Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East (FZE) is an internationally active construction and engineering services company located in the United Arab Emirates; it is part of Division Piping Systems and part of the framework

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Overview

Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East is an engineering company in the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

that is headquartered in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

, where it is among the leading companies in its sector. Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East was established in 1968 by

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and has completed in the Persian Gulf area a broad portfolio of projects in different sectors such as Erection, Maintenance, Refurbishment, O&M and Life Cycle Services in the Power, water as well as the oil & gas industries.

Middle East presence

Business growth in the Persian Gulf was followed by geographical diversification and local and international expansion. The presence of Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East in the

area spans on main local markets with direct subsidiary companies in three different states of the Arabian peninsula: United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It also operates representative offices in Oman and Bahrain.

Company Organization

Holding Company

Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East (FZE), Dubai, UAE – Holding company – Management of all Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East subsidiaries in the GCC.

Subsidiary Companies

Deutsche Babcock LLC,

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

– Operating company in the UAE. Joint-venture with Bin Hamoodah Trading & General Services. This company controls representative agencies also in

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

and

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

. Babcock Borsig Service Arabia Ltd, Al Khobar,

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

- Operating company in Saudi Arabia. Babcock Borsig Service GmbH - Kuwait branch, Shuwaikh Area -

Kuwait City Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

– Operating company in Kuwait.

History

Founded in 1968, Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East took advantage of the emerging market in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait during the 1970s and the consequent oil-producing countries' boom. Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East started as an engineering services company, specialized in industrial engineering and electro-mechanical industrial works. Since then, Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East began an involvement all the Persian Gulf area. In 2003, Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East established

Deutsche Babcock Al Jaber Deutsch or Deutsche may refer to: *''Deutsch'' or ''(das) Deutsche'': the German language, in Germany and other places *''Deutsche'': Germans, as a weak masculine, feminine or plural demonym *Deutsch (word), originally referring to the Germanic ve ...

, a joint venture with Al Jaber Group Engineering Company in Qatar, which marked a key milestone and plays a key role in the company's expansion. Since 2005, Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East is part of

. In 2006, Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East also expanded into Saudi Arabia. Today, Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East is among the leading European engineering companies historically present in the Persian Gulf.

Services

Construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, O&M and life cycle services in the oil, gas, chemical, power and water industries.

References

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External links

Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East Official Website

Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock LLC page

Babcock Borsig Service GmbH - Kuwait branch page

Babcock Borsig Service Arabia Ltd page

Bilfinger SE Official Website
Engineering companies of the United Arab Emirates