Sulzer to supply extensive pump package to Omani desalination plant
Swiss pump maker Sulzer has signed several agreements with Sohar SWRO Co. to supply pumps for the new 250,000m3/day independent desalination plant in Oman.
Commercial operation at the Sohar Independent Water Project (IWP), located Oman’s capital Sohar, is scheduled for 2018.
The new facility will allow Oman Water and Procurement Co. (OPWP), the single buyer of all privately produced power and water in the Sultanate of Oman, to cope with the growing water demand in the North Batinah region.
The contracts include the manufacturing, testing, packaging, and installation supervision of the main centrifugal pumps.
Seawater intake for the plant will be provided by Sulzer’s three big SJT vertical turbine pumps that will be installed at the nearby industrial port pumping station.
The package also comprises axially split MSD pumps for reverse osmosis membrane high-pressure feed service.
High-suction pressure ZF pumps will boost the seawater pressurised in the energy recovery device by the reject brine.
In addition, Sulzer will supply its high-efficiency Ahlstar pumps for all other low-pressure applications, delivering a total of 49 pumping units to the new desalination plant.
Sulzer’s sales, tendering, and engineering teams from the UK, India, Finland, Spain, and Switzerland gathered a complete centrifugal pump package for the plant, with energy efficiency as the primary criterion for pump selection.
A consortium led by Valoriza Agua (Spain) and two Omani companies, Oman Brunei Investment Co. and Sogex Oman, will operate and maintain the plant for 20 years after its completion.
