Seven groups to bid for $3.5bn Jubail desalination plant privatisation project – Saudi Arabia The upcoming tender for the privatisation of Saudi Arabia’s Ras Al Khair desalination and power plant situated north of Jubail city, will see seven groups from various parts of the world participating after they were prequalified by the country’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) for the project valued at an estimated $3.5bn. The entities prequalified by SWCC to participate in the bidding process are Engie from France, Japan’s Jera and Marubeni Corporation, NTPC from India, local Saudi company Acwa Power and the joint Saudi-Chinese entity China Power International Holding/Ajlan & Bros Energy Company, […] Seven groups to bid for $3.5bn Jubail desalination plant privatisation project – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-01-07T16:06:56+01:00
Saudi’s SWPC receives EOIs for Ras Mohaisen desalination plant – Saudi Arabia The Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has begun receiving expressions of interest (EOIs) following its issuance of requests for qualification (RFQ) for the development of its Ras Mohaisen independent water project (IWP). Approximately 44 companies have expressed their interest in developing the Ras Mohaisen IWP, including 21 Saudi companies. UAE-based Metito Utilities Limited, and UTICO FZC; French firms ENGIE Middle East, Veolia Middle East; Egypt’s Orascom Construction, and Elsewedy Electric; Spain’s Acciona Agua; India’s Essar Power; and Japan’s Marubeni have all shown interest in the project. Saudi’s SWPC receives EOIs for Ras Mohaisen desalination plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-01-05T14:25:20+01:00
Saudi Arabia seeks bids for major SWRO desalination plant – Saudi Arabia Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has issued requests for qualification (RFQs) for the development of a independent desalination plant in Ras Mohaisen area of the kingdom. Located 300 km south of Makkah on the Red Sea coast in the Western Province, the Ras Mohaisen Independent Water Project will be designed using seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination technology and include all associated infrastructure and facilities. On completion, the new IWP will boast a total treatment capacity of 300,000 cu m per day, said a statement from SWPC. The project’s commercial […] Saudi Arabia seeks bids for major SWRO desalination plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-12-31T21:33:37+01:00
Saudi’s SWCC says 7 consortia qualified to compete in Ras AlKhair plant privatisation Head of Privatization at the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Ahmad Mohammad Al-Amro, said that seven regional and global companies and strategic consortia have been qualified to compete in the Ras AlKhair plant privatisation. In an interview with Al Arabiya, Al-Amro emphasised the readiness of financing entities to collaborate with these consortia, highlighting that the competition will be offered within the upcoming days and that SWCC will receive bids in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021. Moreover, he noted that SWCC is one of the most important governmental sectors […] Saudi’s SWCC says 7 consortia qualified to compete in Ras AlKhair plant privatisationDME GmbH2020-12-29T12:46:13+01:00
Italmatch, Biolab form water treatment JV in Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia Italmatch Chemicals Group, a leading global speciality chemical group, and Biolab Arabia, part of Al-Hejailan Group, have signed a joint venture agreement for Italmatch Biolab Industrial for industrial water & process treatment in Saudi Arabia .Italmatch, which is focused on the production and marketing of performance additives for water and process treatment, oil & gas, industrial lubricants and plastics, will hold 60% of the stake in the joint venture. The two chemical companies join forces to create a new regional Saudi leading player focused on local manufacturing, to produce […] Italmatch, Biolab form water treatment JV in Saudi Arabia – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-12-25T10:26:39+01:00
ACCIONA to build fifth desalination plant in Saudi Arabia for $384 million – Saudi Arabia The Saudi publicly-owned Corporation Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has awarded ACCIONA, and its partner RTCC, the design and construction of the Shuqaiq 1 desalination plant on the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia. The contract amount awarded is US $384 million. The plant, equipped with reverse osmosis technology, will have a daily capacity of 400,000 m3/day. It will help to improve the supply of drinking water and offset water shortages in south-west Saudi Arabia by providing a new source of potable water. (LINK). ACCIONA to build fifth desalination plant in Saudi Arabia for $384 million – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-12-22T11:26:25+01:00
Saudi Arabia mulls privatization of water entities, boosts self-sufficiency, says minister – Saudi Arabia Saudi Minister of Agriculture Abdulrahman AlFadley said that the ministry has a program for privatizing water companies and plants owned by the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), and nationals will be able to own shares in them. During the 2021 Budget Forum, AlFadley said the water desalination plants implemented by SWCC and other sectors is one of the Kingdom’s great breakthroughs over the last 50 years. He also indicated that the ministry pays great attention to transportation and technology and will transport water to producers. Saudi Arabia mulls privatization of water entities, boosts self-sufficiency, says minister – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-12-16T16:26:58+01:00
ACCIONA uses digital twin technology to start up Al-Khobar 1 desalination plant – Saudi Arabia An ACCIONA team in Madrid has for the first time tested and commissioned a desalination plant thousands of miles away in Saudi Arabia using “Digital Twin” technology. The Digital Twin – an exact digital copy of the Al-Khobar 1 Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) plant in Saudi Arabia – allowed a specialist team in Madrid to begin testing and commissioning at the plant remotely, with only minimal staff on site. The technology allowed the commissioning of the plant to remain on schedule in spite of the travel restrictions […] ACCIONA uses digital twin technology to start up Al-Khobar 1 desalination plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-11-19T09:08:25+01:00
Saudi’s Red Sea mega project set to award $4bln in contracts by end of 2020 – Saudi Arabia The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind Saudi Arabia’s flagship The Red Sea Project, is set to award a total of nearly SAR 15 billion ($4 billion) in contracts by the end of 2020. Saudi Arabia plans to develop resorts on 50 islands off the Red Sea coast, offering a nature reserve, coral reef diving and heritage sites. Red Sea Development Co, backed by the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), plans to build the first phase by 2022. (LINK). Saudi’s Red Sea mega project set to award $4bln in contracts by end of 2020 – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-11-03T20:50:07+01:00
Saudi Arabia, US sign landmark MoU in desalination research and technology – Saudi Arabia RIYADH: The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture signed a deal on Monday to cooperate with the US Department of Energy in the field of desalination science and technology. The departments signed a Memorandum of Understanding for longterm cooperation in the development of desalination industry and the exchange of knowledge and expertise in the field. The five-year agreement was signed virtually by Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Abdulkareem, Governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation, and Daniel R. Simmons, Assistant Secretary of Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department […] Saudi Arabia, US sign landmark MoU in desalination research and technology – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-10-19T23:19:26+02:00