1 Sep 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Energy & Water, Oil & Gas
Arabian Drilling Company has signed a five-year contract with SLB Middle East to provide 11 land rigs for integrated gas drilling operations in Saudi Arabia, securing one of the largest regional drilling-service awards announced this week. The contract is valued at approximately SR3bn, equivalent to…
30 Aug 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Energy & Water
Saudi Arabia’s 1.8GW Taiba 2 combined-cycle gas-fired power plant has achieved first fire on its initial gas-turbine unit, moving the project into a critical stage of testing and commissioning ahead of commercial operation. The milestone concerns turbine GT11 and follows the completion of the construction…
26 Aug 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Energy & Water
France’s Saur Group and Saudi contractor Nesma & Partners have agreed to design and construct two recycled-water plants in Riyadh, advancing their cooperation in the kingdom’s water sector. The agreement follows a strategic partnership established by the companies to pursue water and wastewater infrastructure. Their…
26 Aug 2026 · Qatar · Energy & Water, Oil & Gas
QatarEnergy has extended the bid-submission period for an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract at the Dukhan field, Qatar’s only producing onshore oilfield. The contract forms part of the Dukhan Production Facilities Upgrade programme and covers work on 56 oil manifolds and 108 gas-lift manifold…
26 Aug 2026 · Kuwait · Energy & Water
VA Tech Wabag has formally signed the contract for the second stage of Kuwait’s Doha seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant, enabling the $372mn scheme to proceed towards execution. Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy originally selected the Wabag-led venture in June. The company is…
25 Aug 2026 · Oman · Energy & Water
Oman’s Nama Power & Water Procurement Company has invited bids for consultancy services to assess renewable-energy development opportunities in Musandam Governorate, opening an early-stage procurement opportunity that could lead to future power-generation projects. MEED reported the tender on 25 August 2026, saying Nama PWP intends…
25 Aug 2026 · Oman · Energy & Water
Oman has extended the bidding period for the planned Masirah desalination project, keeping open an important private-sector opportunity in the Sultanate’s water infrastructure programme. MEED reported on 25 August 2026 that the planned facility will have production capacity of 8,000 cubic metres of water a…
24 Aug 2026 · Oman · Energy & Water, Infrastructure
Oman's Nama Water Services has launched new international tenders covering water and wastewater infrastructure, creating fresh opportunities for both Omani and international contractors. Among the latest opportunities is a tender for the construction of a treated-effluent transmission pipeline from Seeb to Barka, floated on 19…
24 Aug 2026 · Oman · Energy & Water
Oman has advanced another major power-sector development with the award of an approximately $683 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Misfah combined-cycle gas-fired power plant. South Korea's Doosan Enerbility announced on 21 August that it had signed the contract with the project…
24 Aug 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Energy & Water
Alfanar Projects has signed a contract with National Grid SA to construct a 132/13.8kV electrical substation for the Expo 2030 Riyadh development. The project will form part of a wider network of electrical substations being developed to provide reliable high-capacity power to the Expo site…