Setting up office in Doha to tap opportunities in the Middle East

Keppel Integrated Engineering Limited (KIE), a member of the Infrastructure division of Keppel Corporation Limited, is making steady progress in its execution of the contract that it secured last month for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of the first integrated solid waste treatment facility in the Middle East at Qatar.

Earlier today, the foundation stone for the Integrated Domestic Solid Waste Management Centre (DSWMC) was unveiled by Dr Abdulrahman Al Buanain, Consultant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture and Mr Lim Chee Onn, Executive Chairman of Keppel Corporation, in the presence of Guest-of-Honour Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore.

The ceremony marks the next milestone since KIE was awarded two contracts amounting to QR3.9 billion (about S$1.7 billion) from Qatar’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture on 17 October 2006.

The two contracts, of about equal value, are for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of an integrated solid waste management facility in Qatar, and the Operation and Maintenance of this facility for 20 years. The contracts will be undertaken by Keppel Seghers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KIE.

Under the EPC Contract, Keppel Seghers will design and build four Waste Transfer Stations and one DSWMC to handle and treat domestic solid waste for the whole of Qatar.

Designed to treat an initial capacity of more than 1,550 tons of waste a day, the DSWMC will comprise waste sorting and recycling facilities, landfill, composting plant and a 1,000 tons per day Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration plant. The WTE plant utilising Keppel Seghers’ water-cooled grate technology is the heart of the integrated waste treatment facility.

Other Keppel Seghers’ technologies to be deployed in the DSWMC include the Danodrum system for recycling and pre-treatment of waste, the Rotary Atomiser semi-dry system for flue gas treatment and the Unibrane membrane bioreactor system for wastewater treatment.

The concept of integrated waste management significantly reduces the amount of waste that is sent to landfill, by reducing the amount of waste to be incinerated through composting and recycling, thus extending the expected life of landfills and reducing the amount of land that needs to be set aside for future landfills. In the process, useful resources such as fertilisers and electricity are produced. This presents a sustainable approach to waste management, where the concept of “waste” is replaced by the concept of waste as a “resource”.

Said Mr. Chua Chee Wui, Chief Executive Officer of KIE, “The Qatar Government has demonstrated that they are very forward-looking and recognize the need for a world class sustainable environmental management system that will evolve with Qatar’s economic development.

“Keppel believes in the long term potential of the Qatar market and we are setting up an office in Doha to tap opportunities in the Middle East.“

Keppel Seghers’ waste-to-energy technology is very well established in China and Europe. The company is actively pursuing prospects in both markets. In China, Keppel Seghers is the undisputed market leader for imported waste-to-energy equipment. Between July and September alone, Keppel Seghers announced S$56.8 million worth of waste-to-energy contracts in Finland, as well as Tianjin and Changzhou in China.

In Singapore, KIE has commenced the construction of Singapore’s newest waste-to-energy plant at Tuas South on 5 October 2006. This is Singapore’s first incineration plant to be built under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.

Background Information

KIE
Keppel Integrated Engineering (KIE) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation.

Keppel Seghers, a subsidiary of KIE, is a leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions ranging from consultancy, design and engineering, technology and construction to operations and maintenance of facilities. Its advanced technology solutions address a wide spectrum of environmental issues such as solid waste, wastewater, drinking & process water, biosolids & sludge. In addition, Keppel Seghers offers a full range of environmentally-friendly industry applications for the removal of organic substances from metal parts and tools.

Established in 1985, KIE’s subsidiary Keppel FMO provides one-stop integrated facilities management services especially for mission critical facilities. It is one of the largest facilities management service providers in Singapore - with more than 900 full time staff engaged in the management and operations of Aviation facilities, Educational institutions, Healthcare facilities, Manufacturing plants & infrastructure within Hi-Tech parks and Commercial & Purposed-built buildings in Singapore.

Keppel’s presence in Qatar and Middle East
Keppel is among the first Singapore companies to venture into the Middle East market as early as 1995 with the establishment of our joint venture shipyard Arab Heavy Industries in Ajman, United Arab Emirates.

In March 2006, Keppel’s offshore and marine subsidiary announced a letter of intent with Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. (“NAKILAT”) to jointly develop and manage a major new facility in the Port of Ras Laffan, Qatar, for the construction, repair and maintenance of ships and other marine structures. Keppel FMO also has ongoing facilities management contracts at the Doha International Airport in Qatar and is actively pursuing similar opportunities in the Middle East.

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Teo Chang Ching
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Information sheet and artist impression of the Domestic Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility in Qatar

Photo 1: Aerial view of the integrated domestic solid waste management centre

Photo 2: A profile of Keppel's businesses in and with the Middle East

Photo 3: Unveiling the foundation stone for the Integrated Domestic Solid Waste Management Centre in Doha today are (from left) Mr Chua Chee Wui, Chief Executive Officer of Keppel Integrated Engineering, Mr Lim Chee Onn, Executive Chairman of Keppel Corporation, Dr Abdulrahman Al Buanain, Consultant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, and Shaikh Mohammad Bin Jaber, General Director for Technical Affairs, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture.