Chinese company begins construction of 100,000 bpd oil field in southern Iraq

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: A Chinese company has began construction of a large oil field in southern Iraq ’s Halfaya area, with a productive capacity of 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), Missan Oil Company’s Director said on Saturday.   “The Chinese Oil Firm for Engineering & Construction has began setting the concrete bases for the construction of the first production network of southern Iraq’s Halfaya Oil Field, with a production capacity of 100,000 barrels per day (bpd),” Engineer Ali Maarij told IraqiNews.com news agency.   Maarij said that the productive capacity of the new oil field shall be equal to that of Missan’s total oil production of 100,000 bpd, and for a total cost of US$174 millions, expected to start production on the first quarter of next year.   Missan, with its center city of Amara, is 390 km to the south of Baghdad and covers a geographic area of several productive oil fields, called Bazergan, Abu-Arab, Fekka and Halfaya, as well as the Majnoun Oil Field, sharing with Southern Iraq’s Oil Company, along with 5 discovered but not yet productive oil fields of Huwiza, Rafi’e East Rafidain, Dujeila and Kumeit.   SKH (IT)   853