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EDITORS LETTER

Capping it at 25 was the hard part

Ranking is a tough job, but someones got to do it. Find out how we made the list here
elcome to the 2010 Oil & Gas Middle East Top 25 EPC Contractors special edition in association with ArabianOilandGas.com The Middle East has been touted by the collective international upstream industry as one of the principal reasons they have managed to stay in the black throughout one of the worst downturns in modern history. When every other major heavy industry suffered, EPC contractors typically quiet during tight spots collectively managed to book over $65 billion worth of work from 2009 through to today. Some projects stalled, and costs were reviewed, but in spite of some serious challenges, both economically and technically, the region has played host to some of the biggest tenders, most ambitious projects and the best prospects anywhere in the oil and gas world. This special edition has been compiled by the Energy Team editorial staff at ITP Business Publishing, combining the efforts of upstream and downstream specialists and the ranking has caused lively debate, which we fully expect to continue on our message board at ArabianOilandGas.com Picking the best performers has been an enjoyable task and we could not have delivered this product without the cooperation of the international and regional EPC contractors who have proved forthcoming with their banked figures and strategies for the year ahead. Rather than rank companies simply on the orderbook value at year-end, or from financial disclosures, we have chosen to weigh performers on the basis of how significant their contribution to the regions upstream vision has been, and what their performance trajectory is going forward. For EPC firms whose influence in the region is in the ascendancy, or for compa-

Qatar (pictured) and Abu Dhabi have played host to the biggest EPC success stories over the last year. nies we tip to be ones to watch in the years ahead, you can expect a higher placing than regional stalwarts who may be resting on the laurels of past successes. The same logic has applied for regional companies which have managed to grow their orderbook by swallowing up more of the work that would have been farmed out internationally five years ago. There is no doubt, as you will see from the projects being taken on and delivered by local companies and their JV partners that the region has much to offer in terms of home grown talent, and we are confident our rankings reflect this. The profiles included in print here are the tip of the iceberg in terms of the phenomenal participation we received from the best EPC companies in the region, so keep an eye on the website for fuller profiles, exclusive management interviews and project galleries. And most of all, enjoy this edition, its 12 months until the next instalment. Daniel Canty, Editor Group Editor, Energy Titles

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THE BREAKDOWN

THE OIL & GAS MIDDLE EAST TOP 25 EPC CONTRACTORS 2010
1 PETROFAC LIMITED 2 NATIONAL PETROLEUM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 3 TECHNIP 4 SAIPEM 5 JGC 6 MOTT MACDONALD 7 HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES 8 FLUOR CORPORATION 9 J. RAY MCDERMOTT 10 TECNIMONT 11 SAMSUNG ENGINEERING 12 KELLOG BROWN & ROOT 13 AL JABER ENERGY SERVICES 14 CHIYODA CORPORATION 15 BECHTEL 16 FOSTER WHEELER 17 WORLEYPARSONS 18 SNC-LAVALIN 19 BLACK CAT E&C 20 CB&I 21 KENTZ 22 SHAW GROUP 23 TOPAZ ENERGY & MARINE 24 AKER SOLUTIONS 25 LARSEN & TOUBRO

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PETROFAC

Petrofac won an EPC deal with PDO for a gas compression project worth $350 million last year.

Petrofac took a massive stride towards regional domination in a record-breaking 2009

Petrofac delivered a phenomenal performance in 2009, and has built on that with a bullish first half of 2010. The momentum that Petrofac has built up over the past 18 months, particularly in the Middle East has earned the company the coveted number one spot in the Oil & Gas Middle East Top 25 EPC contractors special report. I am pleased to report that we have made a good start to 2010 and we are confident that this will be another year of strong growth, said Ayman Asfari, group chief executive, when he delivered another bumper set of results in March this year. Following some massive contract awards in 2009, the companys Engineering & Construction segment is now working on ten large EPC projects in seven countries, including in Syria, where mechanical completion on the Ebla gas plant was achieved in February 2010, two months ahead of schedule. In March 2010 Petrofac announced the award of an EPC contract for more than $600 million for gas sweetening facilities for Qatar Petroleum and we continue to bid actively in both our existing core markets and selectively into new but adjacent markets such as Iraq, said Asfari in Petrofacs recent Interim Management Statement. In what was a tough year for contractors the world over, Petrofac managed to pull off some major contract wins in the region throughout 2009, and build on those awards this year. One of the most notable successes of 2009 from a regional perspective was the $2.1 billion Abu Dhabi integrated gas development contract. In summer last year the company announced that its 50% owned joint venture, Petrofac Emirates, in partnership with GS E&C, won the contract from ADNOC group division GASCO for a contract worth approximately US$2.1 billion, with a value to Petrofac Emirates of around US$1 billion. The 48-month lump-sum contract is for the construction of the 4th NGL train at the Ruwais complex in Abu Dhabi. This was the first project to be awarded to Petrofac Emirates, the joint venture between Petrofac and Mubadala, established in November 2008.

