Saudi Arabia awards two major desalination plant contracts

Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for the 400,000 cubic metre a day (cm/d) Shuqaiq 4 desalination plant and the 600,000 cm/d Shuaiba 5 desalination plant

Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has awarded contracts to two consortiums for two major desalination plants with a total capacity of 1 million cubic metres a day (cm/d).

For the 600,000 cm/d Shuaiba 5 desalination plant, SWCC awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to the local Rawafid and Advanced Water Technology (AWT).

For the 400,000 cm/d Shuqaiq 4 desalination plant, Spain’s Acciona Agua and the local RTCC were awarded the EPC deal.

Energy & Utilities had previously reported that SWCC had received proposals for the Shuqaiq 4 plant on 26 August and the Shuaiba 5 desalination plant on 13 September.