Marine Utilities

Saudi Arabia groups five planned IWPs in one developer qualification

Published 18 July 2026 Publisher IMWO Region Middle East Confidence Confirmed
Reverse-osmosis membrane hall at the operating Yanbu 3 desalination plant; process context for Saudi IWPs, not one of the five proposed sites

Sharakat (Saudi Water Partnership Company)

Sharakat is qualifying developers for five future seawater reverse-osmosis plants in a single programme. Ras Al Khair 2, Ras Al Khair 3, Tabuk 1, Shuqaiq 4 and Jazan 1 add to 2.1 million cubic metres per day of planned capacity, with intake and outfall facilities assigned to the future project companies.

One RFQ covers five plants totalling 2.1 million cubic metres per day

The current SWPC qualification material controls the five-project list, planned capacities, expected 2026 launch references and the shared responsibility for seawater intake and outfall facilities. Sharakat's portfolio pages confirm the named projects. None of the cited records establishes an individual RFP, preferred bidder, award, project-specific marine geometry, permit, mobilisation or construction.

Each project company will own its intake and outfall scope

All five projects remain at shared developer qualification, with no awarded marine package. The RFQ assigns seawater intake and outfall facilities to each future project company, while the individual RFPs must define the coastline, intake route, outfall and diffuser, surveys, environmental controls, risk allocation and schedule for each site.

Evidence conclusion

No individual RFP or project-specific marine alignment is published

The five published design capacities total 2.1 million cubic metres per day, but none is under contract or in operation. No cited record publishes an individual RFP, preferred bidder, project-specific marine alignment, permit or award. Those records must be established separately for Ras Al Khair 2, Ras Al Khair 3, Tabuk 1, Shuqaiq 4 and Jazan 1.

Outstanding evidence

  • Qualification outcome and named developer pool
  • Individual RFP date and data room for each of the five projects
  • Project-specific ESIA, coastal permit and fisheries conditions
  • Bathymetric, oceanographic, geotechnical and seawater-quality surveys
  • Intake, pumping, shore crossing, outfall and diffuser basis
  • Preferred bidder, water-purchase agreement and financial close
  • EPC and marine works packaging
  • Offshore mobilisation, testing and first-water evidence

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