Shoaiba Desalination Plant, Saudi Arabia
Key Data:
Process type
Multi-Stage Flash Distillation (MSF)
Estimated project cost
$1.06 billion
Population served
1.5 million
Product water output
74,000m³/day (Phase 1); 450,000m³/day (Phase 2)
Final total production capacity
150 million m³/year
Brine recycle pumps
20 x vertical mixed flow
Brine blow down pumps
10 x vertical mixed flow
Distillate pumps
20 x horizontal double suction
Brine heater condensate pumps
20 x horizontal centrifugal
Main cooling water pumps
10 x vertical mixed flow
Project Timeline:
Construction started
1997
Phase 1 completed
August 2000
Phase 2 completed
March 2003
Key Players:
Client
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
Lead contractor (Phase 1)
Bechtel / Hanjung (now Doosan) partnership
Lead contractor (Phase 2)
Doosan
Desalination contractors / suppliers
Torishima, Samshin, Poongsan, Archirodon, Young Poong, Harbour & Marine Engineering, Albilad, Salumco, Gemco, C&J Engineering
Power plant
ABB Alstom, Archirodon, Gama
