Ras Abu Fontas A2
Thermal MSF, 36 MIGD (164,000 m3/day) in Qatar.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Ras Abu Fontas
- Coordinates
- 25.203, 51.615
- Technology
- Thermal MSF
- Capacity
- 36 MIGD (164,000 m3/day)
- Capital cost
- US$500 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company; 25-year water purchase agreement with Kahramaa
- Contractor
- Mitsubishi Corporation and Toyo Thai Corporation (TTCL) consortium, with Hitachi Zosen supplying the desalination units
- Operator
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company
- Finance
- US$450 million facility signed 29 September 2013 with QNB, Barwa Bank, Masraf Al Rayan and Qatar Islamic Bank
- Award or start year
- 2013
- Commissioned
- 2015
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2013-01
Water purchase agreement signed with Kahramaa on 7 January
- 2013-01
EPC awarded to the Mitsubishi and Toyo Thai consortium, announced 6 January
- 2013-09
US$450 million financing signed on 29 September
- 2015-11
Plant opened by the Prime Minister on 10 November
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.
- TTCL, Toyo-Thai wins EPC contract for desalination plant in Qatar, 6 January 2013. ttcl.com.
- EPC awarded by QEWC for a 36 MIGD plant at Ras Abu Fontas, commercial operation scheduled for mid-2015. Infrastructure Finance and Investment, QEWC closes Abu Fontas desalination plant financing. infrapppworld.com.
- Project cost US$500 million, US$450 million debt signed 29 September 2013, capacity 36 MIGD, 25-year offtake to Kahramaa.
- Nebras Energy (formerly QEWC), H.E. Prime Minister opens Ras Abu Fontas A2 plant, 9 November 2015. nebrasenergy.qa.
- Plant opened on Tuesday 10 November 2015 in Al Wakrah, with the RAF A3 foundation stone laid the same day.
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company, Annual Report 2024 (archived copy of the qewc.com download; the company rebranded to Nebras Energy in 2025 and the live site no longer carries plant pages). web.archive.org.
- 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.
RAF A2 listed at 36 million gallons a day; water purchase agreement dated 7 January 2013.