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Saudi stock Exchange gain lifts its year-to-date performance into the green
The Tadawul market closed 1.07% higher at 6,684.7. Market leader Sabic, worth $88.2bn (market capitalisation), recovered 1.13%, closing at SR111.50. Yamamah Cement was the top loser (down 2.10% at SR58.20). Year-to-date, the Tadawul market gained 0.98%, representing the highest return among all Arab stock markets (as yet). Source: Ame Inf
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Companies identified for violations in 2009 floods
JEDDAH: A number of companies have been identified for violating tenders and failing to carry out projects of the Jeddah Mayoralty and the National Water Company (NWC), in connection with the 2009 flood disaster. Informed sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that the companies were listed by a committee comprising the Ministry of Finance, General Auditing Bureau (GAB), Control and Investigation Board (CIB), Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (BIP) and Makkah emirate. The companies found guilty will be required to pay compensation and will have to be involved in revising the design of the projects. Consultancy firms that drew up the designs will be forced to bear the costs of rectifying the errors. The amounts retrieved will be deposited in an account to be used for fixing the damage caused by the floods, including on projects in eastern Jeddah. The sources added that the CIB and BIP have the right to drop charges against those found innocent. Those who have already been cleared of wrongdoing include a businessman, a well-known honorary sports member, and two top officials at the Jeddah Mayoralty – a professor at King Abdulaziz University and an engineer at the Ministry of Water. Two private sector employees have also been cleared during initial investigations. Preliminary investigations by the control committees and fact-finding committee have concluded that about 140 people are involved in corruption cases not directly related to the Jeddah flood disaster. Source: Saudi Gazette
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Saudi Electricity may revise investment plans
Saudi Electricity Co, the Gulf's largest utility, may change its SR300bn ($80bn) 10-year investment plan as it speeds up delivery of its power projects to meet state infrastructure demands, its chief executive said. State utility firm SEC has said it planned to invest the funds in the 10 years to 2018 to boost capacity to at least 80,000 megawatts by 2020 from an installed capacity of 50,000 megawatts now. "We revised in 2010 and we made many projects earlier than planned," Ali Saleh Al Barrak said in an interview. He said the company will stick to its investment programme for the time being but could revise it in 2013. "We will look at this amount, this amount could change based on the market prices." The Gulf Arab kingdom will continue its $400bn state investment plan -- the world's biggest stimulus relative to GDP - until 2013 as planned, its finance minister said in January. "Plans have been accelerated. In fact we have to accelerate some of our projects and make them come earlier than planned because of the economic growth and the government's decision to build more infrastructure projects." The firm plans to launch bidding for the second phase of expansion of its Qurayyah power plant soon, Barrak said, while it is now in the process of selecting the preferred bidder for the first phase of the 1,800-2,100 MW Qurayyah IPP-1. Demand for power in the kingdom is expected to grow 8 to 9 percent this year compared to around 10 percent a year earlier, Barrak said. Government officials have repeatedly said that demand for power was forecast to triple to 120 gigawatts by 2030 in line with an expected rise in domestic fuel consumption to 8.3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2028. Barrak declined to comment on the rise of the fuel used to fire their power plants. The country's deputy electricity minister, Saleh al-Awaji told Reuters last month with the new expansion in power capacity, Saudi Arabia would burn more crude this year without giving figures. SEC's generation capacity stands at around 48,000 megawatts while demand is now 26,000 MW, he said. During the summer, demand would rise to 46 gigawatts but the company would still have a reserve margin of 2 GW, said Barrak. Gulf countries have similar patterns of consumption, which sees demand peak in the summer. They have taken measures to connect their grids in an effort to stave off shortages. "We don't expect any shortage in the summer in the generation side." Source: Reuters
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Thirty firms face probe over Jeddah floods tragedy
More than 300 people and 30 companies are being investigated as part of a probe into the Jeddah floods in November 2009. The floods resulted in the deaths of more than 120 people and rendered about 10,000 people homeless while thousands of homes, buildings and vehicles were also destroyed. Investigators are to call 15 of the accused within a few days, including a water and sewage department official, to question them regarding the alleged embezzlement of funds set aside for the Jeddah water projects, Saudi daily Arab News reported on Tuesday. A high-ranking water and sewage official was previously detained by the investigation committee for several months for questioning but was later released on bail, the paper added. The paper said that security authorities have obtained confessions from some officials that they took bribes from contractors. An Interior Ministry spokesman said 302 people and 30 companies and consultancy firms were involved in the investigation. Legal sources told the paper that 95 percent of the trials would be public and that the media would be allowed to attend. Source: Arabian Business
