Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 30

26-July-2004

OMAN

Tractebel Wins Sohar IWPP Contract; Power/Water Privatization Law Promulgated

Tractebel EGI (a business division of Suez) announced on 21 July that it had been selected to design, build, own, operate and maintain the greenfield Sohar independent water and power project (IWPP). The approximately $500mn project will consist of a 585mw capacity combined cycle gas turbines plant and a 33mn gallons/day water desalination plant. The complex...