Omani prospects
- From: Vol 2, Issue 8 (August 2001)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Oman
- Related Companies: Ahmed Abdel Warith Consulting, Ernst & Young, Galfar Engineering & Contracting, KPMG, Mott MacDonald, Sade, Societe Egyptienne d’Enterprises and WS Atkins
Oman’s Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Regional Municipalities is set to appoint a consultant this month to study privatisation options for the Al Massarat and Al Sharqiyah Sands groundwater supply projects. Two groups are believed to be in the running: KPMG and the UK’s WS Atkins, and Ernst & Young with Mott MacDonald also of the UK.
Societe Egyptienne d’Enterprises (SEDE) of Egypt is the prime contractor for Al Massarat with Pont-a- Mousson as the pipe provider. Mott MacDonald is the supervising consultant. Al Massarat, in northwestern Oman, is the country’s first large scale municipal water supply network fed solely by groundwater. It will serve 115,000 people, rising to 215,000 by the end ...
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