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Seven Saudi real estate projects promoted in Kuwait
KUWAIT, April 26 (KUNA) -- The Kuwaiti Real Estate Co. announced Tuesday tenders for SR 1.195-billion's worth of seven real estate projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and urged interested Kuwaiti companies to present their bids. In a press brief, Chairman Adel Al-Qattan said the seven tenders cover lands allocated for residential, industrial, commercial and investment real estate in the Saudi cities of Jeddah, Riyadh, Damam, Medina and Taif. He also disclosed that his company is about to implement a five-year ambitious expansion plan including huge real estate portfolio, executing mega projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and put up a tender of a distinguished site to be the first of its kind in Kuwait in terms of services and trading deals. Al-Qattan pointed out that Kuwaiti investors' interest in Saudi real estate market has grown remarkably during the last quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011, which reflects the expanding and profitability nature of this sector, particularly following the recent royal decrees on pumping billions of riyals for supporting this sector. He added that the Saudi decision to exclude Gulf investors from the ban on possessing buildings in the Kingdom would help attract Gulf investments estimated, by economists, at SR 13 billion, including SR 7 billion in the Eastern region, this year. Source: Kuwait News Agency
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Shoaibi Group and Strata Energy in drilling tie-up
Strata Energy Services Inc, the leading oilfield services provider headquartered in Alberta, Canada have signed a joint venture agreement with the Shoaibi Group to provide integrated performance drilling services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and its territorial waters. The joint venture company Strata Energy Services Saudi Arabia Limited (SESSAL) will be headquartered in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and plans to offer fully integrated oilfield services and with a special focus on Underbalanced Drilling and Managed Pressure Drilling. The joint venture will also offer the complete line of patented Rotating Flow Diverters (RFD) for all drilling applications, Surface Recovery and Separation, Light Snubbing services, Well Design and project management as well as any additional equipment required to perform the same. Performance Drilling is the application of modern drilling techniques used in difficult operational situations where traditional drilling techniques could be prohibitively costly - either in terms of upfront costs, lost time (NPT) or in terms of lost production due to formation or wellbore damage. Underbalanced Drilling and Managed Pressure Drilling are alternative methods of drilling, where the wellbore pressure is maintained at equilibrium to or lower than the formation while drilling, can result in reduced overall drilling costs, and increased ultimate oil recovery. Underbalanced Drilling or Managed Pressure Drilling also mitigates or eliminates the risk of formation damage, but also enables oilfield operators to overcome several common drilling problems like lost circulation or differential sticking. These techniques can even allow operators to evaluate the oil reservoir while drilling. Faisal Al Shoaibi, Shoaibi Group director said: "With Strata Energy’s reservoir optimisation technologies and skills combined with Shoaibi Group’s regional market expertise, I am confident that SESSAL will capture the fast growing demand for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technologies in KSA, and expand its business in due time across to Bahrain and Algeria." Paul Cockerill, Shoaibi Group Oil & Gas Services director, added: "Strata Energy Services is an exceptional addition to Shoaibi Group’s growing upstream portfolio. SESSAL perfectly complements existing technologies within the group, which in turn facilitates a long term strategy of offering integrated services to our customers and allows Shoaibi Group and our partners to compete with conventional service companies." If the price of oil continues to rise in the long term, EOR projects can benefit from low economic risk, and can compete with conventional developments. Considering the normal decline in producing fields, about 64 million barrels per day must be added to meet that forecast demand by 2030; it is anticipated that some 5 million barrels per day will be obtained from additional EOR production. Ken Travis, chief executive officer, Strata Energy Services Inc. Said: "We see the Shoaibi Group as exceptional partner for the region and recognise this partnership as being instrumental in establishing our service offering with the KSA. In addition to strong market knowledge and relationships, the Shoaibi Group brings a strong portfolio of companies with synergistic value that will help ensure success for all." Strata Energy Services is a fully integrated provider of oilfield services with a special focus on Managed Pressure and Underbalanced Drilling. Based in Alberta, Strata Energy is a global contractor for oilfield services.The company has been involved in the underbalanced drilling of over 500 wells. Source: Zawya
