The
Saudi Arabian EPC Projects 2011 conference is designed to address the needs of all those involved with the challenge of procuring and delivering world-class EPC services for major projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Designed for EPC contractors, their partners and major clients in the Kingdom’s oil and gas, petrochemicals and utilities sectors to discuss key 2 day conference to be held in Saudi Arabia also prepares to invite bids for a new wave of megaprojects:
- Saudi Arabia is expected to increase oil production by 5 million b/d to an average of 13 million b/d from about 8 million b/d now. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that the kingdom’s sustainable oil production capacity will need to rise by a further 5 million b/d in the next 25 years.
- Saudi Arabia is aiming to achieve an annual average of 4,000 MW of new electricity capacity and 500 million gallons-a-day (g/d)of desalinated water production capacity. The kingdom also aims to achieve capacity of 40 gigawatts of solar power in 2035.
- Saudi Arabian mining company Ma’aden have formed a joint venture to develop a $10.8-billion, fully integrated alumina-aluminium complex in Saudi Arabia. The complex will include a bauxite mine, an alumina refinery, an aluminium smelter with capacity to produce 740,000 mt/y capacity and a rolling mill
Topics to be addressed incorporate:
- Macro-economic overview and implications on EPC projects
- Best practice contractual and procurement models and how they are evolving:
- GES plus and IK-EPC initiative
- Essentials for EPC success: Legal frameworks, knowledge transfer of critical engineering and construction skills, project management systems and technology
- Effective partnership and collaborative strategies
- Financing EPC projects
- Project updates
