Saipem receives contracts in Middle East and North Africa

5 December 2011: San Donato Milanese (Milan), 28 November 2011– Saipem has been awarded new E&C Onshore contracts worth approximately €1 billion, mainly in Middle East and North Africa. In Abu Dhabi, Saipem, the JV including Dodsal Engineering and Construction Pte. and Maire Tecnimont, has been awarded by Etihad Rail Company a contract for the engineering and construction of a railway tract linking the natural gas production fields of Shah and Habshan, located in the internal part of the Country, to the Port of Ruwais.

The project encompasses the development of a railway tract, partly on a single and partly on a double track, which covers a distance of over 260 kilometres. At full capacity, the railway will transport over 7 million tonne of sulphur per year, which come from the gas treatment processes. The activities will be completed by the end of 2014. The scope of work includes two breakwaters and 2,800 metres of new quay, for a total surface area of 132 hectares recovered from the sea.
The project will be completed by the third quarter of 2014.

Source: Yourindustrynews