Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad and Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla inaugurated the first smart water treatment plant in Egypt and the Middle East, in order to solve the problem of water associated with drilling oil wells for facilities that drain on the Gulf of Suez at Al-Amal Petroleum Company.
This came as part of the state’s efforts to achieve environmental compatibility to conserve resources and protect the environment as one of the national priorities to complete its path of implementation in the wake of the climate conference COP27 in the presence of several leaders of the ministries of environment and petroleum and employees of the company.
Fouad explained that the smart treatment plants are characterized by ease of operation and maintenance, and are designed to achieve maximum efficiency and to ensure the highest quality standards and withstand climatic conditions according to the station’s location. It does not require the construction of infrastructure compared to traditional treatment plants, given that the station is inside containers and installed on a concrete base only.
The Minister of Environment confirmed that the station was implemented through joint and fruitful cooperation between the Ministries of Environment and Petroleum, and as a culmination of the efforts of the Egyptian state to preserve the marine environment in the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea.
It also came within the framework of the efforts of the Ministry of Environment to implement projects of environmental sanitation plans for oil facilities in the Red Sea, which drains in the Gulf of Suez and to make sure in compliance with the environmental law.
Al-Amal Petroleum Company in the Red Sea has completed the implementation of the water treatment plant associated with the drilling of oil wells, with a design capacity of 1,000 cubic meters per day, at a cost of more than $8 million, using modern technology that relies on advanced triple treatment.
