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Sharqiyah SWRO

Seawater RO, 80,000 m3/day original plant; about 115,000 m3/day average after the 2015 extension in Oman.

Operational

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Country
Oman
Location
Sur
Coordinates
22.570, 59.530
Technology
Seawater RO
Capacity
80,000 m3/day original plant; about 115,000 m3/day average after the 2015 extension
Capital cost
About US$200 m, the cost of the 2015 extension project (Dentons)
Stage
Operational
Owner or client
Nama PWP
Contractor
—
Operator
Bahwan Veolia Water
Finance
Project finance
Award or start year
2007
Commissioned
2009-10

Record last checked 2026-09-18.

History

Sources

8 references

Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.

  1. Sharqiyah Desalination Company, Sharqiyah Desalination (company profile). sharqiyahdesalination.om.
  2. Reverse osmosis plant at Sur averaging about 115,000 m3/day for more than 375,000 residents, water purchase agreement executed 17 January 2007 and amended 30 July 2013, commercial operation of the initial project on 8 October 2009, extension financial close 25 December 2014 and commercial operation confirmed 25 March 2015, shareholders Veolia Middle East 35.75 per cent, Middle East Investment Company 29.25 per cent, public 20.53 per cent and the Omani civil service pension fund 14.47 per cent.
  3. Veolia, Sur and Sharqiyah region SWRO. near-middle-east.veolia.com.
  4. Build own operate award in 2007 for 80,000 m3/day with a 48,000 m3/day extension awarded in 2014, operations and maintenance by Bahwan Veolia, offtaker the Public Authority for Electricity and Water.
  5. A second Omani plant of about 80,000 m3/day also carries the Sharqiyah name, Al Asilah IWP at Al Aseelah in South Sharqiyah, in service from April 2021: JGC Corporation, Implementation of Seawater Desalination Business in Oman (23 July 2018). jgc.com.
  6. This record follows its own city and coordinates and describes the Sur plant.
  7. Dentons, Dentons advises on expansion, April 2015. dentons.com.
  8. 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.

The project cost of the Sur desalination expansion will be approximately US$200 million.