Cap Blanc SWRO
Seawater RO, 300,000 m3/day in Algeria.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Algeria
- Location
- Oran
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -0.630
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 300,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$700 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Algerian Energy Company (Sonatrach subsidiary)
- Contractor
- GCB (Sonatrach subsidiary) with Cosider
- Operator
- Algerian Desalination Company (ADC, Sonatrach subsidiary)
- Finance
- Sovereign
- Award or start year
- 2022
- Commissioned
- 2025-02
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2022-06
First stone laid, construction start
- 2025-02
Inaugurated by President Tebboune, initial output 40,000 m3/day
- 2026-08
Full capacity of 300,000 m3/day reached
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Algerie Eco, Dessalement: inauguration de la station de Cap Blanc a Oran, 20 Feb 2025. algerie-eco.com.
- The North Africa Journal, Algeria opens first of five seawater desalination plants, 25 Feb 2025. north-africa.com.
- Algerie Eco, Oran: la station de dessalement de Cap Blanc atteint sa pleine capacite, 17 Aug 2026. algerie-eco.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.