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STAR PERFORMER: $2.3 BILLION CONTRACT WIN Petrofac was awarded a $2.3 billion contract by Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) for the development of the onshore Asab oil field in 2009. Under the 44-month lump-sum contract, Petrofac will provide EPC services to upgrade the production capacity of the Asab field. In addition to the production capacity upgrade of Asab, Petrofacs scope includes upgrading the facilitys capacity to accept increased production from Sahil, Shah and other south east fields and to upgrade the associated utilities and water handling facilities. Ayman Asfari, Petrofac CEO. Around the same time last year the company won an Oman gas compression project worth more than $350 million. The EPC deal covered the Kauther gas-field depletioncompression project. The contract was awarded on behalf of the Government of Oman by Petroleum Development Oman. Maroun Semaan, group chief operating officer of Petrofac, commented: We are delighted to have successfully secured the Kauther gas depletion compression project. This award serves to further reinforce Petrofacs commitment to the Omani market, gives us continuity of business in the Sultanate and again highlights Petrofacs continued competitiveness in the Middle East. Petrofac will undertake the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the gas compression system, and associated facilities at the Kauther gas plant, in addition to undertaking the commissioning and six months of initial operations. The project follows the successful completion of the Kauther gas plant in 2007, which Petrofac built on an EPC basis for PDO, including commissioning and operations. In early 2008, Petrofac was asked to carry out the front end engineering and design (FEED) for the gas depletion-compression project and then invited to submit a commercial proposal for the EPC on a negotiated basis. The March 2010 deal with Qatar Petroleum is worth more than US$600 million. The deal covers the EPC work for a gas sweetening facilities project in Qatars Messaieed and Dukhan industrial districts. Petrofac will undertake the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of gas sweetening facilities in both locations which includes a sulphur recovery upgrade at NGL-3 in Messaieed and an acid gas recovery plant at Arab-D in Dukhan. Work on the projects is expected to commence shortly and is due for completion within 38 months. Petrofac has a long history of working with Qater Petroleum and this award, alongside the engineering services contract that we recently secured, further underpins our continued relationship, said Petrofacs group chief operating officer, Maroun Semaan.

We are delighted to be part of the continuing investment in oil and gas infrastructure by governments in the region. The award of this contract serves to further reinforce Petrofacs commitment to the Qatari market, he added. Delivering the Interim Management Statement, the companys chief executive was upbeat, saying the companys continued success in its key markets was in-line with expectations. Following our record order intake in 2009, the business is delivering on our broader portfolio of existing contracts and our backlog gives us outstanding revenue visibility for the current year and beyond, said Asfari. We continue to invest in our people and our business infrastructure. Our differentiated offering, focus on major hydrocarbon regions where significant expenditures are expected and strong bidding pipeline gives me confidence in continued growth. The companys backlog of $7.3 billion at end of April 2010 and cash balances of US$1.2 billion shows the group is in fine financial form, and is well placed to deliver on its major contract success of the past 18 months.

Petrofac will undertake the EPC of the gas compression system and associated facilities at the Kauther gas plant (pictured) in Oman for PDO.

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NPCC

NPCC was created in 1973 to support the UAEs upstream oil and gas project pipeline..

This year alone Abu Dhabis National Petroleum Construction Company has bagged contracts worth over a billion US dollars in onshore and offshore projects in the UAE
NPCC was established in April 1973 to provide a facility for the fabrication of steel structures required by the onshore and offshore oil and gas production industry. The late seventies saw NPCC growing through considerable expansion with the construction of its own pipe coating facilities and the launching of a successful Offshore Services Division providing full marine spreads for Pipe laying, Installation and Hook-up works. NPCCs dynamic growth, its past achievements and new facilities have transformed this national company into a major international (EPC) contractor, capable of providing the offshore and onshore upstream oil and gas industry with complete EPC solutions. This year alone NPCC has bagged contracts worth well over a billion US dollars in both onshore and offshore projects in the UAE. In May this year Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) awarded the EPC contract to NPCC for the Zakum Central Super Complex (ZCSC) Demothballing Project. The contract is valued at US$350 million. The agreement was signed by Ali Al-Jarwan, ADMAOPCO general manager and Aqeel Madhi NPCC CEO. Its our pleasure to have NPCC with us in this complicated project which is the largest we will do for sometime, said Al-Jarwan. In this particular project NPCC have demonstrated their competitive edge in terms of pricing, schedule and willingness to do the project and we assure them of our maximum cooperation to do the job successfully, said Al-Jarwan. Aqeel Madhi said of the project: Its not easy in fact its complicated, but ever since we have been working together we have had great cooperationWe will definitely succeed. As this is a brownfield project a lot of challenges are there but our objectives are definitely common. The ZCSC demothballing project is part of overall ADMA Lower Zakum 100 million bpd programme aimed at enhancing the oil production capacity from Zakum Field progressively from the year 2012 onwards. In order to achieve the additional surface facilities required for this objective, ADMA-OPCO is de-mothballing and re-commissioning the production facilities at the Zakum Central Super Complex, which were shutdown and subsequently mothballed in the early 1980s. The scope of work comprises: detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and

