IRAQ

Snamprogetti Awarded Degassing Project at East Baghdad Field 

Iraq's State Organization for Oil Projects (SCOP) has awarded Italy's Snamprogetti a $60mn contract for a degassing project at the East Baghdad oilfield. The work involves the supply and installation of a pilot plant to process and degas 30,000 b/d of heavy crude. Plans are also being drawn up for a future expansion of output from the East Baghdad field, where estimates of the oil in place have recently been...