Tag: Qatar
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Metito lands Bechtel SWRO desalination in Australia
Dubai-based Metito has landed two new seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants in Australia and is currently nearing completion of one in Qatar.
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Qatar’s GWSC to research MBRs for oil and gas water
The ConocoPhillips Global Water Sustainability Center (GWSC) in Qatar has been awarded a US$ 700,000 grant to research biological treatment of produced water from oil and gas using membrane bioreactors (MBRs).
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Qatar MED/TC desalination plant goes to Tri-Tech
A 5,760 m³/d multiple-effect distillation thermocompression desalination plant is to be provided for a petrochemical plant in Qatar by Tri-Tech Holding Inc.
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Qatar researchers to seek new MD desalination process
Qatar University (QU) and the Global Water Sustainability Center (GWSC) are to jointly develop a new desalination process based on membrane distillation.
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Qatar researchers seek Spanish help with solar desalination
By the end of November, the Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute (QEERI) QEERI is due to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Spanish energy research centre CIEMAT for a solar-powered desalination pilot project.
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Degremont-Marubeni JV wins Doha wastewater reuse extension
Qatar’s Public Works Authority has awarded a € 65 million contract for expanding the Doha West membrane-based wastewater treatment and recycling plant to a joint venture of France’s Degrémont and Japan’s Marubeni Corporation.
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MED/TVC desalination plant inaugurated in Qatar
The Ras Laffan C power and desalination plant in Qatar was officially opened on 31 May 2011 in the presence of the emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and Gérard Mestrallet, chairman and CEO of GDF Suez.
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Large wastewater expansion in Qatar to use UF
Indian engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro announced on 11 May 2010 that its business unit had secured a contract for Doha South Sewage Treatment Works, Qatar, involving ultrafiltration technology.
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Ras Laffan desalination plant sold to Qatar water company
The 40 MIGD (180,000 m³/d) Ras Laffan desalination plant in Qatar is to be owned in future by the Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC).
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IDA announces nine new Gulf task force members
The importance now being accorded to the environment by the desalination industry was emphasized on 22 April 2010 when the International Desalination Association (IDA) announced the addition of nine distinguished scientists to its Gulf regional task force and an environmental symposium in Bahrain in December 2010.