[쿠웨이트] 8개의 수전력 PPP 파트너십 체결 예정

쿠웨이트가 오는 4/4분기 수전력 분야에서 약 71억 달러 가치의 8개의 민·관 협력 파트너십 계약을 체결할 것으로 예상하고 있다.

이들은 아주르(Az-Zhour) 북부 전력 및 담수화 개발사업의 2단계를 포함하고 있으며 이는 지난 달 체결된 상태에서 한 발 더 진행된 결과로 보인다.

쿠웨이트는 지난 1분기와 2분기에 비해 지난 3분기(약 9천200만 달러)에 비교적 낮은 실적을 보인 바 있다.

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Kuwait to award eight power and water PPPs

Kuwait anticipates awarding eight public-private partnership contracts in the power and water sector worth KD 2.1 billion ($7.1 billion) in Q4 2016 and Q1 2017, says National Bank of Kuwait.

These may include phase two of the Az-Zhour North power and desalination development, which moved a step closer to being awarded last month.

The contracts will be negotiated by Kuwait Authority of Partnership Projects, the agency established to oversee PPPs in the country.

Kuwait awarded KD 28 million ($92 million) of power and water contracts in the third quarter of 2016, a slowdown compared to Q1 and Q2, 2016.

The figures were released by National Bank of Kuwait based on Middle East project tracker (MEED).

The value of contracts awarded across all sectors was KD 1 billion ($3.4 billion) in the third quarter of 2016, bringing total contract awards to KD 3.6 billion ($12 billion) by end of September 2016, of which 42 per cent were in the oil and gas sector.

Kuwait is committed to a national development plan designed to improve its infrastructure and boost economic growth, as well as attract more direct foreign investment, as it seeks to reduce its reliance on oil revenues.

The value of active and planned projects in Kuwait was KD 75.1 billion ($247 billion) at the end of September 2016.

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2016년 11월 9일]