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Top 10 GCC power and water projects

by Utilities ME Staff on Aug 2, 2009

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Jubail's oil-centred industrial base is hungry for more power.

SAUDI ARABIA: Jubail IWPP

The independent water and power plant in Jubail Industrial City will be made up of four blocks and based on combined cycle generation gas turbines. The extraction steam will supply the desalination plant, which will have 27 units employing multiple effect distillation technology. When operational, the plant will produce 2 745 MW of power and 800 000 m3 per day of desalinated water. These resources are destined for Jubail Industrial City and the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The project is being developed with on a build, own, operate and transfer basis. The Seuz consortium was awarded the construction contract in December 2006. The consortium is a joint venture between Suez Energy International and Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power Projects.

Main Contractor: Suez Energy International
Main Contractor: Acwa Power Projects, Saudi Arabia
Actual value: US $3.4 billion

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