Name and Location
Ar Ratawi natural gas liquids (NGL) Train 1 project, Basrah, Iraq.

Client
Basrah Gas Company (BSG) – a partnership between State-owned Iraq South Gas Company (51%), Shell (44%) and Mitsubishi (5%).

Project Description
About 20-million cubic metres a day is being flared in the South of Iraq. This represents 170 000 barrels of oil equivalent of raw gas each day.

The project will capture, treat and monetise flared gas from the West Qurna-1, Zubair and Rumaila fields. It is expected to add an estimated 500-million standard cubic feet a day to the BSG’s gas production capacity.

The project will significantly minimise gas flaring and make more energy resources available for power and domestic use.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
Not stated.

Latest Developments
Technip has been awarded a front-end engineering design (Feed) contract for the Ar Ratawi NGL Train 1 project at North Rumaila, in Basrah.

Technip will partner with China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC) on the project.

The NGL train will have a nominal feed gas capacity of 530-million standard cubic feet a day. The standalone facilities will produce liquefied petroleum gas, NGL and condensate for domestic markets.
The scope of work 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 execute the project, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Technip and HQC (Feed).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
South Gas Company, tel +96 44 064 2341, fax +96 44 064 2340 or email sgco_office2009@sgciraq.com.
Shell (Iraq), tel +971 4 405 4400.
Technip investor and analyst relations, Kimberly Stewart, tel +33 1 47 78 66 74 or email kstewart@technip.com.