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start-up assistance for major complex brown field works on Zakum Central Complex and a new accommodation platform (NAP) comprising an 80 bed living quarters module. The NAP module which weighs approximately 3500MT will be installed by float over technique. It also consists of installation of Five Boat Landings on piles and a bridge connecting the main ZCSC complex with the new accommodation module. The overall project is scheduled for completion in 30 months from the contract effective date of 1st April 2010. Earlier this year Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Operations (ADCO) awarded another EPC contract to NPCC to carry out engineering, procurement and construction) works on

the Qusahwira Field as part of Phase I of ADCOs ambitious 1.8 million bpd project scheme. The Contract value is US$560 million and was signed in March by Abdul Munim Saif Al Kindi, general manager of ADCO. Earlier in February 2010 ADCO awarded to NPCC the first EPC contract under the scheme which covered facilities required at Bab Field. The 1.8 million bpd project aims to augment ADCOs exploitation programme from its current crude oil production of 1.4 mbpd to 1.8 mbpd. To achieve this, ADCO plans to increase production at existing North-East Bab oil field and to begin productions from other three new oil fields; Bida Al Qemzan, Qusahwira and Bab. Qusahwira is a new unde-

veloped field located about 80 kilometres Southeast of Asab Field. NPCC will carry out full engineering, procurement and construction of production facilities including central and remote degassing stations, oil producing, water and gas injec-

tion wells and around 350 kilometres of pipelines and other associated works including overhead transmission and fiber optic cables. The overall project is scheduled for completion in 33 months from March 2010.

NPCC has won multi-billion dollar contracts with the ADNOC Group in UAE.

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TECHNIP

Global expertise combined with a massive local workbook propels Technip to our top tier
than half a billion dollars and numerous small size projects. Technip is one of the few players with sub-sea, offshore and onshore expertise in handling upstream projects. Drawing on its experience in all component areas, Technip is in a unique position to design and deliver floating LNG facilities. Today, Technip is engineering liquefaction trains with a total capacity of more than one third of the world LNG trade through gigantic projects in Nigeria, Qatar and Yemen. In 2010, the company told Oil & Gas Middle East its main objectives are to be closer to our clients in the region. We are reinforcing our office in Alkhobar, we have a new office in Sanaa, Yemen and last but not least we are reopening our office in Baghdad. We target to continue bidding various sizes initiatives for both NOCs and IOCs in view of intaking several hundred millions, said Lara Salem, head of communication. To tackle Iraq the companys Baghdad office will be busy working on developing partnerships with local construction companies. We are bidding on several EPC projects with both IOCs and Iraqi NOCs and we have already been awarded the FEED for the Karbala refinery, added Salem.

Frances brightest EPC firm has made winning Middle Eastern business look easy. The companys Middle East regional backlog represents US$4.2 billion, or 41% of the total Technip Groups backlog of $9.8 billion. It may be a global company, but its massive commitArturo ment Grimaldi, to the Senior VP Midde East region, at Technip. and

the key upstream contracts it has won in the Middle East, combined with its interest in Iraq sees the company take the number three spot in the Oil & Gas Middle East Top 25 EPC Contractors list for 2010. In the upstream business Technip is in the final stages of construction on the OAG-1 project on Das Island in Abu Dhabi for ADGAS, Asab 3 for GASCO; Nasr and Umm Lulu EPS Field Development FEED, Zadco Artificial Islands FEED and numerous conceptual and other FEED projects. In 2009, Technip banked the Jubail Refinery project for $3.2 billion, Asab 3 for a little less

#4

SAIPEM

Italian firm flies up the rankings courtesy of $3.5 billion Abu Dhabi Gas Development award
from the Shah Gas plant to Habshan and ASAB tie-in point. The activities will be completed within 52 months. In March 2009, Saipem was awarded a new contract worth approximately US$400 million for the charter of offshore drilling rig Scarabeo 6 of the coast of Egypt. The contract has been assigned to Saipem by Burullus Gas Company, extending their charter of Scarabeo 6 to the fourth quarter of 2014. Saipem recorded a net profit of US$222 million in the first quarter of 2010, with revenues of $3.08 billion.

Saipem has built a strong reputation for projects in remote areas and deepwater, and competencies such as gas monetisation and heavy oil exploitation. Saipem is organised in three business units: Offshore, Onshore and Drilling. Saipem is a global contractor, with strong local presence in strategic and emerging areas such as West Africa, North Africa, FSU, Central Asia, Middle East, and South East Asia. In May Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company Limited awarded Saipem three EPC contracts as part of the Shah Gas development program.

The development program is designed to treat 1 billion cubic feet a day of sour gas from the Shah field, before separating the sulphur from the natural gas and transporting both to processing facilities at Habshan area, and then to Ruwais, located in the northern part of the Emirate. The first two contracts encompass the engineering, procurement, and construction of the gas process plant and of the sulphur recovery unit. The third contract covers the engineering, procurement, and construction of nearly 250 kilometre long pipelines in total for transporting gas, condensate and NGL

$610 million

PetroSaipems most recent contract is for a 3850 tonnes per day granulated urea production plant as well as all of the associated utilities and off-site units. The facility will be constructed at the Qafco Complex in Mesaieed Industrial City, awarded by QAFCO. The project length is 35 months with Qafco expected to take delivery of the facility in the third quarter of 2012.

