Ghubrah 2 IWP
Seawater RO, 191,000 m3/day contracted (42 MIGD); 190,920 m3/day in the procurer's 2024 register in Oman.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Oman
- Location
- Muscat
- Coordinates
- 23.600, 58.410
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 191,000 m3/day contracted (42 MIGD); 190,920 m3/day in the procurer's 2024 register
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Muscat City Desalination Company SAOG; offtaker Nama Power and Water Procurement under a water purchase agreement running from 11 February 2013 to 11 October 2034
- Developer
- Malakoff International / Sumitomo Corporation
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Muscat City Desalination Company
- Finance
- Project finance, build own operate; shareholders Malakoff International and Sumitomo Corporation with a public float listed on the Muscat Stock Exchange from 2 January 2018
- Award or start year
- 2013
- Commissioned
- 2016-02
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2012
OPWP opens competitive bidding for new Muscat desalination capacity
- 2013-02
Water purchase agreement executed on 11 February 2013
- 2016-02
Commercial operation on 19 February 2016
- 2018-01
Company lists on the Muscat Stock Exchange on 2 January 2018
- 2034-10
Water purchase agreement expires 11 October 2034
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Muscat City Desalination Company, Management discussion and analysis report. mcdcoman.com.
- Al Ghubrah Independent Water Plant, SWRO, contracted capacity 191,000 m3/day (42 MIGD), North Ghubrah, Muscat Governorate, COD achieved 19 February 2016, WPA executed 11 February 2013 and expiring 11 October 2034, water delivered to Nama Water Services reservoirs adjacent to the plant.
- Muscat City Desalination Company, Company. mcdcoman.com.
- Shareholders Malakoff Oman Desalination Company and Summit Water Middle East for Sumitomo Corporation, 20-year WPA, listed on the Muscat Stock Exchange 2 January 2018. Nama PWP, Contracts. omanpwp.om.
- Ghubrah II IWP, Muscat City Desalination Company, shareholders Malakoff International Limited, Sumitomo Corporation and public, 7,955 m3/hour, COD 19 February 2016. Nama PWP, Water 7-Year Statement 2026-2032 (Issue 20). omanpwp.om.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Contracted capacity 191,000 m3/d, RO, contract expiry 2034. Coordinates given to two decimals because the procurer places the plant adjacent to the older Ghubrah power and desalination plant in North Ghubrah rather than at a separately mapped site.