Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), Saudi Arabia announces in a statement that it has signed Project agreement for Jubail 3B Independent Water Producer Project, Jubail 3B IWP.
The agreement was signed with the preferred bidder, consortium of Engie, NESMA, Alajlan Global.
SWPC announces the preferred bidders during April 2021 (read more)
The plant will be designed using Reverse Osmosis seawater desalination technology. The design capacity of Jubail 3B IWP, desalination plant will be 570,000 m3/day.
His Excellency the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, & Chairman of the Board Directors of Saudi Water Partnership Company Eng. Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen AlFadley, signed the Project agreements.
On his part, the CEO of the Saudi Water Partnership Company, Eng. Khalid Bin Zwaid AlQureshi, stated that the project was presented to the investors in BOO (Build, Own and Operate) approach, in which the winning consortium was chosen after a competition that took place between 4 consortiums, including 6 local companies and 4 international companies.
Whereas, the winning consortium for the project comprising Engie, Nesma and Ajlan, stating that the project will be using “Reverse Osmosis” technology and Serving the beneficiaries in Riyadh and Qassim Provinces .
This strategic project will also include solar energy units to reduce the electricity consumption from the grid, in addition to water tanks with a storage capacity of one operational day.
Al-Quraishi said that the Project commercial operation date will be in the first quarter of 2024, and that the Project term of concession is 25 years, and it will contribute to achieving high levels of continuous production, lower levels of specific electric energy consumption and operating costs.
In turn, the CEO of the National Center for Privatization, a member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Company for Water Partnerships, Eng. Rayan bin Mohammed Naqadi, pointed out that it is a great effort to establish a system of partnership between the public and private sectors and the application of international best practices, noting that since the center set the standards, frameworks, and legislation for the partnership between the public and private sectors, Contracts for allocating a number of projects have been signed in several sectors, most of them under the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, and that the Kingdom is steadfastly moving towards implementing the Saudi Vision 2030, and we have confidence in reaching what we aspire by 2030 to diversify the national economy and generate more job opportunities for Saudi nationals and attain the highest level of local content.
Turki Al Shehri, CEO of ENGIE in Saudi Arabia noted “As a long-term positive energy partner to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ENGIE is proud to play an integral role in the development of large-scale infrastructure projects under the Kingdom’s public-private partnership scheme. We commend SWPC for continuing to encourage private sector involvement in public sector projects, working to transform and grow the Kingdom’s economy. The Jubail 3B project award represents another milestone achievement for ENGIE and a key opportunity for us to provide value-added services and knowledge transfer to the local workforce.”
SWPC already awarded the following IWPs:
- Rabigh-3 IWP having plant capacity 600,000 Cu.m per day to ACWA Power Consortium (read more)
- Shuqaiq-3 IWP having plant capacity 450,000 Cu.m per day to Marubeni Consortium (read more)
- Yanbu-4 IWP having plant capacity 450,000 Cu.m per day is awarded to Engie Consortium. (read more)
- Jubail-3A IWP having plant capacity 600,000 Cu.m per day to ACWA Power Consortium (read more)
IWPs under bidding/RFQ stage:
- Ras Mohaisen IWP having plant capacity 300,000 Cu.m per day is in RFP stage (read more)
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Rabigh 4 IWP having plant capacity 600,000 Cu.m per day is in EOI stage (read more)
