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the FrenchBusinessCouncil

of Dubai & Northern Emirates would like to invite you to an

Evening Cocktail-Conference

MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE GCC

A $500 billion business opportunity

Edmund O’Sullivan, Editorial Director of MEED, will deliver a presentation about major project opportunities in the GCC at the Fairmont Hotel on 12 Jun 2005.

The presentation will cover all major projects in the six countries including:

• oil projects: Saudi Aramco; ADNOC, KPC, QP, PDO etc
• gas projects: latest stage of Qatar gas projects; the Saudi gas initiative; Kuwait’ gas programme; developments in Oman; Dolphin Energy
• petrochemicals: developments in the region, focusing on Saudi Arabia
• minerals: Saudi Arabia’s $15,000 million minerals development programme
• transport
o regional airports. A review of Dubai, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Kuwait and Saudi projects
o ports. Special focus on Dubai and Kuwait’s Bubiyan port
o rail and light rail

 Dubai Light Rail and associate projects including DIFC
 Kuwait Light rail
 Riyadh Light Rail
 The Saudi landbridge
 Saudi minerals railway
 The Makkah-Medina passenger railway
 The GCC rail plan
 The Bubiyan Umm Qasr line

Major road projects
• urban development
o Dubai overview: Palms 1, 2, 3, Dubai Waterfront, Dubai Downtown, Dubai Properties, Dubailand etc
o Abu Dhabi projects
o Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman

Mr Edmund O’Sullivan is Editorial Director of Middle East Economic Digest (MEED), the weekly business magazine published in London. A writer, broadcaster and expert about Middle East political and economic affairs, O’Sullivan is a graduate from the London School of Economics in monetary economics. He worked as a Reuters reporter and a government economist before joining MEED as a specialist in finance, energy and developments in the GCC. He was made Editor in 1985, Editor-in-Chief in 1988 and has been a director of MEED since 1989.