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Gulf Navigation Holdings signs mandates with Deutsche Securities and King and Spalding
Gulf Navigation Holdings announced the signing of mandates with Deutsche Securities and King and Spalding, both of Riyadh, to secure the equity and establishment of it’s new Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) joint venture subsidiary in Saudi Arabia. The new company will list in the Saudi financial market once approval is obtained. Deutsche Securities, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, is the largest financial advisor in the Middle East and North Africa. King & Spalding is a major American firm specialised in international law and has offices in many GCC countries including Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Gulf Navigation’s new entity in the Kingdom will immediately own 4 VLCC carriers and expand the fleet to 9 vessels by 2015 according to the Company’s 5-year strategic plan which started this year. The 4 Very Large Crude Carriers include Gulf Sheba and Gulf Eyadah, which is chartered for 2 years for more than 100 million Dirhams, and 2 new buildings, to be delivered in 2012 and early 2013, chartered for more than 1 billion Dirhams. The GNH plan calls for expansion of the carrying capacity of crude oil to 18 million barrels, chemical carriers to 12 and establishing an Aframax and offshore fleets. It also calls for listing Company subsidiaries in international financial markets in order to achieve additional share value for it’s shareholders. Source: Zawya
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Aramco says to boost refining capacity by 50%
SEOUL (AFP) – Saudi Arabia's state oil giant Aramco will raise its refining capacity by 50 percent to above six million barrels a day by expanding at home and abroad, chief executive Khalid al Falih said. Work was progressing on two new refineries in the kingdom, he told a meeting in Seoul on Tuesday. Four "grassroots" refineries were being considered including one at Jaizan in Saudi Arabia, plus possible joint-venture refinery projects in China, Vietnam and Indonesia, the CEO said. Refining capacity would "soon" surpass the current four million barrels per day, he said, without giving a timeframe for this or the six million barrel figure. Aramco will spend $125 billion on domestic and overseas projects over the next five years, al Falih said. The investment will be focused not only on new crude oil increments but on the natural gas and petrochemical sectors, Yonhap news agency quoted him as saying. "Saudi Aramco isn't just about petroleum production," al Falih said. "We are also one of the world's largest producers of natural gas, a major player in refining, and we are quickly ramping up our petrochemical activities." Aramco's production capacity for natural gas would exceed 14 billion standard cubic feet per day in the next five years, al Falih said. Aramco's senior executives are in South Korea to attend a company board meeting. The Saudi firm is the biggest stakeholder in South Korea's third largest refiner S-Oil with 35 percent. Source: Zawya
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Campaign launced to encourage sustainable use of water
RIYADH: In an effort to conserve the Kingdom’s dwindling water resources, the BMG Foundation has teamed up with advertising leader Saatchi & Saatchi to launch the "Our Water, Our Life" conservation initiative here Monday. This is the first private sector initiative of its kind that will address the issue of sustainable water consumption at national and regional levels. The Kingdom is currently the only country in the world that currently subsidizes more than 92 percent of the total cost of producing water. Addressing a press conference on this occasion, Basil Al-Ghalayini, chairman of BMG Foundation, said the initiative is aimed at encouraging sustainable water consumption among people in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries. A website (www.ourwaterourlife.org), which covers all aspects of water conservation and management with special emphasis on Saudi Arabia, was launched on the occasion. Participants at the launch ceremony were amazed to learn that flushing the toilet consumes about 30 percent of all water used on a daily basis. The website says that access to water is one of the most daunting infrastructure and development challenges facing the Kingdom. An expanding population that has soared from 3 million in 1950 to 26 million today continues to place enormous demands on this vital and limited resource. "The current trends in water consumption in Saudi Arabia are unsustainable," said Al-Ghalayini, referring to the programs lined up for the future within the framework of this initiative. He said there would be a series of events to encourage Saudi and Arab youths to participate in activities that encourage others to conserve water. High-profile activities include the GCC Polo Cup named after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, he said. "Among various CSR activities that we have been undertaking for the past 15 years, ‘Our Water, Our Life’ addresses the crucial issue of water preservation," he said. In his speech, Managing Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Saudi Arabia Mazen Mehio said his company took pride in supporting the campaign. "We are proud to be part of the ‘Our Water, Our Life’ campaign because it addresses the crucial issue of water conservation," said Faysal