Yanbu 4 IWP
Seawater RO, 450,000 m3/day, with 39 km transmission pipeline and 20 MW solar in Saudi Arabia.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Location
- Yanbu
- Coordinates
- 24.020, 38.190
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 450,000 m3/day, with 39 km transmission pipeline and 20 MW solar
- Capital cost
- US$880 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), 25-year water purchase agreement
- Contractor
- Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction
- Operator
- Yanbu International Water Company (Engie, Nesma, Mowah)
- Finance
- Project finance, 25-year BOO, financial close March 2021
- Award or start year
- 2020
- Commissioned
- 2024-04
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2020-02
Awarded to Engie-led consortium
- 2021-03
Financial close, SAR 3.1 billion project
- 2024-04
Commercial operation date reached
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.
- Engie Middle East, ENGIE in Saudi Arabia reaches financial close on Yanbu-4 IWP, 21 March 2021. engiemiddleeast.com.
- Mowah, Yanbu-4 IWP reached commercial operation date in 2024. mowah.com.
- Zawya, Saudi's Yanbu-4 desalination project achieves financial close. zawya.com.
- Smart Water Magazine, ENGIE's Yanbu 4 IWP nears full operation milestone, 3 May 2024. smartwatermagazine.com.
- The Asset, Doosan wins EPC contract for Saudi desalination plant, 3 February 2021. theasset.com.
- DLA Piper, Yanbu 4 IWP and its transmission pipe, 11 July 2021. dlapiper.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.
Doosan is the EPC contractor with full turnkey responsibility.