The UK arm of Foster Wheeler Energy Limited  has been awarded the Oil Sector Program Management Office (SPMO) support contract in Iraq by the US Department of Defence, said a company spokesman. 

Foster Wheeler will provide dedicated programme management and coordination support for all design and construction activities being performed for the Program Management Office (PMO) in this sector. The initial value of the Foster Wheeler contract is $6.8 million, which covers the first six months’ services.
The contract is part of the international effort to restore the damaged and neglected infrastructure of Iraq. 
It is one of six SPMO contracts covering various sectors under the general oversight of the Program Management Office established by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). 
Meanwhile, Metito, the UAE-based international water treatment, desalination and wastewater treatment expert,  has won an Dh12 million ($3.12 million) turnkey contract to provide a range of highly specialised water treatment schemes for the 800 MW power plant, in Hartha under the USAID reconstruction programme for Iraq.
The plant, that is situated 15 km north of Basra, was originally built back in 1979 and had four units rated at 200 MW each.