MENA Project Tracker — KOC delays two contracts; Iraq begins reconstruction of Mosul airport

CAIRO: The Kuwait Oil Co. has delayed bidding on two of its projects.

Bidding for one of the projects, which include the construction of two 132 kilovolts substations and 33 power lines, has been postponed from Sept. 4 to Oct. 16.

While the other project — supplying sulphuric acid to refineries — has put off its bids for 14 days and rescheduled it for the 8th of September, reported MEED.

Iraq $150 million airport

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhmi has announced the reconstruction of the $150 million Mosul airport in the Nineveh governorate, reported Zawya.

This is part of the 161 post-war reconstruction projects that were promised by the Iraqi government.

The facility is set to increase Iraq’s aviation performance, in addition to increasing productivity of cargo transport and logistics in the region.

QatarEnergy JV

QatarEnergy has received bids on its joint venture project with US-based Chevron Phillips Chemical for the construction of two main packages of a large-scale petrochemicals project in Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City.

The project bids are estimated at $5 billion and expected on Aug. 7, reported MEED.

 This will increase Qatar’s overall ethylene production by 70 percent, producing a capacity of 2.08 million tons a year.

 

 

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