Tag Archives | Kuwait Energy Basra (KE Basra)

Iraq Launches Al-Faihaa Oil Field Processing Facility

By John Lee. Hayan Abdul Ghani, Iraq's Minister of Oil, has inaugurated the first phase of the Central Processing Facility (CPF) at the Al-Faihaa [Fayhaa] oil field in Basra, with a capacity of 100,000 barrels per day. According to a statement from the Ministry of Oil, this marks the transition of Al-Faihaa from an exploratory […]

Iraq pushes Chinese Gas Project at Block 9

By John Lee. The Ministry's Deputy Minister for Gas Affairs has inspected the gas project in Block 9 (Al-Fayhaa, Faihaa) in Basra province. Mr. Ezzat Saber said he hoped to utilize 130 million cubic feet per day of gas from the field by year-end, along with equipping power stations to process 100 million cubic feet […]

Chinese Consortium wins $594m Iraq Oil Processing Contract

By John Lee. Kuwait Energy Basra Limited (KE Basra), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based United Energy Group (UEG), has entered into the EPCC (engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning) contract with a Chinese consortium to provide a central processing facility including oil treatment system and auxiliary systems at Block 9 in Basra. The contractor […]

Work Starts at $594m Oil Processing Plant at Block 9

By John Lee. The President of  the Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC) has laid the foundation stone for the $594-million crude oil processing plant at Block 9, within the Al-Fayha Oil Field in Basra Province. Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail said that the development is important for the production of light oil, with a target for this […]