Petroleum Development Oman has awarded the SUEZ consortium a Design-Build-Own-Operate and Maintain (DBOOM) contract for the treatment of 40,000 m3 each day of produced water coming from oil fields located in Rima. The estimated investment value for the project is EUR 120 million (US$ 145 million). This contract aims at implementing alternative techniques to treat and dispose of produced water, which is the oily wastewater generated during the extraction and recovery of oil.
Within this contract, SUEZ, the main shareholder with 51% and its partners, Merit National Investments (LLC) and Al-Shawamikh Oil Services (SAOG), with a 24.5% stake each, will be financing, constructing, and operating for 20 years large wetland system and evaporation ponds over a surface of more than 400 hectares.
