Tag: Saudi Arabia
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SWCC strikes training deal with Alfaisal University
Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Alfaisal University signed a memorandum of understanding on 2 January 2009 to cooperate in research and training in the application of desalination technology.
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Privatization advisor contracts signed by SWCC
The contracts for advisors to the programme to privatize the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) in Saudi Arabia were signed on 29 November 2008 in a ceremony attended by the Minister of Water & Electricity, HH Eng Abdullah Alhusayyen, who is chairman of the SWCC board, and the SWCC governor, Fehaid Al-Shareef.
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Doosan awarded latest Jeddah contract
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction signed the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the third stage of the Jeddah desalination plan in Saudi Arabia on 1 December 2008.
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Mobile water treatment service for Saudi
Siemens Water Technologies has established its first mobile water treatment installation outside North America to Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia.
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SWCC hires privatization advisors
Seven letters of intent have been signed by the governor of Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Fehied F Al Shareef, to hire international and local advisors for the state desalination company’s Privatization & Restructuring Implementation Program.
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Sumitomo consortium gets Ras Azzour approval
After complaining about premature announcements of its preferred bidder, Saudi Arabia’s Water & Electricity Company (WEC) finally confirmed at the end of October that the consortium of Sumitomo Corporation/Aljomaih Automotive Co/Malakoff International was its First Ranked Bidder for the Ras Azzour independent water & power plant (IWPP).
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Shuaibah IWPP set for operation in February
ACWA Power International told lenders attending a status meeting in Dubai in late October that the Shuaibah independent water and power project in Saudi Arabia was on schedule with initial commercial operations date set for 5 February 2009.
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New desalination capacity up by 39% in first half of 2008
Newly contracted desalination capacity has risen in the first six months of 2008 by 39%, according to the International Desalination Association (IDA). This comes on top of a 43% growth during 2007.