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JGC

Japanese E&C giant JGC has kept its hand in the Middle East marketplace during a tough project environment

Founded in 1928 in Japan, JGC has carried out hydrocarbon projects across Asia, Africa, South America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The company claims to have carried out around 20 000 projects in approximately 70 countries. Its services focus on three main areas: planning, construction and maintenance of plant and facilities; investment in oil & gas fields and utility projects; and technology development services. Net profit for its last financial year was US $295 million, down 14% year on year. The companys association with the Middle East goes back a long way. It helped build the Arzew refinery in Algeria, which came online back in 1973. On the back of that success, it was contracted

to build a gas processing plant at Hassi RMel in 1976. A project to modernise a refinery in Kuwait followed in 1980. 2009 was a big one for JGC in the Middle East. Along with partner Tecnimont, it won the EPC contract for Habshan 5 Process Plant from Abu Dhabi Gas Industries. Part of the Integrated Gas Development (IGD) Scheme, the project involves construction of the gas processing unit, sulphur recovery unit and NGL recovery unit. The US$4.7 billion contract is its largest award to date. The firm was also hired by Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo to do a feasibility study for the proposed Rabigh Phase II Project. It enjoyed further success when it won Sonatrachs (EPC) services contract for a gas process-

JGC has carried out a feasibility study for Saudi Aramcos Rabigh Phase II ing facility in the Gassi Touil field. The lump-sum turnkey contract is worth a reported US$1.5 billion. On the other side of the coin, Kuwait National Petroleum Company backed out of an EPC contract on the New Refinery Project, in Al-Zour. The remaining value left on the contract at the time of termination was US$2.5 billion.

#6

MOTT MACDONALD
UK EPC firm has maintained an impressive project flow in the region
Mott MacDonalds GBP 1 billion business spans 120 countries with over 14 000 staff working in all sectors from transport, energy, buildings, water and the environment to health and education, industry and communications. Recently Mott MacDonald was awarded a three-year general engineering services contract by Occidental of Oman Inc (Oxy). The UK firm will provide multi-disciplinary engineering design and technical support services for the oil and gas surface facilities expansion and operational activities at Oxys concessions regions in Blocks 9 and 27 of Safah, Wadi Latham and Khamila. Vinod Shah, who leads Mott MacDonalds oil and gas team of 450 staff in Oman said, Were delighted to be appointed by Oxy on this contract. The scope of the agreement is flexible to encourage real innovation and the adoption of state of the art technologies. Mott MacDonald has a long history of providing engineering services in Oman and we are committed to bringing our expertise and local knowledge to find the best solutions for Oxys benefit. The scope of Mott MacDonalds role includes conceptual studies to identify system improvements, detailed design and reviews, building services for auxiliary buildings, preparations of contract documents, quality control reviews and evaluation of tender submissions.

Mott MacDonlad won some major contracts in Oman with Occidental..

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HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES

HHI netted a billion dollar contract for the Abu Dhabi IGD project last year
ADGAS new vision and commitment to participate in the countrys national energy strategy, within an integrated project that also involves ADMA-OPCO and GASCO, Fahim Kazim, ADGAS general manager, said at the time. Highlighting the challenges involved in the project Kazim said the nature of brownfield EPC work posed additional hurdles. Due to the limited area on Das Island, we had to reclaim an additional 108,000 m2 of land for the project facilities and to build a 100 metre-long jetty for offloading heavy 1 500-tonne modules, he added. The project is expected to take 49 months to complete.

Hyundai Heavys involvement in offshore structures actually began with a Saudi Arabian orde for 89 jackets and deck structures for the Open Sea Tanker Terminal for the Jubail Industrial Harbour Projects in 1991. The division has since delivered 3 million tonnes of offshore facilities and 5100 kilometres of subsea pipelines in 49 projects worldwide. Last year proved a bumper one for the South Korean megacoportation in the Middle East, largely thanks to a massive deal with Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company (ADGAS). A US$1 billion deal for the construction of a gas processing plant on Das Island which will

HHI has been awarded a $1 billion EPC contract for ADGAS on Das Island. process 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day from Umm Shaif, an offshore field, and will form part of the massive Integrated Gas Development (IGD) Project was confirmed in Decmber. From Das Island the gas will then be pumped through a sea pipeline to Gascos Habshan plant. The project is scheduled for completion by Q3 2013. The project we signed on behalf of ADNOC is a major milestone which reflects the

#8

FLUOR

Major EPCM deals in Qatar and Abu Dhabi nudge specialist contractor Fluor into the premier league

Fluor delivers engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance (EPCM), and project management worldwide. Founded as a construction company in 1912, Fluor quickly built a reputation for applying innovative methods and performing precise engineering and construction work within the emerging petroleum industry. Fluor is active in the Middle East, and has been awarded several projects recently. In May Fluor reported that its offshore unit was awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED)

contract by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMAOPCO) for offshore facilities located at the Umm Lulu field about 30 kilometres northwest of Abu Dhabi. In April, Qatar National Facilities Services, a new venture partly owned by Fluor, signed a major five-year maintenance contract with Qatar Shell Gasto-Liquids Limited for its Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (Pearl GTL) project in the industrial city of Ras Laffan. In September Fluor announced that it had completed a US$1.5 billion

Fluor completed a $1.5 billion EPCM project for RasGas in September 2009. EPCM project for RasGas in Ras Laffan City, Qatar. Flours net earnings for 2009 declined 4% to $685 million, compared with a record $716 million in 2008. Consolidated profit for the year was $1.25 bn, down 3% from $1.29 bn a year ago.

