41 WorleyParsons
WorleyParsons is another of our top 25 which has benefitted hugely from the work on offer rebuilding and rehabilitating Iraq’s upstream industry.
In October 2012 the company was awarded a $90m contract extension by BP Iraq NV, and its partners PetroChina and the State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO) of the Republic of Iraq, to continue providing Engineering, Procurement and Management services to boost production from the super-giant Rumaila oilfield in Southern Iraq.
In November 2012 WorleyParsons was awarded a three year contract by LukOil to provide PM services for West Qurna-2 oil field development project in Iraq. WorleyParsons will provide personnel to support West Qurna-2 EPC activities. Earlier this year WorleyParsons extended its current Maintain Potential Programme contract with Aramco for a further two years.
WorleyParsons Arabia has held this contract for 11 years. The company is also engaged with Maersk Oil Qatar on a four year General Design Contract to conduct engineering design modifications for the Al Shaheen offshore oil production facilities operated by Maersk Oil in Qatar.
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42 Jacobs Engineering
Jacobs Engineering has continued to build its Middle Eastern upstream and downstream business awards over the last 18 months. In February 2013 the company was awarded a contract from Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Co. (Luberef) to provide project management consulting (PMC) services for an expansion project at its lube oil refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Officials did not disclose the contract value, however noted that the overall expansion project cost is estimated at approximately $1 billion.
The Luberef award built on a successful 2012, in which Jacobs Engineering won a design contract from Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company, an affiliate of SABIC, to develop a process design package (PDP) and FEED package for the build of an UHMWPE plant in the Industrial City of Jubail.
Jacobs is currently two years into a major 5-year contract with Saudi Aramco for general engineering and project management services (GES+).
The GES+ contract is five years and covers all EPC management services for Aramco’s Capital Program.
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43 CH2M HILL
CH2M HILL, and for the purposes of this list, its wholly owned subsidiaries Veco Engineering and Halcrow, provides a spectrum of services to regional upstream clients.
Its joint venture with the Olayan Group of Saudi Arabia, called CH2M Olayan serves the growing infrastructure needs of the Kingdom, a savvy bit of business when one considers the projected government spend of $400 billion in five years to meet the needs of its rising population.
VECO has won a raft of complex projects in Abu Dhabi, from several packages for GASCO at Bu Hasa & Ruwais to field developments at ADCO’s onshore fields.
At Bab, VECO had the FEED for developing the Habshan 1 reservoir. At Bida Al Qemzan, VECO is working on $300 million of engineering and procurement for estimated completion this year.
At SAS, VECO scooped the PMC contracts for the $3.2 bn package A, supervising Petrofac which won the Asab EPC, and the $1.2 billion package B, where it is supervising Tecnicas Reunidas and CCC at the Sahil and Shah fields. The firm has also overseen the study for offshore produced water facilities at ZADCO’s Upper Zakum development.
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44 Leighton Offshore
Leighton Offshore rises up our rankings this year on account of its continuing success in Iraq, notably the EPC work on the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project, one of the most important strategic projects in the Iraqi Ministry of Oil’s Master Plan, which aims to increase export capacity by 4.5 million bpd within 5 years.
Phase one of the $733 million project was completed in 2012. Leighton Offshore has since been awarded a contract for the replacement of floating hoses on the SPM system operated by Qatar Gas. Ras Laffan Terminal Operations, operates and maintains two SPM CALM buoys approximately 54 Km offshore from Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.
In 2012 Leighton operated and maintained the Iraq Offshore Crude Oil Export system, successfully managing the export of over 140 million barrels of oil.
Leighton Offshore has recently completed the Single Point Mooring System for the Tanzanian Ports Authority. The project comprised the Design, Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Installation and Pre-Commissioning of a replacement offshore SPM and pipeline system for the import of crude oil.
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45 Bernekon
What does your company do in the oil and gas sector?
We are instrumental for our customers Supply chain optimizations, our customers are mainly in remote locations in Iraq and do not have necessarily access to their Supplies and procurements. We fill this gap with Purchasing items and consumable for their operations anywhere in the world and deliver to their camp for their immediate use. Integrated Purchase and Logistics for our Customers.
What sets you apart from your competitors?
We combine Procurement and Logistics into one service, our customers can place an order to us, and we purchase, customs clear, and deliver. Our customer can communicate with us, for their purchase and logistics as one source of contact. Especially in Oil and Gas sector, Supply chain and optimization is very essential for effective operation to our customers.
We with our integrated services relief our customers with multiple vendor management issues and logistical difficulties and manage those activities in-house and provide the products and logistics services as one package.
What are your company’s top achievements for 2013?
