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  • Qatar's Kahramaaa Awards QR1.3Bn Contract


    Qatar general Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) awarded a three year call off contract worth QR 1.296bn to Riyadh Cables and Metals for the supply of high voltage power cable supply, the single largest Kahramaa's order for cables so far. The Peninsula - 05Jan 08:25GMT
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  • Jordan's Premier discusses Disi project with GAMA officials


    Jordan's Prime Minister Nader Dahabi on Sunday discussed with Arif Ozozan, managing director of GAMA, the Turkish company implementing the Disi Water Conveyance Project, the latest developments in the project, particularly issues related to its financial closure. Jordan Times - 05Jan 07:03GMT
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  • Palm Utilities commissions water treatment plant


    Palm Utilities, a subsidiary of Istithmar World, has commissioned the Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) plant at the Crescent of Palm Jumeirah. Emirates Business 24/7 - 05Jan 06:20GMT
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  • Iran Signs Power MoU With Pakistan


    Iran's Sunir company and Pakistan's Planet Energy Pvt Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the joint development of a 50MW wind farm in Pakistan. Iran Daily - 05Jan 05:22GMT
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  • Sewage mess capped, Dubai residents assured


    The problem with raw sewage flooding certain blocks of International City in Dubai is due to subside with a rupture in the main line repaired, according to Nakheel. Gulf News - 05Jan 05:12GMT
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  • SR444m electricity project signed in Makkah


    The Saudi Electricity Company has signed a SR444.3 million contract with a national company to construct the western Makkah power station. The Saudi Gazette - 04Jan 06:14GMT
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  • Subbiya plant promised to complete before June 2010 deadline


    Kuwaiti Government officials said they will decide to award a company with a contract for the Subbiya power plant sometime this week. Kuwait Times - 04Jan 05:50GMT
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  • Carrier launches new district cooling plants


    Carrier Corp., a leading company in cooling technology, has launched its innovative Evergreen 19XRD chiller for district cooling plants in the Middle East as part of its legacy of creating products that would respond to environmental solutions. The Peninsula - 04Jan 05:45GMT
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  • Power station opens in Baghdad


    Minister of Electricity Kareem Waheed on Friday inaugurated an electricity-generating unit in a power station in northeastern Baghdad at a capacity of 125 megawatt, enhancing the station's total capacity to 650 megawatt, a ministry official spokesman said. Aswat Aliraq - 03Jan 07:57GMT
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  • Iraq: Sewage project in Wassit


    A local company on Tuesday began implementing a sewage project at a total cost of $38.250 million, the media director of Wassit said. Aswat Aliraq - 02Jan 09:59GMT
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Name WDEPC - Abu Qir Power Plant Expansion - Civil Works
Country Egypt
Value USD 215,000,000 (estimated)
Industry Power and Water | Power Generation
Status Construction - Awarded
Completion 2012
On 10 December 2008, the construction contract was awarded to Orascom Construction Industries. However, WDEPC is reconsidering the award due to the high price of the contract in light of falling construction costs.
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