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Strong orders from KSA have pushed this marine player into the top ten
valve skids, 156 km of subsea electrical cable, and the modification and electrification of nine existing wellhead platforms. Engineering design work will begin in the second quarter of 2010 with contract completion expected during 2013. Last year, after a protracted bid, evaluation and award process, it the company was awarded the Karan Offshore Platforms and Subsea Pipelines project by Saudi Aramco. The project involves work in Saudi Arabia itself and outside the Kingdom. Once completed, the facility will have a production capacity of 1 800 MMSCFD of raw sour Khuff gas. This most recent award is a significant project, comprising four wellhead complexes each of which has a wellhead platform topside with gas, chemical injection, and controls facilities as well as a bridge connected auxiliary platform, associated flare bridges and stacks. The four wellhead complexes are clustered around a tie-in platform with similar facilities. The project also includes intrafield pipelines as well as 110 Km trunkline to the shore and all subsea power distribution cables, said Ed Gedeon, J. Ray McDermotts Vice President for Middle East Projects. J. Rays Middle East outfit will undertake the turnkey aspects of the project from its headquarters in Jebel Ali.

J RAY MCDERMOTT

J. Ray McDermott has maintained a strong Middle Eastern orderbook and its work in Saudi Arabia has propelled it up the Top 25. In March, J. Ray was awarded a project to upgrade crude gathering and power supply facilties in Saudi Aramcos Safaniya field. The facility, infrastructure upgrades and electrification project will help sustain crude oil production to meet Saudi Aramcos capacity targets for the field by 2013. The work includes engineering, procurement, construction, and installation EPCI of a new tie-in platform (STP-20 ) with a 6000-tonne topside, a new electrical deck module for an existing platform (STP-18), a 53 km, 42-inch trunk line, four new in-field lateral flowlines and

J Ray won the platforms and pipelines contract for Aramcos Karan eld.

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TECNIMONT
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Italian firm is working on the largest ever gas plant awarded in the region
meeting the rapidly increasing demand for gas resources in the United Arab Emirates. The Habshan 5 Process Plant, which is located in an inland desert area 150 kilometres southwest of Abu Dhabi, calls for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the following core units: Gas Processing Unit (900 mmscfd), Sulphur Recovery Unit and NGL Recovery Unit. The work will be executed by a joint venture (50/50) of JGC, as leader, and Tecnimont.

Maire Tecnimont is the parent company of an international engineering and main contracting group which provides a

Italian rm is working on the largest ever gas plant awarded in the Mid East.

role in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects in both upstream and downstream markets, and offers a wide range of competences from feasibility studies to FEED and technology selection. The company has recently been awarded, as part of a joint venture with JGC (which is project leader) the contract for Abu Dhabis Habshan 5 Process Plant. The lump-sum turnkey project is worth $4.7 billion and is scheduled for completion in 2013. Upon completion, the IGD Project will contribute to

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SAMSUNG
Downstream gearing keeps firm from stronger showing
Borstar enhanced polypropylene units, as well for the construction of a 350,000 t/y low density polyethylene (LDPE) unit, on a lump sum turnkey basis. In October 2009, the company announced it had been awarded a $1.2 billion contract by Ruwais Fertilizer Industries (FERTIL) that will see it building a new fertilizer in Abu Dhabi. Samsung also won two packages for Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical (Satorp) mega project in July 2009.

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KBR
ing and related services for its phenol technology in support of a detailed feasibility study for the project. In September 2009, KBR announced that it had been awarded the front-end engineering and design, and project management services (PMS) contract by Saudi Aramco for the Shaybah Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Program at Shaybah field located in the KSA. KBRs consolidated revenue in the first quarter of 2010 was $2.6 billion compared to $3.2 billion in the first quarter of 2009.

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KBR employs more than 57 000 people worldwide. KBR defines itself as a technology-driven engineering, procurement and construction company. The company has been awarded various contracts in the Middle East over the last twelve months, most recently winning a contract by Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical at the companies joint Rabigh II Project in the KSA. The scope of works on the contract, the value of which was not disclosed, will see KBR provide basic engineer-

Samsung Engineering was the first engineering company established in Korea. The company has built an impressive Middle Eastern EPC portfolio but its strength lie in the downstream processing field, which has nudged it out of our top spots. In the Middle East, Samsung Engineering is part of a consortium that only in June won a contract worth $1.655 billion by the Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge). This is for the construction of two Borstar enhanced polyethylene and two

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AJES
Al Jaber Energy Services won a $300 million Shah field deal
will treat around 1 billion cubic feet of gas from Shah, and pump around 540 million scfd of processed gas into the UAE network. This contract win builds on last years ASAB Full Field Development Project, for which AJES won the subcontract for civil works. The project involves construction on subcontract basis with Petrofac International for ADCO. The scope includes foundations for equipment and pipe rack, underground utilities network, on- plot roads and pavement, trenching for electrical and instrument cables and a 2000-man camp. The project is slated for completion in March 2013.

