Name and Location
Yanbu power 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 start-up.

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
Alstom has been awarded a contract to supply equipment for the Yanbu Phase 3 power and desalination plant. The contract is worth about $972-million.

Alstom’s scope of work includes the basic engineering of the power block, advisory services during detailed engineering and procurement, supervisory services during construction and commissioning and the delivery of the main equipment for 5 × 620 MW units, including the steam turbines and generators, the HFO-fired supercritical boilers, electrostatic precipitators and the flue gas desulphurisation system.

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

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Marafiq (Yanbu), 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.