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The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has recently awarded the Sohar independet water project (IWP), to be located at the Batinah coast, to the consortium composed of Valoriza Water (51%), a subsidiary of Sacyr, Oman Brunei Investment Company (25%), and Sogex Oman (24%).

The project includes design, construction, ownership, financing, maintenance and operation, of a seawater desalination plant. The drinking water produced by the project will be sold under a 20 year water purchase agreement.

The desalination plant with reverse osmosis technology will have a capacity of 55 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD), and it will have a capacity of desalinated water of 250,000 cubic meters per day (m³/d). The plant will begin operation in 2018.

The total income expected from the project is estimated at US$1,200 million.

Last week we reported Hyflux Ltd announced it has been formally awarded the Qurayyat Independent Water Project by OPWP, following the signing of the water purchase agreement between OPWP and Hyflux's subsidiary, Qurayyat Desalination SAOC.

Additionally, this month OPWP signed a water purchase agreement to establish the Barka Desalination Plant (Phase 4) with a consortium of ITOCHU Corporation, SUEZ, ENGIE and W J Towell & Co LLC.