep NGL recovery unit
  • Sales gas and residue gas compressor
  • NGL product storage and transfer pump, as well as metering skid
  • Utility units (IA, N2, PW, FW, steam generation, DM)
  • Flare unit, to be located in Habshan 5 on common derrick
  • Flare gas recovery package
  • Water treatment package
  • Non-process buildings, to be located outside the Habshan 5 train
  • Power generation system
  • NGL pipeline from Habshan 5 to Ruwais, based on an existing pipeline assessment
  • Sales gas pipeline from Habshan 5 to sales gas network.

  UK-headquartered Wood Group has performed the concept study and initial engineering design for the project.

  The Habshan 7 gas train project represents the third phase of Adnoc Gas’ Rich Gas Development programme and is estimated to be valued at $3.5bn-$4bn, according to the company’s chief financial officer, Peter Van Driel.

  In a recent call with journalists to discuss Adnoc Gas’ financial results for the full year and fourth quarter of 2025, Van Driel said Adnoc Gas expects to achieve a final investment decision on the Habshan 7 gas train project, which is designed to increase the company’s production of high-value liquids such as liquefied petroleum gas, naphtha and condensates, in the first quarter of 2026.

  Adnoc Gas issued the main EPC tender for the new Habshan 7 gas train project to contractors between 5 and 8 August, MEED previously reported. It later extended the initial technical bid submission deadline from mid‑September to 6 October.

  In April, MEED reported that Adnoc Gas had started an early engagement process with contractors for the EPC tendering phase of the Habshan 7 gas train project.

  Prior to that, Adnoc Gas issued an expression of interest (EoI) document for the project in March, to which contractors submitted responses by 8 April.

  Separately, Adnoc Gas also completed the EoI exercise for early civil and site preparation works on the Habshan 7 project in June, and is understood to have issued the main tender in the third quarter.

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  Indrajit Sen
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  Dubai seeks contractors for Jebel Ali STP expansion

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  16 February 2026

  Dubai Municipality has invited contractors to prequalify for a contract covering the expansion of the Jebel Ali sewage treatment plant (STP) phases one and two.

  The upgraded facility will be capable of treating an additional sewage flow of 100,000 cubic metres a day (cm/d).

  The scope includes the design, construction and commissioning of infrastructure and systems required to support the increased capacity.

  The bid submission deadline is 2 April.

  Located on a 670-hectare site in Jebel Ali, the original wastewater facility has a treatment capacity of about 675,000 cm/d following the completion of phase two in 2019, combining approximately 300,000 cm/d from phase one and 375,000 cm/d from phase two.

  As MEED understands, the project is part of long-term plans to treat about 1.05 million cm/d a day once all future phases are completed.

  The main element of the expansion, which is estimated to cost $300m, involves modifications to the secondary treatment process at Jebel Ali STP phase two.

  This includes conversion to Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor or Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge systems.

  The project also includes decommissioning existing surface aerators. New blowers and associated works will be installed as part of the upgrade.

  UK-headquartered KPMG and UAE-based Tribe Infrastructure are serving as financial advisers on the project.

  

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  Mark Dowdall
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  AD Ports to develop Douala port in Cameroon

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  16 February 2026

  Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group and Africa Ports Development (APD) have signed an agreement to design, build and operate a new dry bulk terminal at the Port of Douala in Cameroon.

  AD Ports Group will invest about AED320m ($87m) in the development of the terminal’s first phase, which will comprise two berths and more than 450 metres of quay wall, with an annual handling capacity of about 4 million tonnes of dry bulk cargo.

  Construction is expected to begin this year, and the first phase is slated for completion in 2028.

  The concession period is 30 years.

  AD Ports Group has committed to long-term investments and operations across Africa, including in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and the Republic of the Congo.

  The latest announcement comes shortly after it signed an agreement with Jordan’s Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) to manage and operate the Aqaba multipurpose port.

  AD Ports will manage and operate the port under a 30-year concession agreement.

  In December last year, AD Ports Group signed a shareholder agreement with Tajikistan’s private industrial firm Avesto Group to establish a new joint venture that will provide integrated logistics and freight forwarding services across Tajikistan.

  Under the agreement, the joint venture will initially operate as an asset-light freight forwarder. It will have exclusive rights to consolidate and manage all freight and logistics activities across Avesto Group’s subsidiaries, while also offering services to third-party customers in the wider market.

