After almost two years, a significant milestone has been achieved in the construction of the Al Khobar 2 desalination plant which is set to become one of the largest in Saudi Arabia.
While commenting on the project, the KSA Country Director for the water business noted that it is entering its final testing and commissioning stages. Furthermore, he said the project will undertake several tests before official completion, to ensure that everything is functioning as it should.
Javier Nieto also said that the Al Khobar 2 desalination plant’s milestone achievement is a result of great teamwork. Especially between the construction teams, the client, and the engineers. Javier noted that ACCIONA is proud to have achieved a significant milestone for the project.
Moreover, he added, it is an excellent representation of ACCIONA’s commitment, especially in delivering exceptional work to clients on time.
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US $500m Al Khobar 2 desalination plant to be constructed in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi publicly-owned company Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has awarded ACCIONA and its partner RTCC a US $500m contract for the construction of the Al Khobar 2 desalination plant at Khobar, on the east coast of Saudi Arabia around 400km from Riyadh.
The project
The facility will be equipped with reverse osmosis technology and a daily capacity of more than 600,000 m³, making it one of the biggest in the country and the largest RO plant under the EPC scheme awarded in a single shot in KSA. It will provide a service to three million people in the area. ACCIONA thus consolidates its presence in the water treatment sector in Saudi Arabia, a country in which it currently has three projects underway.
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Last year, a contract of about US $813.8m was awarded for the financing, design, construction, operation, and maintenance (for 25 years) of the Shuqaiq3 desalination plant. Located in the southwest of the country on the Red Sea coast, it is expected to be completed sometime in 2021 and will have a treatment capacity of 450,000 m³ per day to provide a service to a population equivalent to two million. It will also be equipped with a photovoltaic plant to reduce internal energy consumption.
In July 2018, a contract was also awarded for around US $217m to build and commission the Al Khobar 1 desalination plant (capacity: 210,000 m³ per day). It is located close to the Al Khobar 2 plant and serves a population of 1,000,000.
The company has also designed and built the Al Jubail RO4 seawater desalination plant in the east of the country for the utility Marafiq. With a capacity of 100,000 m³ per day, it serves both the city and the nearby industrial complex.
