Oman

97 articles in Oman

Looking beyond the end of a desal era Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

Oman has to decide what to do with its privately financed desal plants once their offtake contracts run out.

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

A joint venture comprising AquaTreat and Stulz-Planaqua has been awarded the contract to expand the Kofranja wastewater treatment plant in Jordan, after a long bidding process.

Oman plans a second BOO generation Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

Oman’s pipeline of privately financed desalination projects looks set to cover the rise predicted in its latest demand projection figures. What are the drivers behind the build-out?

SCARCITY MATTERS Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

India’s Supreme Court waded into the country’s water resource debate on 27 March by issuing a directive to the central government to take forward the grand national river inter-linking project.

No pain, no gain for Spain Vol 13, Issue 3 (March 2012)

Spanish firms are well placed to take advantage of a changing membrane market, but will have to cut costs to compete, argues Tom Scotney.

Middle East Water In Brief Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources is looking into deploying desalination plants to treat and reuse the brackish water runoff passing through the huge Main Outfall Drain (MOD) in the middle of the country.

Haya Water names new CEO Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)

The new man in charge of Oman’s largest wastewater body inherits a strong record of procurement. Privatisation remains an ongoing challenge.

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)

Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company has named preferred bidders for two sevenyear O&M contracts covering wastewater collection, treatment and distribution in the emirate.

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?

A double dip for new contract gains Vol 12, Issue 11 (November 2011)

David Lloyd Owen reviews the new edition of the Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook and finds difficult financial markets make it an unlucky thirteenth for the private sector.