Qatar Oil and Gas News Jan 2014

• Qatar invites companies to prequalify for interchange contract – Work will involve upgrading 10 interchanges
• Qatar invites bids for sewerage contract – Work will involve building new pumping station and interceptor sewers in Doha.
• Larsen & Toubro win Qatar electricity contract – Contract is part of Kahramaa’s phase 11 transmissions and distribution programme.
• QInvest advises on $3.5bn-worth of sukuk.
• Algeria committed to developing $3.2bn steel plant – Minister of industrial development says steel plant at Jijel will be done “with or without” Qatari involvement.
• Qatar invites bids for operation of sewage infrastructure.
• Qatar launches new bridges project – Work on Sharq Crossing to be completed prior to 2022 World Cup.
• New deal signal’s Qatar’s latest downstream venture – Qatar Petroleum, Zeon Corporation and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Japan have signed a MoU to develop an integrated butadiene extraction and elastomer complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.