Utilities

Qatar success for Nass Group

Bahrain-based industrial conglomerate Nass Group has successfully delivered along with its consortium partners a major new water supply and distribution system for Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa). The supervisory control and data acquisition system at National Water Control Centre in Doha, was inaugurated by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy and Industry and Qatar Petroleum chairman and managing director Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Minister of Municipality and Urban Planning Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of State for Energy and Industry Affairs Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and Kahramaa acting managing director Essa Al Kuwari, in the presence of Nass Group managing director Sameer Nass and other officials. The system enables Kahramaa to supervise and control its water network on a real time basis, and is the first of its kind in the GCC. The state-of-the-art project was developed by the consortium comprising Nass Group, Telvent, a Nasdaq IT solutions and business information services provider, and consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff. "This is another significant milestone in the group's history," Mr. Nass said at the inauguration.

PM opens 8 water desalination stations in Basra

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki inaugurated eight water desalination stations in southern Basra in February, a local source said. “Prime Minister Maliki inaugurated the stations in the districts of al-Faw and Saihan in the presence of the minister of municipalities and the governor of Basra,” an information source in the province said. “Each of those stations – four in Faw and four in Saihan, 100 kilometers in southern Basra – has a capacity of 100 cubic meters per hour,” the source added. He said that the station took six months to finalize by a local company. The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 kilometers south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

GE wins US$200m Iraq contracts

GE has signed contracts worth approximately US$200 million to supply power generation equipment and services for two independent power projects in the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq. Mass Global Investment Company is developing both of the projects and it is expected the total electricity capacity of Mass Global developed-plants in the region will reach 1,750MW when they are completed. “These two projects are the latest in a series of independent power projects we are developing to help cover the shortage of power within the Kurdistan region. They also support the Kurdistan regional government’s initiative for the private sector to help meet the energy requirements in this region,” said Ahmad Ismail, Chairman of Mass Global.

Project to set up 24 solar-powered drinking water stations in Wassit

Twenty-four solar-powered potable water stations will be built in a number of villages of Wassit, according to the province's information director. "The stations, with a capacity of 1-5 cubic meter/hour, will be established in 14 districts and tows," Majed al-Atabi said. He added that the stations will be saving a lot of electricity, relying totally on solar energy. Wassit lies 180 km southeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

Saudi Cable wins SAR100m contract

Saudi Cable Co has said it has won a SAR100m contract to supply and install high voltage cables for a project in North Jeddah. The contract, offered by Saudi Electricity Co, is to provide 380 KV cables and is expected to boost Saudi Cable's profitability in the second quarter of this year.