Vallourec, the premium tubular solutions provider, has been selected to supply 10,000 tons of tubes for the construction of the Shuqaiq Steam Power Plant (SSPP) in Saudi Arabia. Deliveries are scheduled for the first, second and third quarters of 2014.
Vallourec’s products will be used in the boilers of the oil-fired steam power plant to be built by Yantai Hyundai Heavy Industries, the Chinese subsidiary of South Korean group Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), for the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) in Shuqaiq, approximately 580km to the south of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast.
Nicolas de Coignac, Managing Director of Vallourec’s Power Business, said, “This important order illustrates that the market for new-built power generation plants is today driven by Asia and the Middle-East, with several projects destined for Saudi Arabia. Our new project-management approach, as well as Hyundai Heavy Industries’ positive experience with us on a similar project in Jeddah, contributed to this success.”
The 2 640MW plant is intended for the desalination of seawater and will be completed by 2017. The facility has adopted the supercritical pressure power plant technology that uses very high steam pressures to generate electricity, resulting in lower fuel consumption and less pollution in comparison to other technologies.