Alaquil, CPC director for business development and administration affairs. "I want other companies to join the ongoing campaign by chipping in their support in whatever capacity that can create awareness among the youth about water conservation and protecting the environment." To this end, Deputy General Manager of Abunayyan Group Fahad M.I. Abunayyan noted that the Saudi leadership and the concerned ministries are at the forefront of the water conservation drive in the Kingdom. "However, there is a growing need for everyone to keep in mind that water conservation should be the top most priority in life," he added. To meet its national demand, the Kingdom draws roughly 70 percent of its water from fossil aquifers, enormous underground pockets of water that would require millions of years to replenish. Renewable water resources per capita are also dropping at an annual rate of 2 percent. In 2010, Saudi Arabia’s per capita renewable water capacity is 240 cubic meters, only one quarter the global average, said a report published recently. This problem will only compound as the population grows; by the end of the next decade, the World Bank forecasts the Kingdom’s population at 31.6 million. Source: Arab News
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Congressman: US building stronger ties with Kingdom
DHAHRAN: US Congressman Keith Ellison, who is leading a delegation of 10 American companies to Saudi Arabia, says the United States gives immense weight to the Saudi perspective on what is happening in the region. He met Eastern Province Gov. Prince Muhammad bin Fahd on Monday and was a special guest of honor at a Prince Muhammad bin Fahd University graduation ceremony on Sunday. At a reception thrown in honor of the visiting delegation he made an impassioned plea for building enduring people-to-people connections. "For me, the commercial connection is important, but it is not as important as the people-to-people connection," Ellison said. "I would like to see these businesspeople do deals because that will put them in contact with each other, and they will be talking to each other. These businesspeople will be able to go back to our country and talk about the warm hospitality they are experiencing here, and the Saudi people will be able to say good things about the American people. The truth is if you ask an average person in Saudi Arabia or the United States what you think about the other country, people will come up with a lot of ideas that may not be well informed. That is why we need to bring people together, and that is what I am doing." The congressman said that the two nations’ diverging viewpoints on the ouster of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak wasn’t a cause for concern. "It is not required that countries agree on everything in order to have good relationship and friendship. In fact any relationship where you agree on everything means that you are not dealing with two independent actors," Ellison said. "When there are two independent actors they are going to see the world through their own eyes, so this is not a problem. We have a different perspective. Saudi Arabia is across the water from Iran; it is right here in the heart of the Muslim world. They are going to have a different perspective on events than we do. We in the US are very, very lucky to have a friendly Saudi Arabia to give us a good perspective on what it is like in this neighborhood." Ellison said that Saudi concerns are given a lot of weight by American decision-makers. "Listening to a friend is different than obedience," he said. "There is no doubt that perspective of Saudi Arabia is very important. And you noticed that when Barack Obama came to Cairo to deliver his famous speech to the Muslim world, what most-important place did he go to before heading there? Right here to Saudi Arabia because this is such a centrally important country." The American lawmaker reiterated that the relational capital between US and Saudi businesspeople was as important as the state relations between the two nations. "My real agenda is to bring people together," Ellison said. "Governments can talk; people who work in the security field can talk, and they do, but the real relationship is between the people of Saudi Arabia and the people of the United States. I hope these businesspeople will make lasting and long-term friendships while doing business. When these people are back home in the United States and if they hear some generalizations — perhaps some unfair characterization about Saudi Arabia — they can say ‘you know I can’t tell you about everything, but I can tell you about my friends.’ These are the kind of relationships that are very important. Sometimes the United States is not properly understood in this region." Just as US intentions may be misunderstood, during a speech at the event the American ambassador noted there are many misunderstandings about Saudi Arabia. "The media was telling you that there was nothing but unrest here," Ambassador James B. Smith told the delegation. "Nothing could be further from the truth. This was, is and will be our anchor of stability in the region. It is true that in the last three months this region has been in the eye of a storm. When gales settles down we will see a better region than we saw before. It is an exciting time; it is a busy time, and it’s a time of hope and challenge. As a businessman I learned early on to follow the money, and if you want to it will lead you to Saudi Arabia." Source: Arab News
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