Deutsche Babcock Middle East
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Deutsche Babcock Middle East (FZE) is an internationally active construction and engineering services company located in the United Arab Emirates; it is the Holding Company of Babcock Borsig Service in Middle East and part of the framework Bilfinger Berger Power Services.

Overview

Deutsche Babcock Middle East is an engineering company in the Gulf that is headquartered in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

, where it is among the leading companies in its sector. Deutsche Babcock Middle East was established in 1971 by Babcock Borsig Service
Babcock Borsig Service
Babcock Borsig Service GmbH is the parent company of Babcock Borsig Service Group. BBS GmbH is an international service provider in the energy-producing industry, with around 2,800 employees....

 and has completed in the 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 industry.

Middle East presence

Business growth in the Gulf was followed by geographical diversification and local and international expansion. The presence of Deutsche Babcock Middle East in the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...

 area spans on main local markets with direct subsidiary companies in four different states of the
Arabian peninsula: United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Holding Company

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

Subsidiary Companies

Deutsche Babcock L.L.C., Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...

, UAE – Operating company in the UAE. Joint-venture with Bin Hamoodah Trading & General Services. This company controls representative agencies also in Oman
Oman
Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...

 and Bahrein.

Babcock Borsig Service Arabia Ltd., Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

 - Operating company in Saudi Arabia.

Babcock Borsig Service Kuwait L.L.C., Shuwaikh Area - Kuwait City
Kuwait City
-Suburbs:Although the districts below are not usually recognized as suburbs, the following is a list of a few areas surrounding Kuwait city:Al-Salam ""السلام"" -Economy:...

, Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

 – Operating company in Kuwait.

Deutsche Babcock Al Jaber W.L.L., Doha
Doha
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

, Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

 – Operating company in Qatar. Joint-Venture with Al Jaber Group and International Projects Development Co.

History

Originally founded in 1971, Deutsche Babcock Middle East took advantage of the emerging market in the United Arab Emirates during the 1970s and the consequent oil producer countries boom. Deutsche Babcock Middle East started as an engineering services company, specialized in industrial engineering and electro-mechanical industrial works.
Since then Deutsche Babcock Middle East began an involvement all the Gulf area. In 2003 Deutsche Babcock Middle East established Deutsche Babcock Al Jaber, 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 Deutsche Babcock Middle East is subsidiary Company of Bilfinger Berger Power Services.
In 2006 Deutsche Babcock Middle East also expanded into Saudi Arabia. The expansion into different countries led also to the creation of a separate operating company within the Group in the UAE.

Today Deutsche Babcock Middle East is among the leading European engineering companies historically present in the Arabic Gulf and its management actively participated as speaker to the 2011 World Forum Energy Summit in the United Arab Emirates.

Services

Erection, Maintenance, Rehabilitation, O&M and Life Cycle Services in the Power & Water as well as the Oil & Gas industry.

See also

  • Bilfinger Berger
    Bilfinger Berger
    Bilfinger Berger is a large, internationally active construction and services company based in Mannheim, Germany.-History:Bilfinger Berger dates back to 1880 when August Bernatz founded an engineering business which became known, from 1886 as Bernatz & Grün and, from 1892, as Grün & Bilfinger.In...

  • Babcock Borsig Service
    Babcock Borsig Service
    Babcock Borsig Service GmbH is the parent company of Babcock Borsig Service Group. BBS GmbH is an international service provider in the energy-producing industry, with around 2,800 employees....

  • Debaj - Deutsche Babcock Al Jaber

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