QGC Water Treatment Plant, Australia
GE’s Advanced Technology Produces Beneficial
Water from Coal Seam Gas Extraction
QGC, a leading coal seam gas producer in Australia, signed a contract with GE and Laing O’Rourke
consortium for the construction of a water treatment plant to treat the saline water produced during
coal seam gas extraction. The new Kenya Water Treatment Plant will use GE’s advanced membrane
and thermal water treatment technologies to desalinate up to 72 million liters of water per day,
producing water suitable for reuse in applications such as irrigation for farming and process water
for industrial uses. The new water treatment project builds on an existing relationship between GE
and Laing O’Rourke, as the two companies worked together on the recently completed Darling
Downs Power Station, the largest combined-cycle power plant in Australia.
“
GE will provide the technical
expertise and the process
equipment for the project,
while we will bring our design
experience and construction
skills to the job,” said Stephen
Wilson, infrastructure general
manager for Laing O’Rourke.
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