Baker Hughes wins power deal for Iraq oil field

12 November 2017
Equipment will provide up to 150MW capacity to assist with Halfaya field development

The US’ Baker Hughes, now part of the US’ GE, has been awarded a contract to supply power generation equipment for the Halfaya oil field in the Maysan area of Iraq.

The US firm will provide power turbine generators, which will have a production capacity of 150MW, to Petrochina International Iraq, a subsidiary of Chinese state oil and gas company Petrochina.

The contract is the latest of a number of deals that Baker Hughes has picked up in Iraq. In July, the oil services firm signed a contract with Iraq’s Oil Ministry to reduce flare gas emissions and generate up to 200 million cubic feet a day of gas (cf/d).

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