Waha awards Dahra RO Plant EPIC Project to Zulal
Tripoli, 7th April, 2024
Zulal Water Technology (ZWT) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an EPIC contract by Waha Oil Company (WOC) for a Drinking Water Treatment Plant at Dahra Field with design capacity of 900m³/day and operational capacity of 600m³/day. WOC’s Dahra field has been in urgent need for the new water treatment plant, as the field do not have a drinking water plant, currently.
Dahra’s well water is extremely difficult to treat, with high salinity (TDS > 21000ppm) comparable to sea water, despite being in the Sahara Desert. High levels of H2S and iron pose additional challenges and therefore the project is highly specialised and requires substantial technical expertise.
WOC, one of Libya’s largest oil-producers, undertook a competitive procurement process and detailed technical evaluation before awarding the contract to ZWT. The project is on a fully turnkey basis, including pre-treatment, H2S degassing, iron and colloids removal, RO desalination, post-treatment, with HV transformer and dedicated diesel generator, a prefabricated steel building designed and manufactured by REIDsteel (UK), and supply of dosing chemicals from Genesys (UK). The new plant will be in line with 5 previous RO water plants manufactured by Lenntech, and these EPIC projects were completed on-time by ZWT, for WOC at their Waha field, Gialo field, Essider terminal, and Warehouse in Tripoli.
Mr. Iftikhar ul Haq, Director ZWT, who started his career in Libya almost 40 years ago with Ionics at Dahra’s first water plant, said: “The peculiar nature of Dahra well-water makes it difficult to design a suitable plant. However, our previous experience of Dahra, combined with the technical expertise of our engineering team, will enable us to use the latest technologies to provide WOC with an optimal solution for their water needs.”
ZWT team has 35+ years of unmatched experience of completing over 100 water treatment projects in Libya.
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