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Kuwait tenders two Al-Mutlaa City construction packages Administrator2 September 2026
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Kuwait’s Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) has tendered two contracts covering the construction of public buildings across five districts at its Al-Mutlaa City residential project.
The first tender covers construction in the N5 and N6 districts, while the second covers N1, N3 and N4.
The tenders were issued on 30 August, with a bid submission deadline of 30 September.
The project is a housing scheme located 38.3 kilometres northwest of the Kuwait metropolitan area.
It covers approximately 104 square kilometres and is expected to house up to 400,000 people.
The mixed-use development will include residential, social, commercial and light industrial areas.
In March 2023, MEED reported that PAHW had appointed France-based Egis as a project management consultant for the Al-Mutlaa City development.
Under the agreement, Egis is providing programme-level service management, construction logistics and interface management services.
The scope of work also includes cost management, a digital programme management system and a project management information system for the scheme.
Al-Mutlaa City is one of the largest housing infrastructure projects being developed by the government as part of Kuwait’s Vision 2035.
UK analytics firm GlobalData expects Kuwait’s construction industry to grow at an average annual rate of 7.1% in 2025-28, supported by investment in renewable energy, transport and oil and gas projects, as well as spending under the New Kuwait 2035 National Development Plan.
Under this strategy, the government plans to invest KD350m ($1.1bn) to develop several sports projects in the country.
The residential construction sector is expected to register average annual growth of 3.8% in 2025-28, supported by the government’s plan to build 65,500 housing units by 2029 through five projects.
MEED’s September 2026 report on Kuwait includes:
> COMMENT: Kuwait keeps dealmaking alive under fire
> GOVERNMENT: Kuwait shows tentative signs of economic development
> BANKING: Necessity is the mother of invention for Kuwaiti lenders
> OIL & GAS: Regional war to have lasting impact on Kuwaiti oil sector
> POWER & WATER: Kuwait utilities investment shifts towards water
> CONSTRUCTION: Kuwait construction holds up despite regional strife
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Preferred bidders emerge for Zatca residential PPP Administrator2 September 2026
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Saudi Arabia’s Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (Zatca), through the National Centre for Privatisation and PPP (NCP), has selected preferred bidders to develop residential buildings at various land ports across the kingdom.
The project covers developments across nine land ports, separated into two packages.
Local firm Saudi Arabian Trading & Construction Company has been selected as the preferred bidder for the first package, which includes the Al-Batha, Salwa, Al-Raqi, Jadidat Arar, Al-Wadiah and Empty Quarter sites.
Bahrain-headquartered Lamar Holding is the preferred bidder for the second package, which includes land ports at Al-Hadithah, Halat Ammar and Al-Durrah.
The project will be implemented as a public-private partnership (PPP) on a design, build, finance, operate, maintain and transfer basis, with a contract duration of 23 years, including the construction period.
The contract covers the construction and management of new residential buildings and associated facilities at the land ports, as well as the rehabilitation of existing facilities.
The project is the latest scheme in the kingdom’s PPP pipeline. In January, Saudi Arabia launched a national privatisation strategy aimed at mobilising $64bn in private sector capital by 2030.
Building on the privatisation programme first introduced in 2018, the strategy focuses on unlocking state-owned assets for private investment and privatising selected government services.
In a statement, NCP said the strategy comprises 147 opportunities drawn from a broader pipeline of more than 500 projects across 18 sectors.
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Egypt signs PPA for 1GW Ras Shokeir wind farm Administrator2 September 2026
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A joint venture of the local Hassan Allam Utilities Energy and Infinity Power has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for the development of the 1GW Ras Shokeir wind project in Egypt.
The project is located in Egypt’s Red Sea Governorate, within the Gulf of Suez wind corridor. It will cover approximately 143 square kilometres.
The PPA has a 25-year term. The project will supply electricity to Egypt’s national grid.
Ras Shokeir is expected to generate enough electricity to power more than 1.2 million Egyptian homes. It is also expected to avoid more than 1.36 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
The PPA was signed by EETC chairperson Mona Rizk and Infinity Power co-founder and CEO Nayer Fouad, representing the Infinity Power-Hassan Allam consortium.
The signing brings the project closer to development as Egypt seeks to expand its renewable energy capacity. Egypt has set a target for renewable energy to make up 42% of the electricity mix by 2030 and 65% by 2040.
This includes the 500MW Amunet 2 wind project, which is being developed by UAE-headquartered Amea Power following the commissioning of the first Amunet wind project in June 2025.