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CHIYODA CORP
According to Chiyoda, it is now one of four major companies that dominate the LNG plant market. Its share of this sector is around 30%. Earlier this year, TCJV, a joint venture between Tehnip and Chiyoda, won an EPC contract from Qatargas for the maintenance of Qatargas 1. The project will enable Qatargas to maintain its current production level of 10 million tonnes per annum of liquified natural gas. For its last financial year, which ended on March 31, the company posted a net profit of US $32.3 million, down 54% from the year before.

AJES is a 100% subsidiary of Al Jaber Group established in 1994 as an EPC contractor. Today AJES and Al Jaber Group employ in excess of 51 000 people of which over 10 000 are fully dedicated to AJES projects. The companys head office is in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the division has branches and subsidiaries in Dubai, Qatar, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore. The Abu Dhabi Yard measures over 600 000 m2. The company was the first to receive an award for the Shah sour gas development project this year, netting the US$300m construction contract for the infrastructure, including roads as well as units such as gas treatment plants. The project

LNG and processing packages keep Japanese EPC firm in the regional mix
Chiyoda Corporation was created in January 1948 by Akiyoshi Tamaki, a former construction division manager at Mitsubishi Oil (now Nippon Oil). The companys services include project management, feasibility studies, FEED, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, O&M and asset management. In 1966, it acquired the order for the construction of Jeddah refinery (phase I) in Saudi Arabia, its first overseas turnkey construction project. In 1973, the company undertook construction of an LNG plant in the UAE.

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BECHTEL
Perennial Saudi Arabian favourite is still building Jubail
fied natural gas and in India, Bechtel completed a refinery complex and an offshore gas development project. Regionally, Bechtel is most famously associated with its work on the construction of Jubail Industrial City. The company, through Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company, began construction of the industrial city in 1975 and has overseen Jubail II, an expansion of the city that began in 2004.

Bechtel employs close to 50,000 employees and posted revenues of $30.8 billion in 2009. The value of work booked in 2009 was $20.3 billion, down from $35 billion the year before. In North America, the company is expanding several refineries and a large receiving terminal for LNG, as well as continuing to make progress on the Canada to United States Keystone Pipeline. In Angola, work continues on a processing plant for lique-

Chiyoda won an EPC deal with Qatargas earlier this year.

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FOSTER WHEELER
the importance of this multifield infrastructure project and will help to ensure the successful delivery of this key investment with minimum disruption to production from the Bab and SAS (Sahil, Asab and Shah) hubs, said Umberto della Sala, Foster Wheelers president and COO. In June the company was awarded FEED contract by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil for a new refinery at Nassiriya.

Strong showing in Abu Dhabi keeps FW up top

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Swiss EPC giant Foster Wheeler reported net income for the first quarter of 2010 of $72.1 million in May. In the same month its engineering and construction group was awarded a project management consultancy contract by ADCO for the Bab Field expansion and the development of the Qusahwira Field. Foster Wheeler will manage the tendering and award process and the EPC execution phase on behalf of ADCO. We fully appreciate

Foster Wheeler has been awarded a FEED contract for a 300kbpd renery in Iraq.

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WORLEYPARSONS
Downstream deals dominate Australian firms Middle East portfolio
projects. The company performs major EPC projects in many industries and sectors, but its hydrocarbons business reported aggregated revenue of US$1.51 billion for the six months to 31 December 2009, representing 73% of the group revenue result. In April WorleyParsons, in a JV with CB&I and Aker Solutions, was awarded a FEED services contract from Shell Development Kashagan for Phase II of the Kashagan oil field development project in Kazakhstan. CEO John Grill said the half year results to end-2009 were buoyed by the Middle East. In some parts of our business, in particular the Middle East, we have continued to experience very good operating conditions and our performance has been ahead of expectations, he told investors. Middle East operations exhibited strong growth in 2009, with personnel increasing to approximately 2200.

WorleyParsons provides fullscope project services for greenfield and brownfield projects across all phases, processes and components of oil and gas production. The company has had notable successes in the Middle East over the course of the last year, but these have largely been involved in downstream

#18

SNC-LAVALIN
nitrogen rejection (NBNR) and carbon dioxide recovery and injection (CRI) project in Abu Dhabi. It recently won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Saudi Tabreed for district

Canadian contractor has amassed a backlog of US$11 billion

The value of the contract is over $100 million. The companys net income for Q1 2010 was $71.9 million, down from $77.5 million the year before. SNCs order backlog, however, grew to $11.4 billion from $9 billion a year before.

