Contractors have completed 51% of the planned gas processing plant at Iraq’s Halfaya field, according to a statement released by the country’s oil ministry.
The plant is now scheduled to be completed and start trial operations start in mid-2023.
China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC) is signed up to build and operate facilities to process natural gas extracted alongside crude at the Halfaya oil field. The company signed a $1.07bn engineering, procurement, construction, commission, operations and maintenance (EPCCOM) contract for the plant with Iraq’s Oil Ministry on 29 July 2019.
CPECC, which is affiliated with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), is expected to process around 300 million standard cubic feet a day of natural gas extracted alongside crude oil at the field.
Under the existing contract, it will operate and maintain the facility for two years after the EPC work is completed.
Chinese oil and gas company Petrochina is the operator of the field and, under the terms of the technical service contract it signed with state-owned Maysan Oil Company (MOC), it should be producing 450,000 bpd.
