Oman awards $50m contracts
Oman's Tender Board has awarded projects worth RO19.3 million ($50.12 million).
Among the contracts is the appointment of a technical adviser for the Sohar Refinery project (RO4.56 million).
The refinery, which is expected to be commissioned in 2003 with a capacity of 75,000 barrels a day, is promoted by the Oman Oil Company (OOC).
Other deals awarded were for the operation and maintenance of the gas pipeline network (RO8.86 million), international mobile telephone network expansion in Batinah, Wilayat of Al Buraimi and Musandam governorate (RO2.16 million), petrol processing project (RO1.2 million) and supply, construction and operation of an external telephone network at Al Ghubra and Al Seera telephone exchanges in Muscat governorate (RO1.47 million).
The board also issued a decision on a jetty construction project at Lima Port in Musandam governorate and a change order on Salalah gas pipeline project.
Qatar signs industrial city deal
Doha: Qatar has signed the first contracts for a new $137 million industrial city for small- and medium-scale industries.
Energy and Industry Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah signed four contracts worth a total of QR148 million ($40.7 million) with three local firms to build roads for the planned city, to be set up 15 km west of the capital Doha. He said three more contracts worth about QR80 million would be awarded soon for power, water and gas projects.
DWTC to be expanded
Dubai: Consultants have been appointed and preliminary work has started on the new 3,500-seat Convention Centre on the grounds of the Dubai World Trade Centre.
The huge convention centre will be ready for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) conference in 2003, a Gulf News report said.
'We expect construction to begin very soon,' Dubai 2003 Office event co-ordinator-general Ibrahim Belselah said while briefing bank managers.
However, the reports did not name the consultants.
The previous conference auditorium, the former Congress Centre, has been converted into the Dubai Financial Market.
The first user of the expanded exhibition capacity will be Gitex 2001, which will be held at DWTC from October 14-18.
Meanwhile, the Dubai World Trade Centre is to be expanded to eight halls from the present seven. Construction of the 4,000-sq m new hall is expected to be completed in September.