SNC-Lavalin Group has landed a number of jobs in the Middle East recently. In February Abu Dhabi Gas Industries awarded SNC a US $10 million contract for FEED and pre-FEED studies for a nitrogen injection (NGI), nitrogen breakthrough and

cooling facilities in Dhahran. The project consists of a district cooling plant, 14 km of dual underground chilled water pipelines, energy transfer stations with a total capacity of 32 000 RTand power transmission lines and a substation upgrade.

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Qatars home grown EPC firm will be looking beyond its home turf in 2011
grabbing headlines for all the right reasons in recent months. The company is stamping its mark upon many of Qatars most ambitious upstream and energy related projects, and may well start to look to Gulf, or even international markets, as much of its domestic project portfolio reaches fruition. The companys evolution into Qatars largest EPC and maintenance contractor for the upstream oil and gas industry has coincided with quite unparalleled activity in the small Gulf state. The company claims a manpower base of over 2500 men and anticipated annual turnover just shy of the $100 million mark. In October last year AMEC joined forces with Black Cat, forming a joint venture agreement to offer asset support services to the oil, gas and petrochemical sectors in the country. Black Cat was acquired by Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Company (QIPCO Holding) in 1999. The fresh injection of capital from QIPCO has seen turnover and profitability increase fivefold since the acquisition. With a healthy backlog of over $165 million (excluding a $467 million joint venture project for the Ras Laffan Emergency and Safety Training College), Black Cat has been well placed throughout the downturn and continue its rapid expansion. Last year the firm scooped a major contract from QP for the EPIC of Sweet Fuel Gas Supply to Dukhan consumers. With an approximate contract value of $110 million, the project is scheduled for completion in March 2012. The project consists of sweet fuel gas supply system pipelines and associated facilities. The construction activities include but are not limited to the construction of pipelines with sizes ranging from 4 inch to 36 inch diameter. The company is also executing projects in Mesaieed and Ras Laffan and its client base includes QP, Gasal (JV of QP and Air Liquide), Rasgas, Qatargas, QChem, Qafco, Petrofac and Hyundai.

BLACK CAT E&C

Black Cat Engineering & Construction may not lead the multi-billion dollar EPC projects which have dominated the leaderboard so far, but the Qatari firm is one to watch. With regional ambitions and a key partnership signed with AMEC, expect to see more of the company around the Middle East from 2010. Its growth trajectory is bound to see it involved in more of the regions large-scale projects in the future, and sees it break into our top 25 as a hot one to watch. Black Cat E&C has been

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Black Cats project backlog currently stands at around $165 million dollars

Black Cat has been involved in many of Qatars major energy projects. Readers should expect the company to break out into regional projects soon.

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CB&I

Major project in Abu Dhabi and the Caspian has kept CB&Is project porfolio in the region looking sharp
FEED work for both onshore and offshore facilities and pipelines. It also includes options for early works, detail engineering, procurement services, technical assistance and design/system integrity. Work on the project began in November 2008 and is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2011.
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CB&I provides a full spectrum of EPC solutions. The company has around 16 000 employees worldwide, and raked in US$4.56 billion revenue in 2009, and closed the year with a project backlog of $7.2 billion. In July last year CB&I was awarded an EPC contract, valued in excess of $530 million, by GASCO. The scope of work includes six cryogenic storage tanks, two ambient storage tanks and the associated piping, controls, power distribution and civil works systems. The project is part of the expansion of GASCOs IGD project in Ruwais. This contract demonstrates

our strong and ongoing relationship with GASCO and builds on our extensive experience in Abu Dhabi where we have completed hundreds of projects since 1965, said Philip Asherman, President and CEO. In April CB&I announced that, in a joint venture with WorleyParsons and Aker Solutions, it was awarded an updated frontend engineering and design (FEED) services contract from Shell Development Kashagan for Phase II of the full-field development of the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan. The updated contract, was valued at $293 million The contract includes

CB&I recently won a contract for work in Kazakhstans Kashagan Field.

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KENTZ

New office opened up to support regional ambitions on the back of UAE and Qatari project wins

Kentz has previously worked on the Al-Kakara Field A Structure, Offshore Qatar, and is expecting to boost its links with local business in 2010 and beyond. Engineering and construction group Kentz has revealed that the Middle East is currently its most significant area of revenue growth, accounting for 63% of the overall revenue in 2009. To support this expansion UTS Kent, the Abu Dhabi arm of the Kentz Group opened a new office in the UAE capital. We are delighted to be unveiling this new office in Abu Dhabi. It will greatly increase our capacity in the region and serve as a platform to support further growth within the UAE. We look forward to growth in new areas and increasing our overall presence within the UAE market, commented Dr Hugh ODonnell, CEO of Kentz. Last year Kentz was awarded a contract worth more than US$30 million by ADGAS to replace its control system and electrical instrumentation devices on Das Island. Kentzs work is a full design and detailed engineering, procurement, installation, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning and transfer of the existing field instrumentation to a new control system for the ADGAS LNG, LPG, sulphur storage and jetty loading facilities, ODonnell told ArabianOilandGas.com. Construction completion is scheduled for 2012. In September Kentz, through its Qatar Kentz unit, was awarded an EPC contract by QP worth in excess of US$15 million.to replace two existing glycol regeneration trains at the Fahahil Stripping Plant in Dukhan, Qatar. This was followed shortly thereafter by another scoop for the Qatar Kentz division, which netted a a full EPC contract from Laffan Refinery Company for a receiving and loading facility to be built in Ras Laffan Industrial City. The facility, known as the Gantry project, will allow distribution of diesel products to the northern geographical vicinity of Qatar. This project is of strategic importance to the State of Qatar as it creates vital new infrastructure for the distribution of diesel to the domestic market and builds upon the strategic vision started by the realisation of the Laffan Refinery which became operational earlier in the summer, Salman Ashkanani, Laffan Refinery venture manager, said.

