EXCLUSIVE: Eng. Hassan Allam, Group Chief Executive Officer for Hassan Allam Holding, gives his insight on the government’s “challenging” infrastructure programme. The depletion of natural water sources along with reducing ground-water level has pressurised countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to diversify their W, while the rise in population is leading to...
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Nanostone Water, Inc. Names Ali Kalantar Vice-President Global Desalination
Nanostone Water Inc. announced today that Ali Kalantar has been named Vice President, of Business Development- Desalination, effective immediately. Mr. Kalantar will be based in the Company’s regional commercial office in Dubai. “We are expanding Nanostone Water’s presence in the Middle East in response to the market enthusiasm for our ceramic filtration solution for seawater...
ACCIONA Completes Final Tests at Umm Al Houl Expansion SWRO Desalination Plant
IMPACT The plant will be the largest desalination plant in Qatar using reverse osmosis technology, producing 564 million of liters per day and serving a population of 1.1 million Dubai, March 29, 2021. ACCIONA’s Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant at Umm Al Houl in Qatar has successfully reached a production of 282 million...
Amane Advisors Welcomes Bastien Simeon as its Newest Partner
Leading water industry advisory firm strengthens offering in project finance, public-private partnerships and M&A advisory services as it continues its high global growth trajectory OXFORD, United Kingdom, 23 March 2021 – Amane Advisors, the premier global consultancy and advisory focused on the water industry, announces that Bastien Simeon has joined the firm as it newest partner. With a...
Saudi Arabia’s Mobile Desalination Plants Achieving a New World Record “2.27 kW per cubic meter” Lowest Energy Consumption
A new Saudi Number at Guinness: The World’s Lowest Energy-Consuming Mobile desalination plants. SWCC sets a new record of unprecedented Guinness World Records of reducing the energy consumption in its new mobile plants to 2.27 kW per cubic meter of desalinated water. In favor of strengthen its global leadership on the desalination industry by reducing...
DuPont Water Solutions and Waterise Collaborate Toward Sustainable Subsea Desalination
Subsea process, which reduces energy requirements of desalination by 40 percent, requires durable, long-lasting membranes WILMINGTON, Del., March 4, 2021, – DuPont (NYSE:DD) today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Waterise to provide seawater reverse osmosis membranes and expertise to the company’s subsea desalination plants. Subsea reverse osmosis (RO) desalination presents a sustainable...
SWCC Invites Qualified Consortiums to bid for Ras Al-Khair privatization
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) is pleased to announce the start of the request for proposals (RFP) phase as an important step for Ras Al-Khair (RAK) privatization, where a number of (7) strategic qualified companies and consortiums have been invited to submit their bids to participate in the plant, The winner Bidder will own (60%)...
TALIS announced project awards totalling more than 7 million Euros
Mungia, Spain – 12th January 2021, TALIS, the leading global provider of premium valves, hydrants and other solutions for water flow control, today announced project awards totalling more than 7 million Euros, to supply equipment to multiple desalination facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. TALIS will supply several BELGICAST Centric Butterfly Valves and BELGICAST Dual Plate...
ITALMATCH CHEMICALS and BIOLAB ARABIA signed a joint venture agreement for the incorporation of ITALMATCH BIOLAB INDUSTRIAL, located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Italmatch Biolab Industrial will use Italmatch’s raw materials and technology and Biolab’s local manufacturing infrastructure to produce and sell additives and final solutions for Industrial Water & Process Treatment in the Gulf Region with strong focus on Desalination and O&G local markets. Genoa – December 23rd, 2020 – Italmatch Chemicals Group, a leading global specialty chemical group focused on...
Optimizing RO-Membrane Performance In Produced-Water Applications
The makeup of produced water generated from oil, natural gas, or coal-seam-gas (CSG) production and other sources creates many challenges for water reuse or discharge to the environment. Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are essential to treatment, but not all industrial applications warrant identical approaches. Whether an RO membrane decision-maker works for an organization generating produced...