VOL. XXXIX

No. 36

6-June-1996

BAHRAIN

Bahrain Plans New Power And Desalination Plant

The Bahraini Minister of Water and Electricity, Mr. 'Abd Allah Jum'a, announced on 29 May that the government is planning to construct a new power plant in Bahrain and has decided to abandon its earlier plans to involve the private sector in the first phase of the project. The total cost of the project, which has been under discussion since 1994 with British Gas, is estimated at $700mn with the first...