Basrah Gas Company Starts Design Phase of NGL Project

Basrah Gas Company (BGC) has commenced the design phase of a new Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Train 1 project in the Ar Ratawi area, north of Basra, reports Qatar News Agency.

The project will 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, Qatar News Agency reports citing local Iraqi media.

BGC awarded the front-end engineering and design contract to French engineering company Technip and China HuanQiu Contracting and Engineering.

BGC is a joint venture between Iraq South Gas Company (51 percent), Shell (44 percent) and Mitsubishi (5 percent).

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