(1888PressRelease)
October 17, 2007 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates —WGI Middle East, a subsidiary of Washington Group International, announced today that it will participate in and sponsor a luncheon on Oct. 29 during the Security for Energy Infrastructure 2007 global summit. The summit is being held for professionals in the field of energy infrastructure security to discuss the protection of oil and gas assets through flexible prediction, prevention, and response strategies. The two- day conference on Oct. 29-30 will bring together Middle East oil and gas companies, such as Saudi Aramco, Dolphin Energy and RasGas at the Royal Meridian Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
WGI Middle East is a full-service engineering, procurement, and construction company working with the growing Middle East oil, gas and chemical market with offices in Doha, Qatar, and Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. WGI Middle East’s Defense Business Unit focuses on three primary market segments: global threat reduction, security programs, and defense infrastructure services. The company's security services include threat analysis, security enhancements, and emergency response preparedness for seaports, mass transit, and other critical infrastructure around the world. Surveillance strategies and recommended technologies, and the design and installation of fiber optic communications and non-intrusive inspection equipment are all part of WGI Middle East’s security program services.
WGI Middle East’s global threat-reduction services encompass detection, interdiction, and elimination of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threats. Its defense infrastructure offering includes classified and unclassified engineering, construction, operations and maintenance, and logistics services.
