VOL. XLV

No 14

8-April-2002

SAUDI ARABIA

Second Unit OfGhazlan II Expansion Project Commissioned

TheSaudi Electricity Company (SEC) on 30 March commissioned the second of four600mw steam turbine (dual oil and gas-fired) generators for the Ghazlan II power plant on the Gulf coast. This second unitwill begin operating once fine tuning has been completed in July/August thisyear. The first generator was commissioned in July last year (MEES, 6 August 2001), and has since begun commercial operations....