Energy services company Aggreko has commissioned a 165MW flare gas to power project in Saqala Field, Garmain block, South East Kurdistan.
According to Aggreko, it’s the largest flare gas to power project in the Middle East to date, running on approximately 40 million square cubic feet (SCF) per day of associated petroleum gas (APG) from the Saqala Field.
In the project’s final site acceptance test (SAT), the 165MW modular power plant ran at full capacity for 72 hours, marking successful delivery.
Phil Burns, Managing Director for Aggreko Middle East, comments: “Kurdistan’s Regional Government has been forward-thinking in looking for ways to capture and convert gas that would otherwise be flared, to unlock production and power the local economy. We are extremely proud to have worked with the Ministries to deliver the Middle East’s largest flare gas to power project to date while upgrading the local infrastructure to the lasting benefit of the community and businesses it serves.”
According to Aggreko, the plant was built using 192MW of modular gas generators, can easily be scaled up or down in response to changing gas volumes and will save 840 tonnes of CO2 per day, cutting flaring by a third.
Aggreko project delivery also included a new 6km gathering pipeline to transport the APG to the power plant and upgraded 7km of 33 kV and 33km of 132 kV overhead cables to new high tensile low sage (HTLS) conductors in order for the local distribution grid to handle the new power plant’s full output.
The project will run for four years, with 80 local jobs created for the site’s delivery and ongoing operation.