  

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  Yasir Iqbal
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  Dubai tenders Warsan waste-to-energy consultancy contract

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  16 February 2026

  Dubai Municipality has issued a tender for consultancy services on the second phase of the Warsan waste-to-energy (WTE) plant.

  The tender covers feasibility, procurement and construction supervision services for the project.

  The bid submission deadline is 25 February.

  The project relates to the planned expansion of the Warsan WTE plant in Dubai. The scheme has an estimated budget of $500m.

  The facility will be located in Warsan 2, next to the Al-Aweer sewage treatment plant.  As MEED understands, it will use treated wastewater from that facility.

  The project scope includes construction of treatment lines, a boiler hall, waste bunkers, a flue gas treatment system, a main electrical station and associated infrastructure.

  The contract duration is six years

  Expansion strategy

  The original Warsan WTE plant, Dubai’s first major WTE public-private partnership (PPP) project, reached full commercial operations in 2024.

  Located in the Warsan area, the AED4bn ($1.1bn) facility treats 1.9 million tonnes of municipal solid waste annually, generating up to 220MW of thermal energy that is fed into the local grid.

  In February 2023, state utility Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa) and Dubai Waste Management Company signed the power-purchase agreement (PPA) for the project.

  Dubai Waste Management Company, the special-purpose vehicle implementing the scheme, reached financial close in June 2021 for the project.

  The main contractor was a consortium of Belgium’s Besix Group and Hitachi Zosen Inova of Switzerland.

  The expansion aligns with Dubai’s long-term waste strategy. In February 2022, the emirate approved a AED74.5bn budget covering waste management initiatives from 2021 to 2041.

  The strategy promotes innovation in waste management, recycling and energy conservation. It anticipates private sector contributions of AED70.5bn, equivalent to about 95% of the total planned investment.

  

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  Mark Dowdall
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  Saudi Arabia wastewater plant reaches financial close

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  16 February 2026

  

   

  The planned $500m industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWWTP) in Jubail in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province has reached financial close, sources have confirmed to MEED.

  Located in Jubail Second Industrial City, the facility will treat and recycle wastewater from Satorp’s under-construction Amiral chemical derivatives complex, also in Jubail.

  The project reached financial close after hedging arrangements were completed on 12 February, sources said.

  A consortium of Saudi utilities provider Marafiq, the regional business of France’s Veolia and Bahrain/Saudi Arabia-based Lamar Holding is developing the project under a 30-year concession agreement.

  Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical Company (Satorp), a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and France’s TotalEnergies, awarded the contract last September.

  As MEED exclusively reported, Egypt’s Orascom Construction is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the project, which is expected to be commissioned in 2028.

  Marafiq, formally Power & Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu, will own a 40% stake in the dedicated project company. Veolia Middle East will hold a 35% stake, and Lamar Holding’s Lamar Arabia for Energy will hold the other 25%.

  The planned IWWTP, which will primarily serve the $11bn sprawling Amiral chemicals zone, will implement advanced water treatment and recovery technologies to process complex industrial effluents, including spent caustic streams. Treated water will be reintegrated into the industrial processes, supporting closed-loop reuse and energy efficiency.

  As of February, more than 50% of construction on Satorp’s Amiral facility has been completed. Commissioning is targeted for the end of 2027.

  Construction is also ongoing on a separate industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP8) in Jubail. Saudi Services for Electro Mechanic Works is the contractor for the development’s fourth expansion phase.

  The Marafiq-owned project is scheduled to be completed by the end of the quarter.

  

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  Mark Dowdall
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  Riyadh tenders Expo 2030 site offices contract

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  16 February 2026

  

   

  Saudi Arabia’s Expo 2030 Riyadh Company (ERC), tasked with delivering the Expo 2030 Riyadh venue, has tendered a contract that includes the construction of site offices required for the initial construction works.

  MEED understands that the package was retendered in early February, with a bid submission deadline of 26 February.

  The contract was first tendered in May last year, with bids submitted in July, as MEED reported.

  The tendering activity follows the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) issuing a design-and-build tender for the construction of a new metro station serving the Expo 2030 site.

  The new metro station will be located on Line 4 (Yellow Line) of the Riyadh Metro network.

  MEED understands that the tender was floated in early February, with a bid submission deadline of 3 May.

  Construction work on the Expo 2030 Riyadh site is progressing at an accelerated pace. In January, ERC awarded an estimated SR1bn ($267m) contract to deliver the initial infrastructure works at the site.

  The contract was awarded to the local firm Nesma & Partners.

