Facility E, the power and desalination plant planned at Ras Abu Fontas south of Doha with 110 MIGD of desalination capacity in most sources, has been described with four different money figures since November 2024. QNA put its cost at QAR 13.5bn in May 2025. Korean media, cited by MEED, gave a total project cost of USD 3.7bn. Samsung C&T's EPC contract was reported at USD 2.8bn. And on 15 January 2026, JBIC signed USD 990m within a USD 2.97bn co-financing package.
Different measures, not a range
The figures are not competing estimates of one number. One is a cost, one a construction contract and one a financing package, so they cannot be added together. At the riyal's dollar peg, the QAR 13.5bn cost works out at about USD 3.7bn, in line with the Korean report. JBIC's loan is about a third of the co-financing package.
A fifth of national capacity
Facility E's desalination capacity is 110 MIGD in most sources, while MEED's 26 November 2024 report gives 100 MIGD. At 110 MIGD, the plant equals about 20% of Qatar's 538 MIGD of desalination capacity in 2024. KAHRAMAA expects national capacity to reach 648 MIGD once the plant is commissioned in 2028.
The dates differ too
QNA gives full water output on 1 August 2028 and full operations on 1 June 2029. MEED reported in November 2024 that the commercial operation date had moved to 2029. Mitsubishi Power announced its M701JAC gas-turbine order on 14 January 2026, and the plant's last confirmed stage remains awarded, with financing signed.
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