VOL. XLIII

No. 46

13-November-2000

IRAQ

Chinese Firm Builds $75Mn 222Mw Gas-Driven Power Station

A gas-fueled 222mw electricity generation station near Kirkuk the first power plant to be built in Iraq in more than 10 years was inaugurated on 26 October, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The $75mn plant was built under the UN oil-for-food program by the Chinese National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Company which, additionally, is refurbishing a generating station near Najaf and...