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METITO
AWARDED AED 12 MILLION CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SPECIALISED
WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR IRAQ/HARTHA POWER STATION |
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10
March 2004
METITO, the international water treatment, desalination
and wastewater treatment experts have won an AED
12 million (USD3.12 million) turnkey contract to
provide a range of highly specialised water treatment
schemes for the 800 MW Power Plant, in Hartha Iraq
under the USAID reconstruction program for Iraq.
The plant that is situated 15 km north of Basrah
was originally built back in 1979 and had four units
rated at 200 MW each. During the 1991 Gulf war units
2 and 3 were destroyed. Only 1and 4 are presently
operating. The units are fuelled by light oil, crude
oil or natural gas. Some water treatment equipment
were also damaged during the Iraq/Iran war and the
1991 Gulf war. METITO
is working in partnership with the Marmarchi group
as the local partner in charge of the civil activities
and installation works utilizing local Iraqi manpower.
The main contractor is Bechtel International Inc.,
USA. METITO has already undertaken a number of
major projects with Bechtel worldwide. Among these,
is the AED 56 million water and wastewater treatment
plants for Nubaria Power Plant in Egypt.
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METITO turnkey scope in Hartha project includes
design, fabrication, shop testing, delivery, civil
works, site installation, testing, commissioning
and start up of a wide range of water units for
the power plant. These include pre-treatment of
the Shatt Al Arab water, a range of chemical injection
systems, double stage RO system, high purity demineralised
water. The project is to restore and replace all
the damaged parts to put the plant in its full 100
percent designed capacity.
METITO will also provide local training for engineers
and other operating staff of the power plant allowing
them effectively to use and optimise the high tech
investment being put in place.
An essential element of the project will be the
extensive use of membrane technology including a
double stage Reverse Osmosis, EDI new advanced technology
used by METITO on projects worldwide for the production
of high purity water used in a wide range of applications.
METITO Jordan and Iraq General Manager, Moustafa
Hasan recently said: 'As a world leader in the
application of membrane technology, METITO OVERSEAS
LTD and its 600 staff members in the region are
very proud to be using this technique to create
the purity of water required at a plant of this
nature. The restoration of this plant will help
Bechtel restore power supply to the local Iraqis
in the Basrah region.
We have extensive experience in this sector around
the world and have worked a great deal with companies
in a range of industrial sectors. A project of
this nature requires highly specialised systems
and equipment to meet the highest international
environmental standards – Standards that
are fully met by all METITO projects.'
METITO is the leading international company for
the provision of desalination, water and wastewater
treatment projects. Work recently started on the
company's new global AED50 million headquarters
at Techno Park in Dubai. When completed the headquarter
facility built on an area of 500,000 square feet
will house 500 engineers, scientists, and executives
in this strategic location off the main highway
between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
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