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Dilmunia marina and canal - Bahrain - Ithmaar Development Company Al Khafji desalination plant - Saudi Arabia

In the Middle East

Sogreah Gulf was created in 2003 in In just a few years it became the Group’s second-largest maritime engineering centre, involved
Dubai (United Arab Emirates). It was in numerous projects to extend ports and build specialised terminals and man-made islands.
our first subsidiary in the Middle At the same time, branch offices were opened in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Muscat (Oman) and Doha
East. At the time the Gulf region (Qatar). Coteba also opened offices in the United Arab Emirates in the 2000s, at Dubai and Abu
was enjoying extremely strong Dhabi, in order to take part in the ambitious property development programmes initiated in the
growth, with huge requirements and region.
large-scale development projects. From 2010 onwards, Artelia pursued its development strategy in the region by combining
This promising market was a the former Sogreah and Coteba teams, progressively transforming the branch offices into
perfect launching pad for our new subsidiaries and adding other activities to the maritime engineering services prevailing in the
subsidiary. region. This diversification, drawing on the skills of the local subsidiaries and teams based in
France, allowed the Group to participate in other types of project (major water transfer schemes,
desalination plants, dams, urban and tourist development schemes). Over the next few years,
Artelia thus became involved in iconic development projects such as the creation of man-made
islands at Zakum (Abu Dhabi) and for the Bluewaters project (Dubai), the construction of the
Sultan Qaboos shipyard in Oman, mega-reservoirs in Qatar, and water supply and sewerage
infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. Our Group also supervised the studies and commencement of
works on Janneh dam in Lebanon and helped to implement a huge flood-protection scheme in
Oman that has led to the construction of five major structures over the past ten years.
The severe drop in oil prices since 2015 and the conflicts in Yemen and Syria have made the
situation in the Near and Middle East unquestionably more complex, but Artelia has pursued
its activity by winning several outstanding projects. For instance, Shell has commissioned us to
develop its network of service stations in Oman.

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