Socite Egyptinne D’enreprises (SEDE) has been awarded a $400m contract to build a water transmission system from Sohar to Dahirah in Oman.

The client for the project is the Public Authority for Electricity & Water (PAEW). The project is part of Oman’s efforts to upgrade its utilities infrastructure to cope with the growing demand for water.

MEED reported on 4 February that state utility provider Oman Power & Water Procurement Company (OPWP) had 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.

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.