Oman’s 326MW Power and Water Plant Commence Operations

Oman’s 326MW Power and Water Plant Commence Operations

The CentralizedUtilitiesCompany (Marafiq), a joint venture – owned by OQ, a subsidiary of the Oman Investment Authority (OIA) and Gulf Energy Development Corporation of Thailand, announced the partial commissioning of the Integrated Power and Water Plant in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD) to provide electricity and desalinated water for Duqm Refinery (OQ 8) and Oman Tank Terminal Company “OTTCO”.

This outstanding achievement comes in line with the Company’s efforts to develop the utilities sector in Duqm under the Central Utilities Services Agreement with the Special Economic Zone at Duqm.

Accordingly, Marafiq established the subsidiary company, Duqm Power Company, to develop Duqm Integrated Power and Water Project and a 132-kV-high voltage line project to transmit electricity from the Plant to Ras Markaz oil tanks project, located around 80 km away.

In this regard, Eng. Abdullah Mohammed Al Hashmi, Executive Director of Marafiq Company, pointed out, “The potential capacity of the Integrated Power and Water Plant is 326 megawatts of electricity and 36,000 cubic metres of water per day. The Plant includes a seawater intake facility with a supply capacity of 1.5 million cubic metre per day, in addition to a water outtake line with a capacity of up to 1 million cubic