Hassan Allam Utilities Energy and Infinity Power are also developing Egypt’s $560m West Minya solar plant, which will combine 1,000MWac of solar photovoltaic capacity with a 600MWh battery energy storage system.
In June, MEED reported that a joint venture of Hassan Allam Construction and India’s Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy had won the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the project.
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NWC confirms $347m Saudi sewage treatment plant deal Administrator2 September 2026
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Saudi Arabia’s National Water Company (NWC) has signed a contract worth more than SR1.3bn ($347m) with a Saudi-Chinese consortium to rehabilitate, operate and maintain nine sewage treatment plants (STPs).
The 15-year contract covers plants located across the Hail, Qassim, Al-Jouf and Northern Borders provinces. The plants have a combined treatment design capacity of more than 337,000 cubic metres a day (cm/d).
MEED exclusively reported in January that the consortium comprising China’s Jiangsu United Water Technology and Saudi-based Armada Holding had won the contract for the project.
The contract is for the Northern Cluster Sewage Treatment Plants Package 10 (LTOM10) and includes an initial three-year period for rehabilitation and upgrade works, followed by long-term operation and maintenance.
NWC said the contract was signed with a tariff of SR0.69 ($0.18) a cubic meter.
As MEED understands, United Water will be responsible for design, financing, operation and part of the construction works. Saudi Arabia’s Armada Holding will handle construction, equipment import customs clearance and local business communications. UAE-registered Prosus Holding will act as the financial investor.
LTOM packages
The same consortium is also expected to sign a contract for Package 11 of the LTOM programme in the coming months.
In April, MEED exclusively reported that the consortium won the contract for this project, which will have a combined capacity of about 440,000 cm/d.
Bids for North Western B Cluster (LTOM12) remain under evaluation. The contract covers the construction and upgrade of seven STPs with a combined capacity of about 162,000 cm/d.
NWC also tendered the Eastern A Cluster (LTOM14) package in April, covering the upgrade of six existing STPs with a capacity expansion of 30,000 cm/d at the Al-Jarodia STP.
This will increase total treatment capacity from about 263,000 cm/d to approximately 293,000 cm/d, with an estimated cost of $180m.
The bid submission deadline is 30 September.
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Iraq looks to accelerate oil pipeline projects Administrator2 September 2026
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has held talks with a delegation from Qatari company UCC on accelerating the progress of two major pipeline projects, according to a statement from Iraq’s Office of Media and Government Communication.
The first proposed pipeline route extends from Basra, in southern Iraq, to Haditha, located about 200 kilometres northwest of Baghdad, then on to Faysh Khabur, which lies on the border with Syria and near the border with Turkiye.
The second pipeline extends from Haditha to Syria’s coastal city of Baniyas.
Discussions covered the contract type, implementation timeline and “other technical matters”, according to the statement released by the Iraqi government.
During the meeting, Iraq’s Minister of Oil, Basem Mohammed Khudair Al-Abadi, emphasised the need to expedite the tendering process for the project contracts.
He said all obstacles to progress on the projects needed to be eliminated.
He also said weekly meetings will be held between relevant parties to reach agreements on the economic models for the pipelines and their routes.
The Ministry of Oil said UCC is leading a consortium of companies developing the projects.
It added that the consortium includes US-based Chevron, the investment company TI Capital and France’s TotalEnergies.
In July, Iraq’s cabinet approved Basra Oil Company signing a ​heads of agreement and a non-disclosure agreement with the consortium to explore possible future oil pipeline projects.
Under the terms of the agreement, the consortium will prepare technical and financial feasibility studies for strategic export pipeline projects.
Also in July, US-based KBR was awarded a consultancy contract for the section of pipeline due to extend from Basra to Haditha.
In April, Iraq announced the allocation of $1.5bn for the Basra-Haditha route, while the larger scheme is estimated at around $5bn.
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Completion expected next year for $2bn Egypt refinery project Administrator2 September 2026
The $2bn hydrocracking complex package that forms part of the wider Assiut oil refinery upgrade project in Egypt is facing further delays and is now unlikely to be mechanically complete until early next year, according to industry sources.
The project has been delayed by complications in the final stages of construction, sources said.
One source said: “This is an extremely complicated project and there are ongoing issues that are delaying the completion of the project.
“At the moment, it looks like the project won’t enter commissioning until early next year.”
The hydrocracking complex package has experienced extensive delays over several years.
