Lukoil Issues Tenders for Iraq Oilfield

Lukoil and its partners have issued four new tenders for construction and energy projects at Iraq’s West Qurna Phase Two oilfield.

The tenders are for the construction of an oil export pipeline, a tank farm at Tuba, a power distribution station and an associated gas processing plant.

They also cover work on an oil gathering system, central processing facilities and a water supply system.

Lukoil and Statoil have set a deadline of 4 December 2010 for firms to submit their final bids for the contracts, according to Reuters.

In December 2009, Lukoil and Statoil signed 20-year deal to develop the second phase of West Qurna, a 12.9-billion-barrel oilfield in southern Iraq and boost its output to 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) at peak production.