Saudi Arabia issues request for proposals for Jubail Phase 3 IWPs – Saudi Arabia Owned by the kingdom’s Ministry of Finance, Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has issued request for proposals (RFPs) for the development of the Jubail Phase 3 Independent Water Projects (IWP), including Jubail-3A and BB with 600,000m3 and 570,000m3 potable water capacity per day. SWPC has called for RFPs from 10 pre-qualified bidders including individual companies and consortia. The qualified bidders for the reverse osmosis desalination plant project include: International Company for Water and Power Projects (Acwa Power); a consortium of FCC Aqualia, Haji Abdullah […] Saudi Arabia issues request for proposals for Jubail Phase 3 IWPs – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-08-07T21:57:53+02:00
Oil built Saudi Arabia – will a lack of water destroy it? – Saudi Bottles of water twirl on the conveyor belts of the Berain water factory in Riyadh, as a puddle of water collects on the concrete floor. In a second warehouse, tanks emit a low hum as water brought in from precious underground aquifers passes through a six-stage purification process before bottling. “In Saudi Arabia there are only two sources of water: the sea and deep wells,” says Ahmed Safar Al Asmari, who manages one of Berain’s two factories in Riyadh. “We’re […] Oil built Saudi Arabia – will a lack of water destroy it? – SaudiDME GmbH2019-08-06T14:56:22+02:00
Six mega water projects launched in Saudi Arabia to serve pilgrims – Saudi Arabia Dignitaries in Saudi Arabia inaugurated a number of water projects in Makkah and additional holy sites worth over SR3.1 (US $826 million) billion last week. According to Eng. Abdulrahman Bin Abdulmuhsen Al-Fadhli, minister of environment, water and agriculture, these projects will serve visitors to Makkah and the holy sites. Saudi Arabia plans to receive 15 million pilgrims and Umrah performers by the year 2020 and 30 million by the year 2030, in line with the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. Six mega water projects launched in Saudi Arabia to serve pilgrims – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-07-22T15:07:03+02:00
Acwa Power’s fully owned desalination plant in Makkah opens ahead of schedule – Saudi Arabia Utility developer Acwa Power announced the commercial start-up of a desalination project in Saudi Arabia’s western region of Makkah ahead of schedule. The Shuaibah Expansion II scheme, which has the capacity to generate 250,000 cubic metres of water per day, began commercial operations in May. The plant was built at a cost of $314 million (Dh1.15 billion) and was inaugurated by Prince Khalid bin Faisal, Governor of Makkah province. (LINK). Acwa Power’s fully owned desalination plant in Makkah opens ahead of schedule – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-07-21T16:37:30+02:00
Abengoa inaugurates the Shuaibah desalination plant in Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia Abengoa (MCE: ABG/P:SM), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the infrastructures, energy and water sectors, has inaugurated together with its partner Fisia Italiampianti a reverse osmosis desalination plant in the Shuaibah complex, in Saudi Arabia. The Project is the largest desalination plant built by Abengoa to date, with a capacity of 250,000 m3/day. In addition, the Project has already produced 20 million cubic meters of desalinated water since the successful completion of the tests required for the Project. Abengoa inaugurates the Shuaibah desalination plant in Saudi Arabia – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-07-20T17:26:36+02:00
Acwa Power, Mubadala ink UAQ desalination plant agreement – Saudi Saudi-based Acwa Power, a global leader in water desalination and power generation, said its consortium with MDC Power Holding Company, an entity fully owned by Mubadala Investment Company, has entered into a water purchase agreement with Federal Electricity & Water Authority (Fewa) for a 150-million-gallons-per-day desalination plant to be located in the northern emirate of Umm Al Quwain. Under the terms of the agreement, Fewa will hold 20 per cent of the stake, while Acwa Power and Mubadala will each own 40 per cent of the […] Acwa Power, Mubadala ink UAQ desalination plant agreement – SaudiDME GmbH2019-07-11T17:23:45+02:00
Saudi to privatize 20 desalination and sewage plants – Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is planning to privatize 20 water desalination and sewage plants within a strategy to expand the private sector and boost public revenue as part of its Vision 2030 development blueprint, an official was quoted on Tuesday as saying. The projects include 11 water desalination facilities with a combined output capacity of 4.3 million cubic metres per day and 9 sewage plants with a capacity of 1.1 million cubic metres per day, said Abdul Rahman Al-Zughaibi, Undersecretary for Economic and Investment Affairs at the […] Saudi to privatize 20 desalination and sewage plants – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-07-09T14:20:36+02:00
Houthi missile targets Saudi desalination plant – Saudi The Arab coalition fighting to restore legitimacy in Yemen said on Thursday a projectile launched by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels had landed on Wednesday night near a desalination plant in Al-Shuqaiq in Saudi Arabia, causing no casualties or damage. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the coalition spokesman, Col. Turki Al-Maliki said security forces were working to determine the type of projectile that had been used in the attack. Shuqaiq is in the southwestern Saudi province of Jazan bordering Yemen. Houthi missile targets Saudi desalination plant – SaudiDME GmbH2019-06-20T15:06:59+02:00
FCC, Veolia, Utico in race for Saudi Yanbu-4 water project – Saudi Arabia Ten leading utility developer consortiums led by top global players including FCC, Cobra and GS Inima (from Spain), Suez and Veolia (France) beside Emirati group Utico and Japan’s Marubeni have been prequalified by Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) for the Yanbu-4 independent water project (IWP). The project is being set up in the kingdom’s Yanbu province using reverse osmosis (RO) seawater desalination technology, said senior officials of SWPC (formerly Saudi Water & Electricity Company). According to them, the Request for Proposals (RFPs) has already been been […] FCC, Veolia, Utico in race for Saudi Yanbu-4 water project – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-06-13T14:47:46+02:00
Saudi Arabia construction contract awards grow 113% to $13bn in Q1 – Saudi Arabia The US-Saudi Arabian Business Council (USSABC) revealed that the value of contract awards in Saudi Arabia grew to $13bn (SAR48.9bn) in Q1 2019, a staggering 113% increase from $6.1bn (SAR23bn) in the same period in 2018, Construction Week reports. According to USSABC’s Contract Awards Index (CAI) report, the total value of contracts covers megaprojects in various sectors, with oil and gas; water; and transportation projects making up 67% of the total value, accounting for $8.7bn (SAR32.6bn). The value of awarded contracts […] Saudi Arabia construction contract awards grow 113% to $13bn in Q1 – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2019-05-26T14:55:43+02:00