TotalEnergies Starts Construction On Iraqi Gas Project
TotalEnergies has begun building ArtawiGas25, a new gas processing facility located in Iraq's Basra region.
TotalEnergies has begun construction of ArtawiGas25, a new gas processing facility in Iraq's Basra region.
TotalEnergies (45%, operator) and its partners Basra Oil Company (30%) and QatarEnergy (25%) have launched construction of ArtawiGas25, an initial processing facility for associated gas from the Ratawi field in the Basra region.
The facility, part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP), represents an investment of approximately USD 250 million and will process 50 million cubic feet per day (Mcf/d) of previously flared gas. The gas will supply local power plants, meeting the demand of approximately 200,000 households in the Basra region.
Signed in September 2021, the GGIP is a USD 10 billion integrated energy project designed to advance development of Iraq's natural resources and enhance the country's electricity supply. The GGIP includes a large-scale gas processing plant with an initial phase of 300 Mcf/d that will recover gas flared from three oil fields and supply gas to 1.5 GW of power generation capacity.
In advance of the main gas processing facility start-up, the ArtawiGas25 project will substantially reduce gas flaring at the Ratawi field by end 2025. The innovative modular design of ArtawiGas25 could also enable potential deployment across other Iraqi oil fields. ArtawiGas25 will create up to 160 direct and indirect jobs for Iraqi nationals during the construction phase and 30 jobs during the operation phase.
"We are very pleased to launch the ArtawiGas25 project: it will give the Iraqi people a tangible demonstration of the benefits of the GGIP, which will deliver more energy with lower emissions. Through this project, TotalEnergies is demonstrating its ability to deliver valuable and accelerated solutions in line with government expectations and the country's electricity needs. We look forward to the next GGIP milestones in the coming weeks with the start of construction of the 1 GW solar project", said Julien Pouget, Senior Vice President Middle East & North Africa, Exploration & Production at TotalEnergies.
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