In April this year, Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi called for work to accelerate on the Assiut oil refinery upgrade project, saying it is important for reducing the country’s spending on imported refined products.
At the time, the oil ministry said the project was 88% complete, with trial operations planned by the end of the year.
Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC), a subsidiary of state-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, is the project operator.
France’s Technip Energies is the main contractor, performing engineering, procurement and construction work on the Assiut hydrocracking complex under a $2bn contract awarded by ASORC in February 2020.
In April 2021, Switzerland-based Burckhardt Compression said Technip Energies had selected it as the gas compressor supplier for the hydrocracker package.
ASORC held a kick-off meeting for the project in September 2020.
Egyptian contractors Enppi and Petrojet are supporting Technip Energies on the project. Enppi has undertaken the engineering work, while Petrojet is carrying out construction work.
In 2021, contractors completed construction of a $450m high-octane gasoline complex in Assiut Governorate as part of the broader $3.8bn Assiut oil refinery upgrade project.
Assiut refinery
The Assiut hydrocracking complex is expected to be one of Egypt’s major strategic refineries, helping to meet growing local demand for cleaner products.
The project will also be the largest oil refining facility implemented in Upper Egypt to date.
Once completed, the project will transform lower-value petroleum by-products, such as mazut, into higher-value products.
It is expected to produce about 2.8 million tonnes of Euro-5 diesel a year, in addition to other petroleum products.
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Technip Energies announces Aramco PMC and EPC agreements Administrator1 September 2026
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France-based Technip Energies has announced that it has secured two five-year long-term agreements (LTAs) from Saudi Aramco for the provision of project management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services.
The first LTA covers front-end design and the coordination of PMC services for energy, downstream, petrochemical and low-carbon projects, the French contractor .
The second LTA covers EPC services for brownfield and upgrade projects across Aramco’s onshore facilities, Technip Energies said.
“These agreements reinforce our longstanding relationship with Aramco and Saudi Arabia, where we’ve been continuously present since the 1970s, and reflect the breadth of our capabilities across project development, consultancy and execution,” the Euronext Paris-listed company said.
MEED reported in May that Technip Energies was one of 11 local and international engineering firms selected by Aramco to form a new pool of PMC service providers, and one of 18 contractors selected to form a pool of brownfield EPC providers.
Aramco signed LTAs with the selected companies for the PMC service provider pool at a ceremony at its Dhahran headquarters on 30 April. The agreements have a duration of five years, with an option to extend for a further three years. The companies were:
- Engineers India (India)
- Fluor (US)
- IDOM (Spain)
- KBR (US)
- Kent (UAE)
- Sinopec (China) / Sinopec Nanjing Engineering Company (China)
- SNC Lavalin Fayez Engineering (Saudi Arabia) + McDermott (US)
- Technip Energies (France)
- Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain) / TR Saudia (local branch)
- Wood (UAE)
- Worley (Australia)
Dubai-headquartered Kent previously announced that it had been awarded LTAs to provide both PMC and EPC services for Aramco.
Worley also confirmed its selection for Aramco’s PMC service-provider pool, saying the services will be delivered through its offices in Saudi Arabia and the UK, with support from global offices including the Global Integrated Delivery team.
Irving, Texas-headquartered Fluor also previously announced its PMC agreement with Aramco, saying: “The LTA covers future opportunities for pre-front-end engineering design (pre-feed), feed, engineering, project management, procurement oversight, construction management and programme execution services across a range of upstream, downstream, petrochemical and infrastructure developments.”
Pool of brownfield EPC contractors
In addition to selecting firms for its PMC services pool, Aramco awarded LTAs to the following 18 contractors (including Kent) for brownfield EPC services at the same ceremony in Dhahran on 30 April:
- Abdulhasan Group (Saudi Arabia)
- Archirodon (Greece)
- Bin Quraya (Saudi Arabia)
- China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (China)
- Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (Egypt)
- Engineering Procurement & Project Management (Tunisia)
- Gas Arabian Services (Saudi Arabia)
- GS Engineering & Construction (South Korea) / GS Construction Arabia (local branch)
- Kalpataru Projects International (India)
- Kent (UAE)
- Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (India)
- M R Al-Khathlan Company for Contracting (Saudi Arabia)
- Max Streicher (Germany/Italy)
- National Basics Company (Saudi Arabia)
- New Horizons Contracting & Maintenance Company (Saudi Arabia)
- Sinopec (China) / Sinopec Nanjing Engineering Company (China)
- Technip Energies (France)
- Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain) / TR Saudia (local branch)
The scope of services covered under the LTA for brownfield EPC contractors includes the following activities across the kingdom’s Eastern Province and Shaybah areas:
- Onshore oil/gas/water well tie-ins and hookups
- Miscellaneous and capital projects
- Site preparation
- Power, communication, control, and security projects including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (Scada) systems and remote terminal units (RTUs)
- Project management, engineering, fabrication, coating, procurement, material management and direct construction services
- Testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning and mechanical completion
- Camp and office construction, operations and maintenance
- Modifications, improvements and upgrades to existing onshore facilities
- Fencing and general onshore civil and structural works
The LTAs for brownfield EPC works span seven geographical zones:
- Northern Area Zone NA-1: Includes plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Manifa, Safaniyah, Wasit, Abu Hadriyah, Fadhili and Khursaniyah.
