Shell Gas Iraq has awarded a US$60m contract to ABB, for a power plant in southern Iraq that will deliver electricity to gas processing facilities as part of the Iraqi South Gas Project. The Khor Al Zubair project is part of an engineering, procurement, and construction contract to build a 50 MW power plant that will feed electricity to the facilities of the Basrah Gas.
ABB will be responsible for the overall project management, engineering, procurement, construction, supervision, commissioning, start-up, and performance. The plant is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2013.
Shell Gas Iraq is a wholly owned Shell company participating in the Iraq South Gas Project and will be the Shell shareholder with 44% interest in Basrah Gas. The other shareholders in Basrah Gas will be Iraqi South Gas 51% and Diamond Gas Iraq, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., 5%.
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