L&T Oman, a subsidiary of Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro, has secured a US$72mn engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from the Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC)
Transmission
DEWA powers ahead with Dubai transmission network upgrade
Plans to upgrade, install and launch new substations in various areas of Dubai are progressing well according to Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)
GE and XD Electric to bring high-voltage solutions to the Middle East
GE and Chinese power company XD Electric Group have revealed plans to provide energy-intensive industries in the Middle East with high-voltage solutions through their combined portfolios
ABB to build power substations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
ABB has won an order worth around US$30mn from Zagros Energy to build four transmission and distribution substations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Alfanar picks up US$400 million Saudi Arabian power contracts in 2013
Saudi Arabia-based engineering, procurement and construction firm Alfanar Construction has signed several power projects worth a total of US$400mn in the first half of 2013