BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) – China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC) has obtained a 1.07 billion U.S. dollar contract for the Halfaya gas processing plant (GPP) in Iraq, according to News.CNPC.com.cn Monday.
The Halfaya GPP project, one of the key projects of Iraqi Ministry of Oil, is dedicated to eliminating torch burning in the Halfaya oilfield by reducing nearly 30,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide emission annually and providing dry gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), propane/butane and sulfur products.
After put into operation, the project will help solve the electricity shortage in Maysan province in southern Iraq. It can provides 2.27 billion standard cubic meters of commercial natural gas for downstream power stations each year, which will generate five billion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity and satisfy power demand of four million local households.
Designed with an annual production capacity of three billion cubic meters, the Halfaya GPP program will be built in a period of 30 months and enter afterwards a 2-year long operation and maintenance period.
According to an Iraqi official, the Halfaya GPP will not only help save energy and reduce environment pollution, but also provide employment for over one thousand of local people in Iraq, which targets to be self sufficient in electricity and natural gas supply in the following four years via natural gas project construction.
The Halfaya oilfield, divided into three phases, has already entered into operation in September 2018 and aimed to achieve 70,000 barrels of daily output in the first phase, 200,000 barrels per day for the second phase and 400,000 barrels per day for the third phase.
According to CPECC, the Halfaya GPP project is the last key investment program for its fulfilling the contract with the employer and Iraqi Ministry of Oil. (Edited by Duan Jing, duanjing@xinhua.org)
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