Petro-Rabigh IWSPP

Petro-Rabigh IWSPP

Rabigh IWSPP is owned and operated by the Rabigh Arabian Water and Electricity Company (RAWEC); a Joint Venture between ACWA Power, Marubeni Corp, JGC Corporation, and Petro Rabigh. The project was constructed under an EPC contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and consists of a conventional thermal power with five 118MW steam turbines, nine 470 t/hr steam generators, three wet limestone Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) units and sixteen 504 m3/hr Reverse Osmosis (RO) trains.

Key facts

  • Location

    Rabigh, Western Saudi Arabia

  • Offtaker

    Petro-Rabigh Petrochemical complex

  • Fuel

    Heavy Fuel

  • Power

    360MW

  • Configuration

    Steam Turbines

  • Desalinated water (000' m3/day)

    133.9 m3/day, SWRO

  • Steam

    29,520 ton/day

  • Project cost

    US$ 1,191 million

  • Commercial operations date

    Q2 2008

  • Acwa share

    99%

  • Offtake contract

    WECA-BOO 25 years

  • Other investors

    Marubeni, JGC Corporation, ITOCHU Corp, Petro Rabigh

  • Project company

    Rabigh Arabian Water and Electricity Company ("RAWEC")

  • Operations & maintenance company

    Rabigh Project Co (Acwa Operations)

  • Engineering, procurement & construction company

    MHI