MARKET PROSPECTS screens with 1 mm openings to minimize impact on marine life. Once on shore, the seawater will go through a series of filters to produce ultra-pure water. The facility will use reverse osmosis treatment for removal of salt from the seawater. Natural minerals will then be reintroduced into the water to make it compatible with the city’s other water supplies. The waste brine from the desalination process will be blended with the city’s treated wastewater and discharged into the ocean over 1.5 miles offshore. The original Charles E Meyer Desalination Facility was built in 1991 at a cost of US$34 million in response to severe drought conditions experienced during the late 1980s. It operated during 1992 but was then moved to long-term standby mode as the drought lifted. In July 2015, following five years of low rainfall, it was decided to reactivate the plant. The recommissioned facility is currently undergoing testing. Under the original schedule it was expected to start supplying potable water to the distribution system in October 2016 but a number of delays have been encountered due to contaminated soils on site and replacement of electrical transmission equipment from the old facility. The city has the option to expand the facility up to a capacity of 10 000 acre-feet of water annually if drought conditions continue and additional water is needed.
OIL & GAS
Fluor JV wins FEED contract for pump project in Kazakhstan
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engizchevroil LLP (TCO) has selected Fluor Corp’s joint venture KPJV to execute the frontend engineering and design (FEED) for a multi-phase pump project in Kazakhstan. Part of TCO’s major capital program, the project will implement multi-phase pump technology across the gathering network of existing oil and gas facilities at the Tengiz and Korolev fields to maintain crude production by reducing wellhead pressure and increasing well deliverability. The project also includes the modification or upgrade of some utility systems.
February 2017
The project scope includes FEED, detail design and procurement services.
POWER GENERATION
Doosan to deliver ZLD technology for South Korean thermal power plant
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oosan Heavy Industries & Construction has signed a contract with Korea South-East Power Corp (KOEN) to supply its zero liquid discharge (ZLD) system for the Yeongheung Thermal Power Plant in South Korea. The Doosan ZLD system, which was developed in-house, treats thermal power plants’ flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater by combining its membrane solutions, such as reverse osmosis (RO), and thermal processes involving evaporators and crystallizers. Doosan will be in charge of the entire project including the design, manufacturing and commissioning processes of the Yeongheung Thermal Power Plant, which is scheduled to be completed by August 2018. Once completed, the plant will be capable of recycling 1250 m3 of FGD wastewater daily.
WATER & WASTEWATER
(18 000 m3/d), Ukuwela, Udatenna and Rattotta (9000 m3/d each) water treatment plants will incorporate the Veolia solutions and technology that best suit local conditions such as clarification, settling and filtration. Another Veolia subsidiary, SADE will act as subcontractor to design and build the 433 km transmission and distribution network. This contract was made possible with the support of local French government services through a financial scheme combining export credit from a syndicate of banks (CACIB, Natixis, Unicredit and BNP Paribas), with a guarantee from the French Ministry of Finance and a local commercial loan from HNB bank and treasury bonds. Located in Sri Lanka’s Central Province, 150 km from the capital Colombo, Greater Matale is a predominantly agricultural region. • Veolia, through its subsidiaries OTV and SADE, has also been awarded a E7.6 million contract to design and build an iron removal water treatment plant in Dakar for Senegal’s water utility Société Nationale des Eaux du Sénégal (SONES). The facility will have a daily capacity of 40 000 cubic metres of water. Treatment will consist of raw water aeration, physical-chemical treatment and sand filtration. The water will then be disinfected using chlorine produced on site by electrochlorination. The project, which is part of a SONES program to substantially increase the drinking water supply to Dakar and its suburbs, is financed by a West African Development Bank loan.
Veolia secures E156mn water contract in Emefcy signs Sri Lanka wastewater treatment eolia has won a E156 million Vcontract from the Sri Lankan contract in Ethiopia National Water Supply and Drainage Board to help provide access to water in the Greater Matale area. Veolia, through its subsidiary OTV, has just been appointed project manager for the construction of five new water treatment plants in the region along with 12 service reservoirs, five pumping stations and more than 430 km of transmission and distribution pipes. This system will ensure drinking water quality and secure supply for more than 350 000 people. The Matale (30 000 m3/d), Ambanganga
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mefcy Group Ltd is to supply its proprietary technology for a new wastewater treatment plant for a large residential compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in collaboration with local partner TodayTomorrow Ventures Inc (TTV). The plant will use Emefcy’s Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) wastewater treatment system. Emefcy and TTV will build the plant at the EPRI 1 condominium complex in Addis Ababa. The plant will treat half
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