Umm Al Houl Expansion
Seawater RO, 61.5 MIGD (about 280,000 m3/day) RO expansion, taking the plant to about 198 MIGD in Qatar.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Umm Al Houl
- Coordinates
- 25.100, 51.600
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 61.5 MIGD (about 280,000 m3/day) RO expansion, taking the plant to about 198 MIGD
- Capital cost
- About US$389 m: the project financing of the reverse osmosis expansion, which Infrastructure Finance and Investment also gives as the project cost (JBIC co-financing, financial close 28 November 2019)
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Kahramaa (offtaker); Umm Al Houl Power (QEWC, QatarEnergy, Qatar Foundation, JERA, Mitsubishi Corporation)
- Developer
- Umm Al Houl Power
- Contractor
- Samsung C&T (main contractor); subcontractor Acciona designed, procured, built and commissioned the SWRO plant
- Operator
- Umm Al Houl Power
- Finance
- Project finance
- Award or start year
- 2019
- Commissioned
- 2021-04
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2019-05
Kahramaa and Umm Al Houl Power sign agreement amendment adding 61.5 MIGD of RO capacity
- 2021-03
Acciona completes final tests on the expansion after 22 months of construction
- 2021-04
Expansion in operation, plant desalination capacity 900,000 tons/day
Sources
5 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Smart Water Magazine, Kahramaa signs deal to increase water desalination capacity, Qatar, 14 May 2019. smartwatermagazine.com.
- Acciona, ACCIONA completes final tests at Umm Al Houl Expansion SWRO desalination plant, 29 March 2021.
- JERA, Umm Al Houl Gas Thermal IWPP Project. jera.co.jp.
- Infrastructure Finance and Investment, Expansion of one of the largest IWPP projects in the Middle East. infrapppworld.com.
- 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.
Project financing of the reverse osmosis expansion of approximately US$389 million, financial close 28 November 2019; Umm Al Houl Power is the developer, Samsung C&T the main construction contractor and Acciona the primary sub-contractor.