Iraq’s Basrah Gas Company (BGC: state-owned South Gas 51%, Shell 44%, Mitsubishi 5%) aims to fully capture associated gas output from Basra’s Rumaila, Zubair and West Qurna-1 fields by 2028 said the JV’s Director General Khalid al-Battayneh, according to 22 October media reports. BGC currently collects and processes around 80% of associated gas from the three giant oilfields with sales gas output now around 1bn cfd said Mr Battayneh.
BGC’s processing capacity stands at 1.4bn cfd after this year’s completion of the second 200mn cfd expansion facility (MEES, 6 June). But capacity remains underutilized due to feedstock shortages and infrastructure bottlenecks, and Mr Battayneh says he expects sales gas volumes to only reach 1.3bn cfd by 2028-2029. The firm is currently focused on collecting low pressure gas from the three fields. (CONTINUED - 129 WORDS)