Introduction of our b-box Xpress service, door to door from Dubai to Iraq in seven days. This service has fantastic response from our customers and this has fit perfectly into their needs for a fast and reliable element in their operations and day-to-day needs for their immediate requirements. Today we have 3 a service three times a week from Dubai.
From early 2014 this service will operate daily from Dubai. Our Business associates from China, USA, and Europe have started to use our b-box Xpress service for their Airfreight shipments. We recieve the shipments at Dubai Airport and send to Iraq using our b-box Xpress service.
What initiative are you most proud of?
Our integrity in our methodology in conducting our business. Our company is active in some of the most challenging environments such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and East Africa. Integrity is very important for us and we strive to keep this level very high in our management as well as in our operations.
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46 AES ARABIA
AES Arabia is a total water and waste water management and solutions provider, which has been offering custom design, manufacturing, turnkey execution, project management and O&M services to its clients since 1985.
AES offers solutions through systems as well as specialty chemicals covering industries ranging from, municipal, commercial, industrial, oil & gas, petrochemicals as well as power. The company has tackled a large range of logistical and technical problems on projects around the Middle East region and with water supplies such a critical issue in this part of the world the need for expertise of firms like AES is evident.
Residents of many cities in the Middle East enjoy millions of gallons of fresh and potable water produced by AES supplied desalination systems. Powerplants, airports, oil & gas plants, military bases and many other industries, in numerous locations use the company’s water treatment systems to meet their process needs or to treat their effluent in compliance with the ever increasing and stiff environmental regulations.
The regional headquarters and manufacturing facilities of the company are located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company occupies an 18,000 m² fully equipped manufacturing and warehousing facilities in the city, which is probably the largest of its kind in the Middle East region.
Asad Iqbal Khan, business development manager at AES says that ASE directly operates in Saudi Arabia out of the Riyadh headquarters and several capable branch offices such as Al Khobar and Jeddah. The company has been doing very well with a good pace of growth in Saudi Arabia, and has seen comfortable growth in countries such as Algeria and Iraq.
Being certified to the highest international standards of quality ISO 9001:2008, 14000, 18000, ASME and NSF, AES has established high quality objectives to deliver full satisfaction of its customers while ensuring highest quality standards in its work, as well as the implementation of the highest international design codes.
“Through the company’s policy of continuous product development and improvement it aims to perform all production activities and technical services right from the first time and all the time, with the highest efficiency,” Khan said.
“Fresh water resources are considered to be scarce and expensive and alternative water sources such as wastewater can provide an economical, ecologically-friendly option towards sustainability.
Environmental discharge standards and regulations have driven the use of technologies and solutions to keep producers competitive. AES is therefore continually devising new and innovative strategies to cope with these challenges and take advantage of the increasing demand for alternative water,” he added.
The company’s clients include Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, SABIC, PDO, Sonatrach, National Oil Production Company of Egypt (EGPC), Syrian Petroleum Co, TOTAL and many more Oil & Gas companies.
“The company’s exclusive specialty chemicals for all water treatment applications, are manufactured in its plant in Riyadh with the expertise provided by American Water Chemicals [AWC] a subsidiary of American Engineering Services Inc., USA,” said Khan.
The manufacturing facility for specialty chemicals consists of all the necessary equipment to ensure that highest degree of quality is maintained during the production with precise in-process and finished products quality control.
The operating procedures and processes are also designed to ensure complete safety of operating personnel and are environment friendly. The laboratory not only ensures quality control but also facilitates product development or modification depending on client requirement with the direct supervision of AWC.
“AES skilled and trained operating staff are supervised by well experienced chemical engineers and chemists. The scarcity of water has pushed the envelope for water engineering to the limits and in countries as dry as those in the region, this poses the maximum challenge for engineers to keep coming up with innovative and effective solutions,” he added.
The company offers products in over 100 categories ranging from produced water treatment packages and reactor water cleanup systems to seawater reverse osmosis plants and suspended solids treatment systems.
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47 Spacemaker
For over 20 years, Spacemaker has provided tailor-made engineering solutions for complex oil and Gas developments throughout the region. Our focus is purpose-built structures that require fast track turn around and innovative transport solutions.
With a 30,000sqm facility in the UAE, encompassing numerous workshops and fabrication shops housing state-of-the-art equipment, Spacemaker offers everything from skid mounted accommodation units, blast protective modules, container conversions, flat packs, toilet blocks, modular warehouses, sewage treatment modules, water Treatment modules and site offices.
What sets you apart from your competitors?
“While we are not as large as some of our competitors, our size and agility actually sets us apart as we do not consider ourselves a ‘one size fits all’ company. We can deliver quality products, on time, to clients in any location in the world at economical prices. In addition, we pride ourselves on our ability to assist clients with specialized solutions that are truly custom built for them.
