On 7 January 2006, the Ministry of National Economy issued to potential bidders a request for proposal for the development of desalination facilities at Sur in the Sharqiyah region of the Sultanate of Oman on a build, own and operate (BOO) basis. The proposal included the purchase of the existing plant already at the location (with a capacity of about 2.66 MIGD) and the construction of a new desalination plant, with aggregate capacity of 17.66 MIGD using reverse osmosis technology for desalination. On 10 July 2014, the Company entered into an Amended Water Purchase Agreement with Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (‘OPWP’) to build an extension to the plant which increased the plant capacity from 17.66 MIGD to a total aggregated capacity of 29 MIGD (131,837 m3/d