Amane to provide water advisory service to Saudi Arabia’s energy park

Water industry consultancy and advisory service provider Amane Advisors has secured contract to provide advisory services for the development of all water and wastewater facilities at King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) in Saudi Arabia.

SPARK is a new energy hub being developed by Energy City Development Company (ECDC) with the aim of bolstering the country’s position as a global energy hub.

Amane Advisors secured the contract following competitive tendering procedure.

Under this contract, Amane Advisors will help ECDC in defining SPARK’s strategy for the development and operation of the entire water and wastewater infrastructure.

It will help SPARK in the development of a Request for Proposals (RFP) pack for selecting an eventual private operator, securing fair water purchase and wastewater treatment agreements, and outlining the terms of agreements for provision of utility services to its tenants.

Amane Advisors MENA region managing partner Christophe Guillet said: “Since 2015, Amane Advisors has developed its activities in the MENA Region through its office in Bahrain and has delivered more than 30 consulting projects in the region.

“We bring to this landmark project unparalleled expertise and experience across all aspects of the water sector. This will ensure that SPARK is equipped with the most effective capabilities to deliver the highest level of customer value to its tenants and to integrate the overarching strategic goals of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 into SPARK’s utility infrastructure.”

Amane Advisors is a global advisory firm dedicated to the water industry.

King Salman Energy Park industrial city is an hour’s drive from Dhahran. Its execution is planned over three phases, with $1.6bn investment into Phase 1.

The first phase of the park will be completed by next year.