Oman’s Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR) has announced that work is moving at a steady pace on the RO125 million ($325.1 million) Al Ghubrah 3 desalination plant in Muscat with the project now 93% complete.

Once operational in the second quarter of 2027, the key facility will produce 300,000 cu m of desalinated water per day.

The plant is being developed under Nama Power and Water Procurement Company (Nama PWP) by a consortium of Spain’s GS Inima, which will be responsible for the EPC work; Saudi Arabia’s Al Jomaih Energy and Water, and Oman’s Sogex. 

On completion, the new seawater reverse osmosis (RO) plant will be the largest such facility in Oman.