TotalEnergies (45%, operator) and its partners Basra Oil Company (30%) and QatarEnergy (25%) have launched the construction works of ArtawiGas25, a first processing facility for the associated gas from the Ratawi field, located in the Basra region, Iraq.
This facility, which is part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP), represents an investment of around $250 million (€242 million) and will process 50 million cubic feet per day (mcf/d) of gas previously flared. The gas will supply local power plants, covering the demand of approximately 200,000 households in the Basra region.
The project is $10 billion (€9.7 billion) multi-energy project designed to enhance the development of Iraq’s natural resources and improve the country’s electricity supply. The GGIP includes a large-scale gas processing plant, with a first phase of 300 mcf/d that will recover gas being flared on three oil fields and supply gas to 1.5 GW of power generation capacity.
Julien Pouget, senior vice president Middle East and North Africa, exploration and production at TotalEnergies says: ‘We are very pleased to launch the ArtawiGas25 project. It will give the Iragi people a tangible insight into the benefits of the GGIP, which will provide more energy with less emissions.’