$704 million
Source: Kentz Corp Ltd Full Year Financial Results 2009, March 2010

Kentz revenue in 2009 increased by 9.5% to US$704.7m (2008 was $643.4m)

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SHAW GROUP
its growing ambitions in the Middle East. We are dedicated to expanding our Middle East operations, said J.M. Bernhard Jr., chairman, president and CEO of Shaw. Having additional presence in this region will allow us to serve our customers more efficiently and strengthen our position for future projects and services. Shaw has numerous projects currently underway in the region, including providing front end engineering design (FEED) services for a grassroots acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plant for Arabian Petrochemical Company; engi-

American EPC firm was quick off the mark and into Iraq
of the major grassroots expansion of refining capacity at the Ruwais Industrial Complex in the United Arab Emirates. In June last year the company announced it haD signed two contracts with the Republic of Iraqs Ministry of Oil to provide feasibility studies and FEED for two grassroots 150 000 bpd refineries near the cities of Maissan and Kirkuk in Iraq.

The Shaw Group Inc is a global provider of EPC services, technology, remediation and facilities management services for government and private sector clients in the energy, chemicals, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response markets. In the fiscal year 2008 the company posted annual revenues of $7 billion. Shaw is headquartered in the United States but has recently opened a new office in the Middle East. The firm employs approximately 26,000 people at its offices and operations around the world. Last year Shaw opened an office in Abu Dhabi to support

neering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a 400 000 metric tonne per annum plant for SABIC in Saudi Arabia; and detailed EPC management services for a plant expansion in KSA for Petrokeyma. Shaw also is providing engineering services and licensing its proprietary catalytic cracking technology to Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) as a part

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TOPAZ ENERGY & MARINE

UAE firm is making waves in Gulf and Caspian projects and support business
services, whilst Topaz Marine is an offshore support vessel owner and operator serving the oil and gas industry exclusively. Charismatic CEO Fazel Fazelbhoy, told Oil & Gas Middle East: This is an outstanding achievement in a volatile economic climate and reflects the inherent strengths of our business. We have demonstrated our business to be one that grows shareholder value in a measured and responsible fashion in any economic cycle. Topazs recession resilience is a result of a blend of long and short-term contracts, exposure to geographies of strategic importance to energy markets and our refusal to jump on the bandwagon of speculative vessel new-buildings at the peak of the market. TOPAZ Energy & Marine CEO Fazel Fazelbhouy says 2009 was outstanding.

Topaz Energy and Marine is becomming a world leading, oil and gas focused marine services and engineering company, with a footprint spreading across the Middle East and the Caspian. Topaz posted revenue of US$448 million, and a net profit of $65 million for 2009. The companys growth in difficult times demonstrates a resilience that sets Topaz apart from many of its peers. The companys operating facilities are in Abu Dhabi (Adyard) and Fujairah (Nico International Hydrospace). Its fabrication and construction business is engaged in offshore and onshore construction across the UAE, and for global clients in the energy industry. Topaz Engineering provides marine and energy engineering

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AKER SOLUTIONS
ing Company hired the company as its contractor for the detailed engineering of the Kebabangan (KBB) Northern Hub development project in the South China Sea. Aker Solutions has offices in the UAE, KSA and Oman. Dammam 7 Petrochemicals recently signed a programme management agreement for its acrylic acid complex to be constructed in Jubail 2 in KSA.

#25

LARSEN & TOUBRO

deliver much to the Middle East market in 2009 and 2010. An exciting development was the opening of L&Ts Heavy Engineering high tech manufacturing facility in Sohar, Oman. The new unit in the SIPC area will augment the existing modular fabrication facility, making it one of the largest integrated manufacturing complexes in the Middle East catering to the hydrocarbon and power sectors.

FEED job in KSA boosts Akers local ops

Aker Solutions is organised into four business lines: energy development & services; subsea; products & technologies; and process & construction. The company has annual revenue of more than US$8 billion, though does not generate much of that revenue stream directly in the Middle East. This year, the company has won contracts across the globe. Kebabangan Petroleum Operat-

A fine pedigree but a quiet year from L&T

L&T offers the full range of facilities and equipment for oil and gas production. The Indian company fabricates process platforms with dedicated teams, backed by extensive fabrication facilities and complementing construction resources, execute process platforms. For upstream cluients the company can also manage well platforms and pipelines projects, but failed to

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