Petrochina has launched a tender for the construction of a new central processing facility (CPF) at the Halfaya oil field in the southeast of Iraq.

Petrochina plans to build a second CPF at the field with two production trains, each with a capacity of 50,000 barrels a day (b/d). The tender also covers the construction of a power plant and pumping station.

Bids are set to be submitted on 9 December.

The Chinese company launched another three tenders in October for work at the Halfaya field, covering oil field services, operations and maintenance and training in health and safety.

The first deal covers the operations and maintenance of the Kahla gas receiving station and gas export pipeline. The station includes a gas pig receiver, separators, flare stacks and diesel generators.

The gas export pipeline runs from a central processing facility (CPF-1) to the receiving station. A condensate pipeline runs in the opposite direction from the station to the CPF. Bids are due for submission on 4 November.

The second tender is for the provision of wireline logging services at the field. Bids are due on 28 November. The final tender is for a health and safety programme. Bids are due on 15 November.

Petrochina, a subsidiary of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), leads the development of the 4.1-billion-barrel Halfaya oil field along with France’s Total, Malaysia’s Petronas and state-owned Missan Oil Company.

The Chinese firm plans to construct a new crude oil pipeline connecting the Halfaya and Burzugan oil fields with storage facilities on the Al-Fao peninsula. The deadline for bids has been delayed to 15 November.