Middle East

Henk Pauw, CEO of Sohar Aluminium, talks to Gay Sutton about the company’s role in promoting industry in Oman and creating jobs for local people.

ECG Engineering Consultants Group S.A. is a group of highly qualified consultants whose expertise in large and complex projects covers all major disciplines of design and construction management/supervision and lies behind some truly outstanding building throughout the Middle East and beyond.

Iran’s Petroleum Engineering and Development Company has signed a deal with Russia’s Tatneft to develop the dormant Zagheh heavy oil field in Iran.

Zagheh is located 25 kilometres from the port city of Deilam.

The deal, which was signed yesterday, will bring production capacity at the oil field to 7,000 barrels per day in the first phase and 55,000 in the second phase.

The first well of the oil field, which was drilled many years ago, had been abandoned; however there are now plans to gain more accurate data on the heavy oil field.

Since opening its first warehouse in 2005, Doha-based Gulf Warehousing Company has grown at an impressive rate. Chief executive officer Ranjeev Menon talks to Gay Sutton about building the new Logistics Village and plans to replicate this highly successful business model internationally.

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is setting a new standard for healthcare design and delivery, as Suhail Mahmood Al Ansari, executive director of Mubadala Healthcare, and Dr Marc Harrison, chief executive officer of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, explain to Richard Halfhide.

The government of Afghanistan has launched tenders for the exploration and exploitation of four project areas containing gold and copper deposits.

The deposits lie in the provinces of Badakhshan, Ghazni, Sar-I-Pul and Balkh, and Herat, and contain gold, copper-gold, copper and copper respectively.

The tender process for each project is expected to culminate in the granting of a mining agreement with associated exploration licences and, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, will lead to the granting of the requisite exploitation licences.

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has signed a joint venture agreement with Shell, the South Gas Company and Mitsubishi Corporation on an initiative to capture natural gas in southern Iraq.

The South Gas Company (SGC), an affiliate of the Ministry of Oil, will take 51 per cent in the joint venture, the Basrah Gas Company (BGC). Shell will take 44 per cent and Mitsubishi will take five per cent.

United Engineering Construction (UNEC) is responsible for some of the most innovative and iconic buildings in the United Arab Emirates. Now, it has its sights set on neighbouring Arabian markets and the Maghreb.

Khnaiguiyah Mining Company (KMC), a joint venture between United Arabian Mining Company and Alara Resources, is one of the most exciting projects in Saudi Arabia’s newly established mining industry. Chief operating officer Sohan Singh Rathore talks to Jane Alverca.

Dr Adel Hamad, CEO of GARMCO, shares some of the strategic insights that have enabled the Bahrain-based aluminium rolling operation to become a leading global player.

In an age obsessed with dwindling natural resources, aluminium enjoys a wonderful natural advantage. Bauxite, from which aluminium is extracted, is the most abundant metal element in the earth’s crust. It also enjoys a unique versatility, finding its way into countless applications ranging from moon-bound exploratory shuttles to curling foil in the hair salon.