Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 7

14-Feb-2011

SAUDI ARABIA

SWCC Awards $124Mn Contract To Doosan For Desalination Plant

The Saudi Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) signed a $124mn agreement with South Koreas Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction to co-build a multi-effect distillation (MED) desalination unit in the Yanbu' region, the company announced on 7 February. The unit will have a capacity of 15mn gallons/day (68,190 tons) of potable water for use by 150,000 to...