- Northern Area Zone NA-2: Encompasses plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Berri, Abu Ali Island and Qatif.
- Southern Area Zone SA-1: Covers plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Dammam, Abqaiq, Aindar, Shedgum and Farzan.
- Southern Area Zone SA-2: Comprises plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Haradh and Harmaliyah.
- Southern Area Zone SA-3: Spans plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Khurais/Mazalij/Abu Zifan, Central Arabia/Hawtah/Layl, and Nuayyim.
- Southern Area Zone SA-4: Incorporates plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Hawiyah and Uthmaniyah.
- Shaybah Area Zone SHYB-1: Focuses on plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Shaybah.
In addition to the newly created LTA pools for PMC services and brownfield EPC works – and excluding the GES+ engineering group – Aramco maintains two LTA contractor groupings for offshore and onshore oil and gas capital projects.
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Bahrain receives bids for Hawar desalination plant Administrator1 September 2026
Bahrain’s Electricity & Water Authority (EWA) has received three bids for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to develop a new brackish-water reverse osmosis desalination plant on Hawar Island.
The tender was opened on 31 August. The plant is designed to produce 300 cubic metres of potable water a day.
The bidders and their prices are:
- International Agencies Company (Bahrain): BD371,800 ($989,000)
- Bokhowa Contracting & Trading Group (Bahrain): BD411,400 ($1.09m)
- Almoayyed Contracting (Bahrain): BD646,393 ($1.72m)
All three bids were accepted at opening. Bokhowa’s bid was accepted with a condition.
EWA’s Planning and Studies department issued the tender under a selected local GCC invitation.
As MEED understands, the project is separate from a larger seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant also planned for Hawar Island.
In January, MEED reported that Malaysia-based Sparco Engineering submitted the lowest bid of BD3.23m ($8.6m) for an EPC contract to build a new SWRO desalination plant on Hawar Island.
The contract covers the construction of the new Hawar SWRO desalination plant, designed to produce 1 million imperial gallons a day of potable water.
EWA received 10 bids for the project. The bids submitted by Sparco Engineering and Redaa Developing were “accepted with conditions”, the authority said at the time.
The Hawar Islands form an archipelago of 16 desert islands and islets located approximately 26 kilometres southeast of Ras Al-Bar in Bahrain. The largest island, Hawar, is about 17km long and hosts an eco-resort.
The Hawar desalination plant project will connect with two related contracts: one covering the construction of the offshore seawater intake and outfall systems, and another involving the construction of two ground storage tanks and the installation of water transmission pumps.
Hawar water packages
MEED previously reported that UAE-based Noble Development had submitted the lowest bid for a contract to construct a seawater intake and outfall system to serve a new desalination plant on the island.
However, no contract has been awarded yet, and it is understood that it may be retendered.
A third package linked with the SWRO project was tendered last November, with Greece-headquartered Ergotem submitting the lowest bid of $1.92m.
This contract covers the construction of two steel ground storage tanks with a capacity of 1 million gallons each, pumping stations, motors, pipelines and associated facilities.
The main desalination plant contractor will be required to ensure that the plant’s design and construction align technically and operationally with these two projects so that all three components function together as one integrated system.
As MEED understands, this contract is also yet to reach the award stage.
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Gas processing takes centre stage in Mena region Administrator1 September 2026
National oil companies (NOCs) in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region are accelerating investment in gas processing and associated downstream infrastructure as demand rises and governments prioritise lower-carbon energy growth.
Rising regional gas consumption is being driven by rapid population growth, greater household electrification, expanding industrial bases and demand from gas-intensive downstream segments such as petrochemicals, fertilisers and metals.
