Mobile Power Units, Oil Field Power, South Oil Company - Case Study

The Iraqi Ministry of Oil awarded Shell (lead operator), Petronas and Missan a 20-year contract to provide technical assistance in the development of the Majnoon field in 2010. Majnoon is one of the largest oil fields in the world, with an estimated 38 billion STOMP (stock tank oil initially in place). The Majnoon Project, also known as the Tigres Project, consists of a two-phase development: Phase I to reach first commercial production (FCP) and Phase II to develop the full field (FFD). In 2014. FCP exceeded the target. reaching an average of 210 kbbls/day. To sustain the development and extraction works of the Majnoon oil field and reduce the strain on the country`s electricity supply a specific, sustainable and reliable power plant solution was needed and SOC selected mobile power units (MPUs) from Solar Turbines. Iraq is facing an acute shortage of electricity in the country and one of the main project goals is to send the sweet gas to a power plant in north Rumaila that will generate power supply to the grid.