The project of building a facility to collect flare gases was launched in Iraq
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According to this report, the company “Artavigs 25″ (ArtawiGas25), a subsidiary of Total Energy, with the completion of this project 50 million cubic feet of gas per day from the which is now sent to The torch will burn, it will process.
The French company announced gas collected from flares in Iraq’s Ratawi field, then to the local power plants of this country to supply electricity to 200 thousand households in Basra region will be sent.
This project is an investment of 250 million dollars in addition to the initial 10 billion dollars that Total Energy is supposed to pay in four years. to spend The implementation of this project will create 160 jobs directly and indirectly during the construction phase and 30 permanent jobs after operation.
Iraq and Total Energy Company on July 19 last year with the aim of increasing oil production and energy production capacity through the implementation of four projects In the fields of crude oil, gas and renewable energy, they signed a long-term energy contract worth 27 billion dollars.
Patrick Pouyan, the CEO of Total Energy said at that time: a one gigawatt solar power plant to supply electricity to the Basra regional network will be built and the Saudi company “Aqua Power” (ACWA Power) has been invited to join this project.
Integrated project to increase gas production (GGIP) with the aim of improving the country’s electricity supply, including the collection of flare gases in three oil fields and use is done from the gas collected to supply gas to the power plants of this country.
The Iraqi government has announced that the solar park and the first gas processing unit will be completed in 2025. The construction of the solar project is set to begin in a few weeks, Iraq hopes these projects will attract new foreign investment in the energy sector self-absorb.
ExxonMobil of America, Shell of Holland and BP of England have reduced their activities in Iraq in recent years and this has had an impact on the country’s oil production. Total Energy as the executor of this project will have a 45% share, and Basra National Oil Company with a 30% share and Qatar Energy with a 25% share are other shareholders of this project in Iraq. .
