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Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The pipeline of seawater desalination and power projects continues to fill in the Middle East due to the demands of industrial growth and expanding domestic consumer bases.
The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has launched the pre-qualification process to select a private developer to construct the sultanate's largest independent water desalination project, which will be located across two sites and will have a total daily capacity of about 531,000 cubic meters.
The demand for potable water in Oman's northern region is projected to grow about 6% annually during the next seven years, from 238 million cubic meters to 349 million cubic meters in 2020.
The deadline for submitting the request for qualification (RFQ) is February 26.
In Kuwait, the Sulaibiya wastewater treatment and reclamation plant will be upgraded with General Electric's (NYSE:GE) (GE) (Fairfield, Connecticut) advanced water and refuse technology. This will be the largest project in the world to use membrane technology.
GE will provide ZeeWeed 1000 submerged hollow-fiber membranes and AG LF low-fouling reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, which will increase the plant's capacity from 375,000 to 600,000 cubic meters per day. Kharafi National (Kuwait/ Abu Dhabi), which will undertake the expansion work, says that Sulaibiya will be the largest facility of its type in the world.
When the project was first commissioned in 2004, it was the largest in the world to use reverse osmosis and ultra-filtration membrane-based water purification technology, also provided by GE.
The water produced by the process meets stringent standards, while requiring fewer chemicals, thus reducing the environmental footprint and producing less residual waste compared to conventional wastewater treatment.
GE also has partnered with Sabiya, the country's largest combined-cycle power plant, to expand capacity by 2,000 megawatts (MW), and to provide F-technology power generation equipment, for the 800-MW Shuaiba North power project.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, three offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has launched the pre-qualification process to select a private developer to construct the sultanate's largest independent water desalination project, which will be located across two sites and will have a total daily capacity of about 531,000 cubic meters.
The demand for potable water in Oman's northern region is projected to grow about 6% annually during the next seven years, from 238 million cubic meters to 349 million cubic meters in 2020.
The deadline for submitting the request for qualification (RFQ) is February 26.
In Kuwait, the Sulaibiya wastewater treatment and reclamation plant will be upgraded with General Electric's (NYSE:GE) (GE) (Fairfield, Connecticut) advanced water and refuse technology. This will be the largest project in the world to use membrane technology.
GE will provide ZeeWeed 1000 submerged hollow-fiber membranes and AG LF low-fouling reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, which will increase the plant's capacity from 375,000 to 600,000 cubic meters per day. Kharafi National (Kuwait/ Abu Dhabi), which will undertake the expansion work, says that Sulaibiya will be the largest facility of its type in the world.
When the project was first commissioned in 2004, it was the largest in the world to use reverse osmosis and ultra-filtration membrane-based water purification technology, also provided by GE.
The water produced by the process meets stringent standards, while requiring fewer chemicals, thus reducing the environmental footprint and producing less residual waste compared to conventional wastewater treatment.
GE also has partnered with Sabiya, the country's largest combined-cycle power plant, to expand capacity by 2,000 megawatts (MW), and to provide F-technology power generation equipment, for the 800-MW Shuaiba North power project.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, three offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
