Oman Power & Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has invited developers to prequalify for the contract to develop an independent water project (IWP) at Ghubrah.

The proposed IWP will have a capacity of 66 million imperial gallons a day (MIGD). Developers have been invited to submit prequalification entries by 18 March.

The planned Ghubrah project is the latest of a number of IWPs the sultanate is pressing ahead with as it seeks to meet the rapidly growing demand for desalinated water.

MEED reported in December that a consortium of South Korea’s Doosan, Japan’s JGC and the local Bahwan Group had finalised agreeements with OPWP for the contract to develop the planned Sharqiyah IWP.

Also in late 2017, OPWP awarded the contract for the 22MIGD Salalah IWP to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power.

The consortium, which also contains France’s Veolia and the local Dhofar International Development & Investment holding Company (DIDC), will develop the 25 million imperial gallons a day (MIGD) desalination plant in the Southern Omani governorate of Dhofar.