Hyflux Led Consortium Wins Oman Desal Project

A Consortium Comprising Singapore's Hyflux Ltd Has Been Awarded a Major Contract to Develop a $250 Million Seawater Desalination Project in Qurayyat

A consortium comprising Singapore's Hyflux Ltd and National Power and Water Co has been awarded a major contract to develop a $250 million seawater desalination project in Qurayyat (south of Muscat). The project has been awarded by state-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP).

The proposed Qurayyat independent water project is going to be a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant with a designed capacity of 200,000 cubic metres per day (44 MIGD) of potable water.

This is going to be the third independent water project in Oman, after Sur and Ghubra IWPs.

OPWP has undertaken the development of this vital project to enhance availability of water in the Muscat Governorate. The project is one of a series of water desalination projects planned by the state-owned company to increase the overall capacity of desalinated water in Oman under contract to OPWP from the current 670,000 square metre per day to 1,300,000 square metre per day by year 2020.

The project is the first IWP tendered following the amendment to the Sector Law, which allows independent water projects. Under the letter of award, the consortium will need to further finalise details of the project with OPWP, and the award is contingent upon satisfying certain conditions precedent.

The project is scheduled to commence commercial operation by May, 2017 under a 20-year water purchase agreement with OPWP.

The project will be structured as an independent water project (IWP) with OPWP purchasing the potable water produced by the project under a water purchase agreement with a term of 20 years.

Source: Times Of Oman

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