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| Saipem wins contracts in Qatar and Oman Italian pipeline firm Saipem has been awarded two onshore contracts in Qatar and Oman for a total value of approximately US$ 500 million. In Qatar, Saipem has been awarded a lump sum turn key contract for the development of the onshore project Qafco 6, including the construction of a new urea production plant within the new Qafco industrial complex in the Mesaieed city, about 30 kilometres South of Doha. The EPC (Engineering Procurement Construction) contract was awarded to a consortium comprising Saipem as leader and the South Korean company Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. by Qatar Fertiliser Company S.A.Q. In Oman, Saipem, as the leader of a joint venture comprising the Indian infrastructure firm AFCONS, has been awarded by SIDC - a Subsidiary of SIPC (Sohar Industrial Port Company) - the contract to design and construct a deepwater bulk jetty at the Port of Sohar, about 150 kilometres northwest of Muscat. Saipem's scope of work will consist of the engineering, procurement and project management for the construction of a piled jetty and platform, 1,380 metres long, in 25 metres water depth, which will be able to accommodate very large ore carriers (of 400,000 DWT). The works will be completed in the first quarter of 2011. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |