Barka 2 IWPP
Seawater RO + power, 120,000 m3/day (26.4 MIGD, 5,000 m3/hour) alongside 678 MW in combined cycle in Oman.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Oman
- Location
- Barka
- Coordinates
- 23.708, 57.981
- Technology
- Seawater RO + power
- Capacity
- 120,000 m3/day (26.4 MIGD, 5,000 m3/hour) alongside 678 MW in combined cycle
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- SMN Barka Power Company SAOC, held through SMN Power Holding; offtaker Nama Power and Water Procurement
- Contractor
- Degremont, a Suez subsidiary, for the desalination plant; Ansaldo Energia gas turbines to Siemens design
- Operator
- Suez Tractebel Operation and Maintenance Oman
- Finance
- Project finance, build own operate, 15-year PWPA; US$800 million debt package closed 14 March 2007; sponsors Suez Energy 47.5 per cent, Mubadala 47.5 per cent and National Trading Company 5 per cent at financial close
- Award or start year
- 2009
- Commissioned
- 2009-11
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2005-11
Tender Board issues the request for proposal on 2 November 2005
- 2006-12
Project documents executed 6 December 2006
- 2007-02
Financial close on 20 February 2007 with an US$800 million debt package
- 2008-07
Early power commercial operation on 28 July 2008
- 2009-11
Full commercial operation on 15 November 2009
- 2024-06
Renewed power and water purchase agreements dated 2 June 2024 run to 2033
Sources
7 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- SMN Power Holding SAOG, Annual report 2016. smnpower.com.
- SMN Barka, also known as Barka II or Barka Phase 2, about 50 km northwest of Muscat, 678 MW net in combined cycle and 363 MW in open cycle, water production about 26.4 MIGD or 120,000 m3/day by seawater reverse osmosis with 14 first-pass trains, full commercial operation on 15 November 2009 starting a fifteen-year PWPA with OPWP; request for proposal 2 November 2005, bid submission 26 June 2006, project documents 6 December 2006, financial close 20 February 2007, early power COD 28 July 2008. Mubadala, Mubadala in partnership with Suez closes the financing for Barka 2 and Al Rusail power plants in Oman. mubadala.com.
- 678 MW and 26.4 MIGD, RO plant supplied by Degremont, US$800 million debt closed 14 March 2007, Suez Energy 47.5 per cent, Mubadala 47.5 per cent, National Trading Company 5 per cent.
- Suez, Barka II seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant. suezwaterhandbook.com.
- 120,000 m3/day two-pass RO, 14 first-pass trains with 12,250 seawater membranes and 7 second-pass trains, dual media pretreatment, design build and 15 years of operation by Suez.
- Nama PWP, Contracts. omanpwp.om.
- 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.
Barka II IWP, SMN Barka, 120,000 m3/d, contract date 2 June 2024 for the renewed agreement. Location from OpenStreetMap, way named Barka 2 Water and Power Plant.