Kuwait

53 articles in Kuwait

Downsizing water demand Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

Water authorities are keen to make demand management sexy. Does this mean plant suppliers are facing a market slow-down?

Adding value to an IWPP Vol 13, Issue 3 (March 2012)

An extra-long contract duration at Az-Zour North is designed to lure developers into a new market for privately financed power and water.

DESAL DIGEST Vol 13, Issue 3 (March 2012)

Pakistan is attempting to resurrect its privately financed desalination ambitions with a 113,650m3/d (25MIGD) SWRO project in Port Qasim, near Karachi.

Kuwait ramps up desal build-out plans Vol 13, Issue 3 (March 2012)

More desal projects have been added to the state’s ever-growing roster. Despite early progress in rolling out its IWPP programme, the role of private finance has still not been fully settled.

Kuwait moves forward with second IWPP Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

The country has become the focus of interest for private developers in the power and water market. Progress on a second privately funded project has added to the excitement.

SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENT Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

Accurately forecasting desalination procurement trends is fraught with difficulties – national programmes stall and demographic indicators fluctuate, meaning that each forecast is out of date almost as soon as it is published.

Treating wastewater right Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

Changes in demand for treated municipal effluent mean wastewater plant contractors should look towards the higher end of the market.

ARAB SPRING Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)

Kuwait has opened tendering for the Umm Al-Hayman wastewater treatment plant, the 500,000m3/d project that will be the second in the water/wastewater sector to be procured by the country’s nascent privatisation board

Kuwait opens wastewater BOT tendering Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)

Developers and financiers are ready for the state’s latest privately financed project, the sewage treatment plant at Umm Al-Hayman in the south of the country. Legal issues are likely to be the major hurdle for procurement.

Powering ahead with WWTPs Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)

Government wastewater bodies in the Middle East are increasingly seeing the appeal of sewage-to-energy. What are the implications for contractors?