State-owned China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) is seeking a project management consultant (PMC) for new pipelines at the Missan oil fields in the east of Iraq.

The PMC firm will oversee the development of two projects, according to sources in Iraq, covering the schemes’ basic designs and managing the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) phases.

Bids are due to be submitted by 10 July to CNOOC’s office in Dubai, along with a bid bond of $60,000 valid for 120 days.

CNOOC plans to build a 450,000-barrel-a-day (b/d) export pipeline and is fast-tracking its development to ensure it is operational by the end of 2013.

The 32-inch diameter export pipeline will run approximately 53 kilometres from the pumping station at the Buzurgan Terminal to a pigging station at the nearby Halfaya oil field. This will connect with a 42-inch export pipeline running 272km to storage facilities at Al-Fao.

The second project covers oil and gas trunklines connecting the fields nine degassing stations to the Buzurgan Terminal. These will replace the existing damaged trunklines.

The Missan oil fields contain nine degassing stations, three at Abu Ghraib, four at Buzurgan and two at Faqqa. These have the function of separating associated gas from oil. The construction of the trunkline is included in the scope of work of degassing station upgrade project.

CNOOC leads a consortium of Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company (TPAO) and state-owned Iraqi Drilling Company. The final production target at the field is 450,000 b/d, which will be implemented in two phases. The facilities at the fields were first built in 1976 and were damaged during the eight-year long Iran-Iraq war, so the first phase of development covers the field’s rehabilitation, taking production up 245,000 b/d, while the second enhancement phase will raise production to the plateau level of 450,000 b/d by 2017. Production currently stands at about 95,000 b/d.