Jubail 3B IWP
Seawater RO, 570000 m3/day in Saudi Arabia.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Location
- Jubail
- Coordinates
- 27.000, 49.660
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 570000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$704 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Saudi Water Partnership Company
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Project finance
- Award or start year
- 2021
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2021-06
Water purchase agreement signed with SWPC by the Engie, Nesma and Ajlan consortium
- 2021-10
Financial close, SR 2.6 billion, 25-year build-own-operate term with 60 MWp solar
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.
- Smart Water Magazine, SWPC announces financial close of Jubail 3B IWP (Oct 2021). smartwatermagazine.com.
- Commercial operation date not yet confirmed at source.
- MEED, Saudi launches Jubail 3B and Dammam West projects. guest.meed.com.
- Total cost SR2.64 billion (US$704 million), the most recent published figure, used for the budget.
- Acciona, ACCIONA starts construction of Jubail 3B desalination plant in Saudi Arabia, 9 June 2022.
- Acciona and its partner SEPCOIII build the plant, developed and financed by ENGIE, Nesma and Ajlan.
- Zawya, Acciona-SEPCOIII consortium to build Jubail 3B Independent Water Plant. zawya.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.
The consortium holds the EPC contract.