Name and Location
Yanbu power and desalination plant – Phase 3, Al Madinah province, Saudi Arabia.

Client
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Power & Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu (Marafiq).

Project Description
The project involves the design and construction of an oil-fired power plant, a seawater desalination unit and associated facilities at Yanbu, in Al Madinah province, on the western coast of Saudi Arabia.

The power plant will have an installed capacity of 3 100 MW and will make use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) as the main fuel source, with diesel oil used only for startup.

The plant will be connected to the Saudi Electricity Company grid through a 380 kV substation, which will also be built on site.

Value
The project is estimated at $3-billion.

Duration
The plant is expected to enter commercial operation in 2016.

Latest Developments
Foster Wheeler has been awarded two contracts for the design and supply of five steam condensers and thirty feed-water heaters for SWCC’s Yanbu power and desalination plant – Phase 3.

The contracts were signed with a consortium led by Al-Toukhi Company for Industry, Trade and Construction (AT) for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the plant.

Foster Wheeler will design and supply condensers and feed-water heaters for the five supercritical boilers at the plant. Each unit requires a condenser and three high-pressure and three low-pressure feed-water heaters.

Delivery of the equipment is scheduled for the second quarter of 2015 through the second quarter of 2016.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Fichtner Germany (technical adviser), Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (desalination plant), Samsung Engineering and consortium partners AT and Shanghai Electric (EPC for the power plant on a lump-sum turnkey basis) and Foster Wheeler (EPC).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Yanbu (Marafiq), tel +966 4 396 6000 or fax +966 4 321 0367.
SWCC project director Ahmad Mohammed Mdayhem, tel +966 1 463 1111 or fax +966 1 464 1111.
Samsung Engineering news and public relations contract, Emily Kwon, tel +82 2 2053 1290 or email youyoung.kwon@samsung.com.
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, tel +82 55 278 6114.
Foster Wheeler media relations, Patti Landsperger, tel +1 908 713 2944 or email patti_landsperger@fwc.com.
AT, tel +966 11 2766655, fax +966 11 2766644 or email info@altoukhi.com.