VOL. XXXII

NO. 16

23-JANUARY-1989

IRAQ

Contracts Awarded for al-Anbar Power Station

Iraq's Ministry of Electricity has awarded the main contracts for thecountry's biggest ever power station, the 1,800 megawatt thermal power plant atal-Anbar, located by the Euphrates river some 140 kms. northwest of Baghdad. Thelargest order for the dual fired plant (heavy fuel oil or gas) was signed withthe UK's Babcock Energy for 160mn ($280mn) for the plant's six 300-megawattboilers and ancillary equipment....