Project awards for TotalEnergies’ Iraq $27bn Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP: Total 45%op, Basrah Oil 30%, QatarEnergy 25%) are picking up with Chinese firms the key winners.
CNPC engineering subsidiary CPECC snagged an EPC contract for the 600mn cfd gas processing hub to receive currently flared gas from five Basra oil fields. A second subsidiary CPPE will deliver an onshore pipeline network to bring treated water upstream for reinjection to maintain pressure. The contract specifies delivery in 54 months, implying 2030. One crucial element remains the 5mn b/d water treatment plant itself, with Hyundai long touted to take up the project. (CONTINUED - 215 WORDS)