Energy in Saudi Arabia

  • Utilities privatisation in Saudi Arabia forges ahead

    SAUDI ARABIA, 2017/07/31 Moves to privatise utilities assets in Saudi Arabia and expand the reach of its networks through increased investment should create new opportunities for private operators and service providers. Near-term asset sales The government is gearing up to sell a state-owned power generation firm and a water desalination company by the end of this year, according to Mohammed Al Tuwaijri, the vice-minister for economy and planning, who said each would be a multi-billion-dollar deal.

  • Saudi Arabia seeks bids to build integrated gas/solar plant

    SAUDI ARABIA, 2014/01/03 Saudi Electricity Co (SEC) has invited companies to build, own and operate Saudi Arabia's initial fossil-fuel fired power plant to use solar energy to cut carbon emissions, the national utility said. The 550-megawatt (MW) integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) plant will primarily burn natural gas, but will use solar thermal energy to increase fuel efficiency at the planned facility near Tabuk on the Red Sea coast. SEC, which said the planned Duba plant must as well be able to burn Arabian super light crude oil as a back-up for gas, set a Jan. 12 deadline for companies to express interest in bidding for the project.

  • Saudi Arabia: Oil revenues to exceed $ 267 billion 2012-11-01

    SAUDI ARABIA, 2012/11/01 更多     Saudi Arabia: Oil revenues to exceed $ 267 billion
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