  The scope of work covers about 50 kilometres (km) of integrated infrastructure networks, including internal roads and essential utilities such as water, sewage, electrical and communication systems, and electric vehicle charging stations.

  Contractors are also bidding for infrastructure lots two and three. In December, MEED reported that ERC had floated another tender for the project’s initial infrastructure works.

  The masterplan encompasses an area of 6 square kilometres, making it one of the largest sites designated for a World Expo event. Situated to the north of the Saudi capital, the site will be located near the future King Salman International airport, providing direct access to various landmarks within Riyadh.

  Countries participating in Expo 2030 Riyadh will have the option to construct permanent pavilions. This initiative is expected to create opportunities for business and investment growth in the region.

  The expo is forecast to attract more than 40 million visitors.

  In a statement, the Public Investment Fund said: “During its construction phases, Expo 2030 Riyadh and its legacy are projected to contribute around $64bn to Saudi GDP and generate approximately 171,000 direct and indirect jobs. Once operational, it is expected to contribute approximately $5.6bn to GDP.”

  

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  Yasir Iqbal
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  Acwa refinances $2.45bn Hassyan IPP debt

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  16 February 2026

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  Saudi Arabia’s Acwa has announced it has refinanced the existing debt facilities of the Hassyan independent power project (IPP) in Dubai.

  In a post on social media platform LinkedIn, the developer said the transaction is the largest refinancing it has completed, valued at $2.45bn.

  It added that the deal is backed by a new group of lenders. These lenders have yet to be disclosed.

  The Hassyan IPP has a generation capacity of 2,400MW and reached full commercial operations in 2023.

  The project was originally developed as a coal-fired IPP. It was later converted to operate on natural gas instead, reflecting changes in Dubai’s power generation strategy.

  A consortium comprising Acwa – formerly Acwa Power – and China’s Harbin Electric won the contract to develop the project in 2016.

  Acwa and Harbin Electric hold 26.95% and 14.7% stakes, respectively, in the project company Hassyan Energy Company. Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa) holds 51%, while Silk Road Fund owns 7.35%.

  The Hassyan plant forms part of Dewa’s wider generation portfolio. Other major assets include the Jebel Ali and Al-Aweer power complexes, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park and the Hatta hydroelectric project.

  MBR Solar Park is the largest single-site solar park in the world, with a planned capacity target of 7,260MW by 2030.

  Dewa recently extended the bid deadline for its seventh phase, which will add 2,000MW from photovoltaic solar panels and includes a 1,400MW battery energy storage system with a six-hour capacity.

  The new bid submission deadline is 1 May.

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  SWPC rebrands as Sharakat to reinforce PPP focus

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  13 February 2026

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  Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has unveiled a new corporate identity as part of a strategy to reinforce the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs).

  At a ceremony in Riyadh, the company said it will operate under the name Sharakat, reflecting its “evolution and expanding mandate in the kingdom’s water sector”.

  The new identity comes as Saudi Arabia expands the use of PPPs to deliver infrastructure projects.

  In January, the government launched a National Privatisation Strategy targeting more than 220 PPP contracts by 2030, including projects in the water sector.

  The government is targeting over $64bn (SR240bn) in private capital investments in this period, which it said would be “a new phase focused on execution and accelerating delivery”.

  Previously, the 2018 privatisation programme had focused on the ‘foundational phase’.

  SWPC has served as the principal offtaker of all water in Saudi Arabia since 2017. Its mandate covers desalinated water, transmission and treatment projects. It also includes small-scale plants, collection networks and strategic water reservoirs.

  The total investment value of its current projects exceeds SR56bn ($14.9bn), the offtaker said.

  According to MEED Projects, SWPC has over $11bn-worth of PPP projects in the pipeline, with two projects ($2.10bn) currently under bid evaluation.

  In December, local firm Vision Invest was named as the preferred bidder to develop and operate the 859-kilometre Riyadh-Qassim independent water transmission pipeline project. 

  The consortium of Miahona (Saudi Arabia), Marafiq Company and Buhur for Investment was also named as the preferred bidder for the Arana independent sewage treatment plant (ISTP).

  Financial close for both projects is expected in 2026.

  Meanwhile, SWPC has issued a request for proposals for the $150m Riyadh East ISTP, which will have a treatment capacity of 200,000 cubic metres a day (cm/d), expandable to 400,000 cm/day in the second phase.

  The bid submission deadline is 2 April. 

  

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