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EWEC and ACWA sign deal for $890m Taweelah desalination plant.

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 WCK Abu Dhabi, CEO, epc, EWEC, Taweelah

Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has inked a water purchase agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power for what’s billed

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Construction Projects in Middle East 

$1.36bn Jubail Island ‘residential sanctuary’ launched in Abu Dhabi

April 21, 2019April 21, 2019 WCK Abu Dhabi, Construction Projects, Jubail Island

Jubail Island Investment Company (JIIC) says its $1.36bn Jubail Island development is, “poised to become Abu Dhabi’s most desirable residential

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Business News Construction Projects in Middle East OIL & GAS News 

ADNOC says first phase of world’s largest underground crude facility is complete.

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 WCK Abu Dhabi, ADNOC, Oil company, wck

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has announced that phase one of the ADNOC Fujairah Underground Storage project, involving the

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Asia News Business News Engineering & Technology 

Region’s first all-electric bus service begins in Abu Dhabi.

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 WCK Abu Dhabi, Eco-Bus, Electric Vehicle, Masdar, Siemens

The region’s first fully electric passenger bus service has been officially launched in Abu Dhabi.The Eco-Bus is serving a six-stop route

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Science & Environment 

$367bn of MidEast GDP at risk from Man made, natural threats.

September 6, 2015 WCK #Kuwait City, $367bn of MidEast GDP at risk from Man made, Abu Dhabi, Ahvaz, Amman, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Doha, Dubai, Economy, Esfahan, GCC, GDP, Jeddah, Jerusalem, Karaj, Kermanshah, KU, KUCP, Lloyd’s., Mashhad, Middle East, natural threats., Riyadh, Sana'a, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, wck, worldcentre kuwait

The Middle East’s 16 largest centres of economic growth could have $367 billion of GDP at risk from a series

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Construction Projects in Middle East 

Abu Dhabi tops of the list of ‘Construction Mega Projects’ in the world.

January 11, 2015January 11, 2015 WCK #Abu Dhabi tops of the list of 'Construction Mega Projects', Abu Dhabi, Construction Mega Cities, Middle East and Africa, Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Center, UAE, US$480 billion

A recent study by Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Center (CIC) finds that Abu Dhabi is the leading city in the world

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Construction Projects in Middle East 

GDF Suez is to break ground on its $1.5bn Mirfa gas-fired power and water project in February.

January 4, 2015 WCK #GDF Suez is to break ground on its $1.5bn Mirfa gas-fired power and water project in February., Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Degremont unit, Dubai, GDF Suez, largest desalination plant operators, Marie-Ange Debon, multi-effect distillation, multi-stage flash, Oman, Qatar, Sharjah, Suez Environment, UAE, V

The project, located 120km west of Abu Dhabi, will generate 1,600MW of electricity, with a seawater desalination capacity of 52.5mn

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Aviation Business 

Five Gulf banks secure $150m to Indian Jet Airways.

December 28, 2014 WCK #Five Gulf banks secure $150m to Indian Jet Airways., Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC, Ahli United Bank B.S.C Kuwait, Airways Business, Aviation Business, Bahrain and Doha-based financial institutions., Commercial Bank International PJSC, from Dubai, Gulf banks., Jet Airways -India, Mashreq bank, Middle East region

Jet Airways -India announced that it has successfully concluded a five-year syndicated loan facility of $150 million from five Gulf

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