Basra: Basrah Gas Company (BGC), the three-way joint venture between Iraq South Gas Company (51 percent), Shell (44 percent) and Mitsubishi (5 percent), has announced the start of the design phase of a new Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Train 1 project in the Ar Ratawi area, north of Basra.
The project, which is to capture, treat and monetise flared gas from the West Qurna-1, Zubair and Rumaila fields, is expected to add approximately 500 million standard cubic feet per day (scfd) to the company’s gas production capacity, according to media reports.
BGC awarded the front-end engineering and design contract to French engineering company Technip and China HuanQiu Contracting and Engineering.
The contract covers the basic engineering design package of the NGL process units, utilities and the submission of an engineering procurement and construction package. Technip’s operating centre in Abu Dhabi will carry out the project. QNA
