ADNOC Drilling has confirmed the award of a five-year contract for the provision of Integrated Drilling Services (IDS) totaling $412 million from ADNOC Offshore commencing in the second quarter of 2023. ADNOC Drilling will provide IDS for the development of the Upper Zakum field, the largest producing field in ADNOC’s offshore portfolio. Account to ADNOC Drilling, […]
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Saudi Crown Prince’s ‘special economic’ gateways to create thousands of jobs in the kingdom
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, has launched four new Special Economic Zones in the kingdom, which are expected to create “tens of thousands of jobs, and contribute billions of riyals” to GDP. The new Saudi zones will be focused on key growth sectors, which includes advanced manufacturing, cloud computing, medical […]
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Inside Kuwait’s $10 billion Al-Zour petrochemicals complex project
Kuwait Integrated Petrochemical Industries Co (KIPIC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corp, plans to develop a facility that will be integrated with the adjacent Al-Zour refinery and will add a gasoline block, an aromatics block, an olefins conversion technology unit, polypropylene units, and associated utility and offsite facilities to the existing site to produce nearly […]
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ADNOC’s logistics arm expands fleet by deploying five large gas carriers
ADNOC Logistics & Services, the shipping and logistics arm of ADNOC, announced today the deployment of five new-build Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC). The gas carriers were built at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China, and will be owned and operated by AW Shipping, an ADNOC L&S joint venture with Wanhua Chemical Group. As natural gas […]
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UAE reveals Eid 2023 holiday dates
UAE has officially announced the Eid 2023 holiday for the government sector. Public sector employees will get a four-day weekend, from Thursday, April 20 till Sunday, April 23. Employees will resume work on Monday, April 24. Earlier this week, UAE announced early salaries for employees ahead of Eid Al Fitr 2023. The directive comes from […]
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TotalEnergies awards EPC contract for Saudi project
French energy major TotalEnergies has awarded an EPC contract to Shandong Power Construction Co (SEPCO) for the Saudi WAD photovoltaic project. The WAD project is located in the central Province, approximately 600 km from Riyadh city. The scope of work is to build a new photovoltaic power station, a supporting step-up station and the expansion […]
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US visa fraud: L&T’s technology unit to pay $9.9 million to settle allegations
Indian EPC giant L&T’s technology unit has agreed to pay $9.93 million to the US Justice Department to settle charges related to work visa violation between the years 2014 and 2019. The US Justice Department in a statement on Monday said that the IT services company acquired less expensive B1 work visas than costlier and […]
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QatarEnergy partners with Sinopec for $30 billion LNG project
QatarEnergy has announced the signing of a definitive partnership agreement with China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) for the North Field East (NFE) expansion project, the largest project in the history of the LNG industry. Qatar is partnering with international companies in the first and largest phase of the nearly $30 billion expansion, which will raise Qatar’s […]
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Saudi Arabia reveals temporary work visa system
Saudi Arabia has announced a temporary work visa service, which enables enterprises to issue a temporary work visa for 3 months from entry date and can be extended for a similar period. Eligibility to apply for temporary work visa • The enterprise must be active• A valid commercial registration except for the activities that do […]
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Saudi jobs: Aramco launches new hiring platform for freelancers
Saudi Aramco and the Future Work Business Services Company have announced the launch of the Human Resources Platform on Demand called Madd in a bid to enable independent workers and trained professionals to access job opportunities with large companies and entities. The platform aims to contribute to building a sustainable economic system by linking Saudi […]
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