Power generation and water desalination are also key sources of demand, while new industrial zones are adding further baseload requirements.
The push is not only about producing more gas, but also about treating it. As fields mature, a larger share of supply is sour, tight or associated gas that requires more complex processing, sulphur recovery and liquids handling.
At the same time, NOCs are targeting higher-value outputs such as ethane, liquefied petroleum gas and condensates, to feed chemicals and export markets.
This makes fractionation and the recovery of natural gas liquids (NGL) central to project economics. Emissions constraints further elevate the importance of efficient plants, flare reduction schemes and integrated gas-gathering networks.
Investment accelerates
The multibillion-dollar projects planned and under way in the region illustrate the scale of investment flowing into gas processing infrastructure.
Saudi Aramco is advancing gas and liquids infrastructure linked to its $100bn Jafurah unconventional gas development, in addition to expansions to strengthen the kingdom’s Master Gas System transmission network.
In the UAE, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) continues to expand sour gas processing and downstream-
linked gas treatment capacity to support domestic power needs and industrial growth. Meanwhile, debottlenecking and compression and pipeline projects improve system resilience.QatarEnergy, already a global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG), is expanding upstream gas handling, condensate and NGL infrastructure as part of its North Field expansion programme. The programme will also increase feedstock supplies for local industry.
In Oman, majority state-owned Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and its partners are similarly focused on gas processing, compression and network upgrades to sustain supplies to power generation, industrial users and LNG.
Saudi Aramco is expanding gas-processing and NGL infrastructure as domestic demand grows
Leading spender
The Mena region has seen significant spending on gas processing projects so far in 2026, with year-to-date capital expenditure (capex) exceeding levels recorded in any year since at least 2015.
Adnoc Gas, the natural gas processing business of Adnoc Group, has been the biggest spender this year, following final investment decisions (FIDs) on the second and third phases of its Rich Gas Development (RGD) programme, worth a total of $8.2bn. The FIDs are part of the company’s previously committed $28bn capex budget for 2026-30.
The second phase of the RGD programme relates to the construction of a new gas processing train at the Habshan gas processing complex, while the third phase covers an NGL fractionation train at the Ruwais gas processing facility.
In its Q2 2026 financial results, Adnoc Gas said China-based Wison Engineering had secured the $3.9bn EPC contract for phase two of the RGD, while Italian contractor Tecnimont was selected for the $4.3bn phase three contract.
Wison Engineering said the EPC contract for RGD phase two is the largest in its history. The Hong Kong-listed company said the $3.9bn EPC contract, together with an associated 220kV switch station, brings the total contract value to approximately $4.04bn. The scope includes gas pipelines, separation and condensate stabilisation units, acid gas removal units and core deep NGL recovery units, as well as the switch station.
Tecnimont’s parent company, Maire, said its scope of work on the RGD phase three project includes EPC activities for the fifth NGL fractionation unit, which will separate the various hydrocarbon components, in addition to treatment and sweetening systems to remove impurities and ensure product quality.
The contract scope also includes a regeneration gas treatment unit, a propane refrigeration system, ancillary systems and storage facilities. Once completed in 2030, the plant will have an output capacity of 23,000 tonnes a day, or about
8 million tonnes a year, Milan-headquartered Maire said.Adnoc Gas also reiterated its $5bn capex for the first phase of the RGD scheme, which is under construction. The company awarded $5bn in engineering, procurement and construction management contracts in three tranches for phase one of the RGD in June 2025, marking its largest-ever capital investment in a single project.
Across all three phases, Adnoc Gas has made a total investment of $13.2bn in the RGD programme.
Capacity expansion
Saudi Aramco spent $7.7bn on EPC contract awards on the Fadhili gas processing plant expansion in 2024. The project is set to increase the Fadhili gas plant’s processing capacity from 2.5 billion cubic feet a day (cf/d) to up to 4 billion cf/d through the addition of three processing trains, each with a capacity of 500 million cf/d.
Following its significant capex on the Fadhili expansion, the Saudi energy giant is moving ahead with contract awards this year for various EPC packages under a wider project to boost gas compression capacity at the Shedgum and Uthmaniyah processing plants in the Eastern Province.
The two plants currently receive about 870 million cf/d and 1.2 billion cf/d of Khuff raw gas, respectively. Through the multibillion-dollar project, Aramco aims to increase their compression and processing capacity and build new pipelines to improve gas transportation.
