Petro-Rabigh IWSPP

OVERVIEW

Rabigh IWSPP is owned and operated by the Rabigh Arabian Water and Electricity Company (RAWEC); a Joint Venture between ACWA Power, Marubeni Corp, JGC Corporation, and Petro Rabigh. The project was constructed under an EPC contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and consists of a conventional thermal power with five 118MW steam turbines, nine 470 t/hr steam generators, three wet limestone Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) units and sixteen 504 m3/hr Reverse Osmosis (RO) trains.

KEY FACTS

  • LOCATION
    Rabigh, Western Saudi Arabia
  • OFFTAKER
    Petro-Rabigh Petrochemical complex
  • FUEL
    Heavy Fuel
  • POWER
    360MW
  • CONFIGURATION
    Steam Turbines
  • DESALINATED WATER (000' m3/day)
    133.9 m3/day, SWRO
  • STEAM
    29,520 ton/day
  • PROJECT COST
    USD 1,191 Mn
  • COMMERCIAL OPERATIONAL DATE
    Q2 2008
  • ACWA POWER SHARE
    99%
  • OFFTAKE CONTRACT
    WECA-BOO 25 years
  • OTHER INVESTORS
    Marubeni, JGC Corporation, ITOCHU Corp, Petro Rabigh
  • O&M
    Rabigh Project Co (NOMAC)
  • EPC
    MHI
  • PROJECT COMPANY
    Rabigh Arabian Water and Electricity Company ("RAWEC")