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Jubail Phase 2 SWRO (Jubail RO2)

Seawater RO, 400,000 m3/day in Saudi Arabia.

Operational

The record

Country
Saudi Arabia
Location
Jubail
Coordinates
26.900, 49.770
Technology
Seawater RO
Capacity
400,000 m3/day
Capital cost
EUR 122 m investment (Ayesa; project dated 2021 onward), converted at EUR 0.8455 per US$ (World Bank official exchange rate, euro area, 2021 average)
Stage
Operational
Owner or client
Saline Water Conversion Corporation, now the Saudi Water Authority
Contractor
SEPCO III; Metito as subcontractor
Operator
Saudi Water Authority
Finance
Saudi government capital budget
Award or start year
2022
Commissioned
2022-02

Record last checked 2026-09-18.

History

Sources

7 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. Ayesa Engineering, Ayesa seal of approval to the Jubail 2 desalination plant, water security for Saudi Arabia. ayesa.com.
  2. 400,000 m3/day SWRO for SWCC, investment 122 million euros, SEPCO III with Metito for design, engineering, procurement and supervision, Ayesa for design verification and commissioning oversight, serving Riyadh, Dammam and Khobar.
  3. Saline Water Conversion Corporation, Annual Report 2022 (English), Production Plants Map, p. 73. swcc.gov.sa.
  4. records the launch of the Al-Jubail reverse osmosis plant at 400,000 m3/day, replacing the phase 1 thermal plant of 137,729 m3/day, cutting 1.85 million tonnes of carbon dioxide and 37 million MMBTU of gas a year and raising volumes pumped to Riyadh and the Eastern Province by more than 13 per cent.
  5. The conversion rate and its source are given in the budget note.
  6. Metito, press release on Jubail 2, 10 February 2021. metito.com.
  7. 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.

Metito was subcontracted by SEPCO III.