Aramco has divided the scope of work on the Shedgum and Uthmaniyah gas compression project into nine EPC packages. It awarded the Uthmaniyah gas compression plant package to locally based Saipem Nasser Saeed Al-Hajri Contracting Company (SNSH), a joint venture of Italian contractor Saipem and local contractor Nasser Saeed Al-Hajri & Partners Company for Contracting.
The SNSH contract is estimated at $1.24bn, with EPC works on the package scheduled to start in August. Separately, Milan-headquartered Saipem said its share of the contract is worth €900m ($1.04bn), with the EPC works scheduled to run for 42 months.
Earlier this year, Aramco also awarded the package related to early works and site preparation to local firm Al-Shalawi International Company Trading & Contracting.
The Shedgum and Uthmaniyah gas compression project will support Aramco’s target of increasing gas production and processing capacity by 80% by 2030, from a 2021 baseline.
In Oman, PDO also moved ahead this year with a project to expand the Birba gas station in Dhofar Governorate. Known as the Budour-Northeast Birba integrated project, it will add units to enable the station to process additional volumes of sour gas.
PDO awarded the EPC works on the project to Egypt’s Engineering for the Petroleum & Process Industries (Enppi), with the contract valued at $355m.
Future pipeline
Looking ahead, the Mena region has a gas processing pipeline worth at least $10.5bn, with planned projects in Oman, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Libya and Algeria at various stages of development.
Aramco is expected to award the EPC contract for the other main component of the Shedgum and Uthmaniyah gas compression project, the Shedgum gas compression package, later this year, after several weeks of discussions with bidders.
The project operator is also in advanced negotiations with frontrunners for the project’s two main pipeline packages and is expected to issue the EPC contracts in the third quarter of this year.
Meanwhile, state energy conglomerate OQ Group is planning to build an NGL facility at Saih Nihayda in central Oman that will extract condensates and transport them to Duqm on the sultanate’s Arabian Sea coast for fractionation and export.
OQ plans to deliver the project using a front-end engineering and design-to-EPC model and is in the process of evaluating the proposals it has received from shortlisted contractors. A main contract award is expected by the end of this year.
Adnoc Gas is expected to re-emerge as a top spender on gas processing when it takes a FID on its estimated $8bn Bab gas cap development project.
The project aims to build a gas processing plant and associated pipeline networks and ancillary units in the Bab area, about 170 kilometres from the city of Abu Dhabi. The planned facility will process up to 1.85 billion cf/d of additional raw gas once Adnoc Gas’ parent company, Adnoc Group, starts production from the onshore Bab gas cap reservoirs.
Adnoc Gas has divided the EPC scope on the Bab gas cap development project into four main packages, which are in different stages of tendering.
Regional gas processing capex is likely to remain robust through the remainder of the decade as NOCs seek to meet growing domestic demand, support industrial development and improve the efficiency of their gas networks.
Further awards are expected for gas treatment trains, sulphur units, NGL recovery, gas compression and pipeline infrastructure, particularly where projects support petrochemical integration, reduce flaring and increase domestic gas supplies.
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Lowest bidder emerges for Bahrain reclamation consultancy Administrator1 September 2026
Bahrain’s Ministry of Works has received five bids for an engineering and quantity surveying consultancy contract related to the Salman Industrial City and Bahrain Logistics Zone reclamation works project.
According to results published by the Bahrain Tender Board, Kuwaiti firm Dar SSH International Engineering Consultants submitted the lowest offer at BD778,580 ($2.07m).
The other bidders and their prices are:
- Aecom – $2.2m (US)
- Ansari Engineering Services – $2.3m (local)
- Millet Engineering Bureau – $2.4m (local)
- Ayesa – $2.8m (Spain)
The consultancy tender was issued on 14 July, with submissions closing on 30 August.
The project comprises the reclamation of about 1.13 million square metres (sq m) of land using roughly 9.67 million cubic metres of fill, together with rock revetment edge protection works at a site along Avenue 13 near Khalifa Bin Salman Port.
The consultancy scope covers pre- and post-contract engineering and quantity surveying services for the reclamation package.
After the reclamation works are completed, the site will be handed over to the Bahrain Ministry of Industry & Commerce.
According to GlobalData, Bahrain’s construction industry output is expected to grow by 3.4% in real terms this year, supported by developments in commercial and energy and utilities projects, as well as increased foreign direct investment.
The infrastructure construction sector is expected to grow by 6% in 2024 and to register average annual growth of 4% in 2025-28, driven by the government’s efforts to upgrade the country’s transport infrastructure.
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