Case History - Shoiaba Power and

Desalination Plant Phase 3

Shoiaba, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Introduction Project Overview

Since it relies heavily on desalinated In 2005, the Shoaiba Water and Electricity
water for its fresh water, the Kingdom Company (SWEC) headquartered in
of Saudi Arabia is considered to be the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia awarded a USD
worlds largest producer of desalinated $2.13 billion contract to an international
water. The Kingdom established so far 30 consortium led by the German engineer-
desalination plants on the Red Sea and ing group Siemens to construct Shoaiba
Arabian Gulf coasts, which produce 3.6 desalination and electric plant Phase 3.
million m of water per day. The Independent Water and Power
This production satisfies approximately Project (IWPP) consists of a desalination
60% of the countries demand for drinking plant which is an oil-fired CCGT power
water. and desalination complex in Saudi Arabia
on the coast of the Red Sea - about
120 km (75 mi) South of Jeddah.

M/S Doosan heavy industries from South

Korea was selected by the consortium
as the main contractor to build the
Shoiaba desalination plant. Amiantit
Fiberglass Ind. Ltd. (AFIL) was awarded
the contract by M/S Doosan to design,
Demand for water in Saudi Arabia is manufacture and supply a complete
chronic and is on the rise, thus, it is piping system for the project.
projected to increase from 6 million m2/day
in 2004 up to 9.6 million m3 /day by 2020.
In response to the increase, the Government
has set-up various desalination plants at
both, the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf
coastal lines.

The Shoiaba desalination and power

plant is measured as the world largest
water and power plant. It provides water
requirements for the cities of Jeddah, Amiantit Fiberglass Industries Ltd (AFIL)
Makkah, Taif and Al-Baha with a total commissioned in 1977 as a Flowtite GRP
population of over 7 million residence. pipes systems and fittings manufacturer
Once completed by the end of 2008, it at the industrial area in Dammam, Saudi
will generate approximately 9000 MW of Arabia. Since then AFIL has produced
electricity and desalinize 880000 m3 of more than 10 million meters (328 million feet)
fresh water per day. of its Flowtite continuous advancing
mandrel processed Glass-fibre Reinforced
Plastic (GRP) pipes, which represents
the state of the art in GRP pipe production
technology.
AFIL has supplied and supported its products nationally
and internationally; it has delivered to countries at the
Mediterranean Sea like Egypt, Syria and Libya and
to countries at the Pacific Ocean like Hong Kong,
New Zealand and Australia. Destinations in Malaysia,
Singapore, India, Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan have
also received GRP pipes from AFIL.

The manufactured Flowtite GRP pipes from AFIL have

come a long way from conventional pipes in terms
of durability, reliability and ease of maintenance and
installation. But thats only a fraction of the selection
attributes when choosing a product for such big infrast-
ructural projects. A lot of the decision is also based on
the made-positive experience on manufacturing capab-
ilities, After-Sales services and delivery times. Due to
the outstanding performance that AFIL made with
M/S Doosan in that respect, they decided to chose AFIL
as their supplier of choice.

Product Range

In 2005, AFIL has signed a contract with M/S Doosan

Heavy Ind. Ltd. of South Korea to design, manufacture
and supply Flowtite GRP pipes and fittings for Shoiaba
IWPP Ph-3 project. The Shoiaba project consists of
10 seawater supply lines of DN 1900 mm and 2700 mm
pipes with a stiffness class of 2500 N/m2 and a pressure
class of 6 bar and other several lines of diameters ranging
from DN 1800 to 3900 mm with the same stiffness and
pressure class for seawater discharge lines.
The aboveground portion contains several lines of pipes
ranging from DN 50 mm to 2200 mm with a stiffness of
5000 and 10000 N/m2 and with pressure of 3 to 7 bar.
Field Installation and Hydrotesting

The installation methods used in this project were

underground and aboveground installation.

Underground installation (UG): is a common installation

method for AFILs Flowtite GRP pipes. For this project
the GRP pipes were installed in a normal trench. The
single pipes were joined by butt and wrap lamination,
thus creating a restrained joint system.
In some locations, AFIL has also used the standard
couplings Flowtites non-restrained joint system.

Aboveground installation (AG): refers to the installation

of pipes on the aboveground level where the pipeline is
fully exposed and supported on cradles. This method is
often used inside plants and requires a detailed stress
analysis to ensure proper performance.
The support was both concrete and GRP installation.
For this installation, the joints where installed with rigid
butt straps (B/S) or Butt-and-Wrap joints and anged
joints. However, Flowtite exible coupling joints might
also be used in AG piping using different supporting
systems.

Apart from supervising the installation, AFIL was fully

involved in the technical support requirements to
accomplish the task of hydrotesting. The whole piping
system was successfully hydrotested and passed all
required testing at the following test pressures:

Seawater Supply Lines : up to 9.0 bar

Seawater Discharge Lines : up to 4.5 bar
Aboveground Lines : up to 9.7 bar

Project Data Sheet

Project Shoiaba Desalination Plant Phase 3

Client Shoiaba Water and Electrical Company (SWEC)
General
Contractor Doosan Heavy Ind. Ltd.

Location Shoiaba, Saudi Arabia

Installation type Aboveground Underground

Seawater Supply Line

Application Potable water
Seawater Distillate Line
1900 & 2700
Diameter (DN),mm 50 to 2200
1800 to 3900

Pressure (PN), bar 3-7 6

Product
specication and Stiffness (SN), N/m2 5000 to 10000 2500
information
Design Temperature oC 65 65

Butt and Wrap (B/S) Joint B/S and coupling

Jointing System
(Lamination joint) combined system

Total length (m) 345 2084

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taken to ensure that
all the contents of this
document are accurate.
However, Amiantit and
its subsidiaries do not
accept responsibility for
any problems which may
arise as a result of errors in
this publication. Therefore
customers should make
inquiries into the potential
product supplier and
convince themselves of the
suitability of any products
supplied or manufactured
by Amiantit and/or its
subsidiaries before using
them.

Amiantit Fiberglass Industries Ltd.

Jeddah Riyadh Dammam
P.O. Box 2140 P.O. Box 1029 P.O. Box 589
Jeddah 21451 Riyadh 11431 Dammam 31421
MP / V1 1-09 ENG

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