About Barka Water and Power Company SAOG

Barka Water and Power Company SAOG (formerly known as "ACWA Power Barka SAOG”) is an Omani public joint stock company. It was incorporated as a closely held joint stock company in the Sultanate of Oman on 19 November 2000 under a trade license issued by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion. The Company’s registered address is at P.O. Box 572, Postal Code 320, Barka, Sultanate of Oman.
Based on the terms of the Project Founders Agreement, the Company, through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) offered 35% of its existing shares to the public when the Company was transformed from a closely held joint stock company to a public joint stock company listed on the Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX). The shares were listed on the MSX on 12 January 2005.
Below are the major plants operated by the Company and their dates of commencement of commercial operation:
Main Plant which consists of 427MWH gas fired power generation facility and 20 MIGD Multi-Stage Flash Distillation (MSF) water facility and commenced its commercial operations on 11 June 2003.
Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Plant of 10 MIGD (Expansion – Phase I) which commenced its commercial operations with effect from 29 May 2014.
Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Plant of 12.5 MIGD (Expansion – Phase II) which commenced its commercial operations with effective from 26 February 2016.