Regional - Middle East News
Adjustments after oil price drop
Abu Dhabi’s economy is adjusting to the huge drop in oil prices by re-evaluating subsidy levels of their utilities. Expatriates, representing 90% of the emirate’s population, will see a...
Ras Al Khair power and water plant soon to be complete
Commissioning of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation’s (SWCC) Ras Al-Khair power and water plant, located on Saudi Arabia’s east coast, continues and has reportedly demonstrated its...
ILF receive client advisory contract for Umm Al Quwain IWP
ILF Consulting Engineers has been issued a letter of award for client advisory work on the UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority’s Umm al Quwain IWP to be procured via BOO or...
Doosan Babcock to provide 8 year maintenance support to Taweelah B desalination plant
Doosan Babcock has signed an 8-year maintenance agreement with Abu Dhabi’s Taweeelah Asia Power Company (TAPCO) to provide maintenance and technical support services at TAPCO’s Taweelah...
Middle East Projects
The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) selected an engineering consultant for its mega-SWRO project in Jeddah [7] and purchased ten modular SWRO systems from Hyflux’s Hydrochem subsidiary...
3rd SWRO commissioned at Fujairah
With last week’s announcement that the extension of the Fujairah 1 independent power and water project (IWPP) had been successfully commissioned, a 132ha (326-acre) strip of land along the Gulf of...
World’s 8th largest UF plant operational
After a delayed, four-year construction schedule, the 520,000 m3/d (137.4 MGD) Jeyranbatan (also ‘Ceyranbatan’) UF Water Purification Plant has been commissioned and is supplying potable water to...
Renewable energy tests underway
Last week, Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, began the 18-month operational stage of its pilot program to test four unique technologies as potential solutions for renewable-powered,...
SWCC’s 50+ year desal history
For centuries, the people of the Arabian Peninsula depended on digging wells for their water supplies. By the start of the 20th century, it was already becoming clear that these wells were not...
Saudi Arabia to increase water tariff
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Water and Electricity has increased the water price for industrial and commercial users to $2.40/m3 ($9.08/kgal), up from the current $1.07/m3 ($4.05/kgal) as the...
