JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (12 March 2015)—The Big 5 Saudi—the international building and construction show—celebrated its fifth anniversary with its most successful event to date. The event welcomed a huge number of visitors, exhibitors and delegates from across the region.

DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (15 March 2015)—GE announced US$100 million in new programs that will further the company’s localization efforts, build innovation capacity and create jobs in advanced manufacturing and software analytics.

(9 March 2015)—BP Egypt announced another important gas discovery in the North Damietta Offshore Concession in the East Nile Delta. The Atoll-1 deepwater exploration well, currently being drilled using the sixth-generation semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer, has reached 6,400 meters depth and penetrated approximately 50 meters of gas pay in high quality Oligocene sandstones.

(6 March 2015)—The Satah al-Razboot offshore oil field—located about 200 kilometers northwest of Abu Dhabi in the UAE—is being developed by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO), a major producer of oil and gas from the emirate’s offshore areas. Work on the field involves the construction of two artificial islands to facilitate drilling works for the extraction of crude oil.

ERLANGEN, Germany (9 March 2015)—Siemens, together with its partner and customer Cengiz Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., has completed the combined cycle power plant of Cengiz Enerji Samsun in Turkey two months ahead of the agreed deadline in a record construction time of 23 months only. With its SGT5-8000H gas turbine as the key component and an installed capacity of 600 megawatts, this plant reaches an efficiency level of around 61 percent, which is a new record for the 50 hertz market.

PARIS, France (2 March 2015)—Total founded the Young Graduate Programme in April 2014—an innovative initiative aimed at young graduates from more than 40 of the countries in Africa and Middle East. The program is an opportunity for them to discover working life through a genuine hands-on professional experience and gain an insight into how an international company operates over an 18-month period.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (March 18, 2015) – The Hydraulic Institute, North America’s largest pump trade association, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael B. Michaud as the Institute’s next Executive Director. He begins his new role May 1, 2015.