What are your company’s top achievements for 2013?
Spacemaker recently completed three offshore camps for multinational oil and gas clients in addition to a 200-man accommodation barge that is used to house oil and gas personnel, servicing the most remote wells off the coast of Abu Dhabi.
Both projects were designed and built to include water and sewage plant services, configuration, and installation, highlighting once more the company’s custom build approach. On top of our accommodation developments for 2013 Spacemaker alongside its reputable alliances has delivered Blast Proof Modules into the region, ranging from equipment shelters, offices, to very complex control rooms.
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48 Nylacast
What does your company do in the oil and gas sector?
Nylacast provides technology enabling solutions to a diverse and broad customer base, focusing on providing the Oil & Gas sector with advanced materials technology.
With no standard products and components, Nylacast work closely with design engineers and clients to develop new applications and replace existing materials in order to utilise the endless advantages our high end polymers are capable of delivering.
What sets you apart from your competitors?
Uniquely able to control the full production process from raw chemicals to end components, Nylacast’s engagement with clients and design engineers starts from the onset of a concept or design. Our engineers are highly qualified to support and provide engineering know-how to offer materials technology, mechanical and design input, materials specification and mechanical data calculations.
Nylacast focus on quality, service and innovation through everything we do, this is backed by our prestigious R&D and testing facility which hold the aptitude to custom formulate materials for the more demanding application needs.
What are your company’s top achievements for 2013?
2013 saw continued work on worldwide projects supplying a wide range of value adding engineering polymer solutions both offshore and onshore.
Nylacast’s investment in our people was also a great achievement, with staff from all areas of the business achieving a number of qualifications helping contribute to our continuous development and improve our Quality, Service and Innovation.
What CSR initiative are you most proud of?
Our today is their tomorrow. Nylacast hold a high focus on developing the next generation of engineers, educating and training over 15 engineering apprentices a year Nylacast have recently invested in a purpose built training academy, not only to develop a future skilled workforce but to provide a solid, practical engineering training programme for the younger generations to come. Nylacast also sponsor DeMontfort University Racing, a local racing team which competes in the IMechE Formula Student competition, building a race car from the scratch each year.
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49 Terra Technology
What does your company do in the oil and gas sector?
Terra Technology FZE, provides state-of-the-art equipment for the Oil & Gas industry as well as the marine sector. Our products are designed, engineered and custom made in order to suit the exact requirements of our customers.
Our range of products varies from high pressure pump units, ultra high pressure pump units and accessories, gear pumps for high viscose and difficult to pump media, to rotary piston pumps, centrifugal pumps and systems.
We also manufacture fire-fighting pump units, submersible pumps, chemical injection packages, hydraulic power packs and flushing units and water and wastewater treatment plants (marine and civil purpose).
Our pumps can be used for diverse applications such as surface preparation on ship hulls or tanks (removing rust and paint), heat exchanger tube cleaning, tank cleaning application, de-scaling of steel and concrete removal.
What sets you apart from your competitors?
Our products are manufactured with ISO 920 certification using German technology. Terra is the dealer for UAE for KAMAT Pumpen GmbH known for being the market leader in manufacturing of triplex pump for water jetting applications and for the process industry.
Our competitive advantage comes from the fact that Terra Technology is among the only few, if not the only one in the market who can provide engineering, and design and deliver complete pump units with a high reliability and functions which are unique in the market.
What are your company’s top achievements for 2013?
Terra Technology has experienced a rapid growth in 2013. Some of our achievements include tightening relationships within the Oil & Gas sector across the UAE, especially in Abu Dhabi. We have manufactured and delivered more than 30 pump units in 2013.
What CSR initiative are you most proud of?
Terra Technology is strongly committed to provide humanitarian support in various sectors. This year Terra Technology employees had helped an orphanage in Romania. The company provided clothes, toys and food to approximately 25 children.
What are your future plans in the Middle East region?
Our future plan is to expand our assembly and production line. We are confident that by mid of 2014 we will be able to welcome our customers in our new facility in Al Hamriyah Free Zone UAE , equipped with state of the art technology. We are also aim at developing new markets in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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50 VMonitor
VMonitor has the largest wellhead wireless monitoring system installation base worldwide in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The company constantly advances its technology to engineer the most efficient wireless and software solutions to provide clients with low cost alternatives to traditional cabled systems.
It offers turn-key remote monitoring and control solutions to a wide range of applications: oil and gas wells, water injection wells, gas lift, ESPs, pipelines and refinery facilities. Its low-power systems deliver high-capacity data acquisition and significantly reduced exposure of field personnel at previously unachievable low costs.
