{
  "id": 19449818,
  "title": "Samsung E&A wins MEED Projects Award for 15th straight year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/samsung-e-a-wins-meed-projects-award-for-15th-straight-year-19449818",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-11T05:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261111/samsung-ea-wins-meed-projects-award-for-15th-straight-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Samsung E&A, a leading Korean engineering and construction firm, has been awarded the MEED Projects Award for an impressive 15th consecutive year. This prestigious recognition was bestowed upon the company for its Jafurah gas processing project situated in Saudi Arabia. The project received the Strategic Energy Infrastructure Award, one of the special accolades, during a ceremony held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.\n\nMEED, originally known as the Middle East Economic Digest, is a weekly business publication that focuses on the Middle East. Each year, the publication organizes awards to acknowledge extraordinary projects in the region and North Africa. Samsung E&A, formerly known as Samsung Engineering, has maintained a perfect streak of winning awards every year since 2012. The Jafurah project is among Saudi Arabia's largest unconventional gas field developments. Unconventional gas, like shale gas, is trapped within rock formations and presents a greater challenge to extract compared to conventional gas reservoirs.\n\nSamsung E&A was awarded the contract through the Saudi state energy giant Aramco, and they managed the entire engineering, procurement, and construction process for the project.",
  "summary": "Industrial plant builder Samsung E&A said Wednesday that it won a MEED Projects Award for the 15th consecutive year, this time for its Jafurah gas processing project in Saudi Arabia. The Jafurah Gas Processing Facilities project received the Strategic Energy Infrastructure Award, one of the special awards, at a ceremony held Tuesday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the company said. MEED,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "BusinessKorea",
        "title": "Samsung E&A Wins MEED Award Again",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/samsung-e-a-wins-meed-award-again",
        "published": "2026-11-11T02:42:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}