By John Lee.
Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil, Engineer Hayan Abdul Ghani Al-Sawad, inaugurated on Sunday the OT2 and OT3 oil processing facilities at the West Qurna-1 field, with a combined capacity of 210,000 barrels per day.
The Minister explained that the project includes the construction of two new crude oil processing plants, each with a production capacity of 105,000 barrels per day. He praised the efforts of the field's operating entity, which includes the China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (CPECC) and the Basra Oil Company (BOC), for completing the project as planned to enhance national production capacity.
Abdul Ghani emphasised that this achievement reflects the government's and the Ministry of Oil's commitment to the optimal investment of national resources, strengthening Iraq's production capabilities, supporting the national economy, and contributing to sustainable development.
The ceremony was attended by the Deputy Minister for Extraction Affairs, Bassem Mohammed Khudair; Director General of the Basra Oil Company, Bassem Abdul Karim; Chinese Consul in Basra, Chen Bishong; Deputy Director of CPECC, Jiang Feng; and Director General of WQIFOD, Ni Qi Qiuan, along with senior officials from the Ministry of Oil and Basra Oil Company.
West Qurna 1 was awarded to ExxonMobil during Iraq's first licensing round in 2010. However, ExxonMobil requested to transfer its stake to PetroChina, a process completed after negotiations and approval in 2023.
(Source: Ministry of Oil)
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