Reports have confirmed that the Saudi Water Partnership Company's Al-Rayes-Rabigh pipeline project has surpassed two million safe work hours
Upon completion, currently estimated in Q2 2026, the 150km-long pipeline will process up to half a million cubic metres of water daily.
TradeArabia has reported comments from Khaled Al-Quraishi, the chief executive of the Saudi Water Partnership Company. "The project has achieved more than two million safe work hours... with work in full swing, the project is on track for commercial operations by the end of the second quarter of 2026."
The project is the first pipeline connecting water desalination sources in Makkah and Madinah, estimated to cost around 2.5 billion Saudi Riyals. Finance was secured in March 2024.
Announcing the financial close of the project last year, Al-Quraishi said, "Rayis-Rabigh IWTP consortium managed to successfully complete the financial closure... despite the floating global market conditions.
"This demonstrates SWPC’s commitment to fully support investment projects and to increase private sector participation by giving local and foreign investors the opportunity to participate in the implementation of these projects. As a result, these projects will create job opportunities and support local content to complement the strategic objectives of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030."
