The Ministry of Oil announced on Saturday that the production capacity of the East Baghdad-Rashidiya field is approximately 8,000 barrels per day and 15 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of dry gas.
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Walid Nabil, Deputy Director of Production at the Central Oil Company, stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The production capacity of the East Baghdad-Rashidiya field is approximately 8,000 barrels per day of oil and 15 million cubic feet per day of dry gas.”
Nabil added, according to the statement, that “the field targets three reservoir layers: Tanuma, Khasib, and Zubair. Currently, the field has two processing lines: the first is an integrated production line for oil and associated gas, while the second is an oil production line. It was constructed by an Italian company to international standards in 2014 and has been operational and continues to produce.”
He added, “Crude oil enters three separators for processing, gas separation, and salt removal. The resulting oil is then exported to the Al-Quds power plant, while the associated gas is sent to the Al-Taji power plant after undergoing compression and processing, which includes desalination and drying units.”
He pointed out that “the gas in the field is acidic, and there are special units to desalinate it into dry, sweet gas.” He explained that “the field currently produces from 43 wells, classified into two categories: naturally high-pressure wells and low-pressure wells. The former are processed in the first gas separator, and the latter in the second gas separator.” He noted that “the well depths range from 1,900 meters to 3,000 meters within the Zubair reservoir.” He added that “the second pipeline, which was recently constructed, exposed the pipes to facilitate maintenance and work.”
