Samsung Leaves $3bn Oil-Fired Desalination Project
Published by Dan Grech, Director at Global OTEC Resources in Business
Samsung Engineering has been left out of plans to build a 3.1GW oil-fired power and desalination plant in Saudi Arabia after falling out over a change to the specification.
They won the project in 2012.
The state owned client, Saline Water Conversion Corporation, served notice to Samsung Engineering who won the $3bn project. The fall out occurred over a change to the specifications of the turbines that were to be procured from French MNC Alstom. This resulted in “the clash of opinions” over what price should be paid for changes to the spec.
Approximately 55% of the entire project has already been completed and the SWCC claim this termination will not hurt their bottom line. Four 4,500 tonne evaporators (pictured) are already in place covering the size of a football pitch.
The project is already running late – completion was due in December 2016. This has since been revised to August 2018.
Originally posted on: Future Desalination
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