Rayis–Rabigh IWTP

Water transmission pipeline, 500,000 m3/day, 150 km pipeline from Rayis to Rabigh in Saudi Arabia.

Under construction

The record

Country: Saudi Arabia
Location: Rabigh
Coordinates: 22.700, 39.000
Technology: Water transmission pipeline
Capacity: 500,000 m3/day, 150 km pipeline from Rayis to Rabigh
Capital cost: SAR 2.4 bn construction cost (financial close, March 2024), converted at SAR 3.75 per US$ (World Bank official exchange rate, 2024 average); the SAR 8.4 bn total contract value covers the 35-year term and is not used
Stage: Under construction
Owner or client: Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), 35-year water transmission agreement
Developer: Alkhorayef Water and Power Technologies / Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios
Contractor: Alkhorayef Water and Power Technologies (50%) and Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios consortium; Tedagua (Grupo Cobra) leads EPC and O&M
Operator: Tedagua (Grupo Cobra), O&M lead within the consortium
Finance: Project finance, 35-year BOOT; total contract value about SAR 8.4 billion (US$2.24 billion), construction cost SAR 2.4 billion
Award or start year: 2023
Commissioned: —

Record last checked 2026-09-04.

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.

Argaam, Alkhorayef Water announces financial closing for Rayis-Rabigh pipeline project, 24 March 2024. argaam.com.
Smart Water Magazine, SWPC announces financial close of Rayis-Rabigh IWTP project, 25 March 2024. smartwatermagazine.com.
Smart Water Magazine, Three companies bid for Rayis-Rabigh IWTP, 10 March 2023. smartwatermagazine.com.
Tedagua, Rayis-Rabigh project named water project of the year in the Middle East, 5 May 2025. tedagua.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 conversion rate and its source are given in the budget note.