Under the €400m contract, Alstom will be responsible for engineering, building and commissioning the plant, as well the supply of key equipment, most notably four highly reliable GT13E2 gas turbines.
In addition, the contract includes technical support and engineering expertise for the project from Alstom’s Power Generation headquarters in Baden, Switzerland, and its gas turbine manufacturing facility in Mannheim, Germany.
The plant is expected to support the expansion of the Zubair oil field near Basra.
Astlom Gas Business senior vice president Steve Meszaros said the award of Zubair project is another confirmation of the company’s strong presence in Iraq’s gas-fired power generation sector.
"As the country pushes forward with reconstruction and expansion efforts, Alstom is yet again there to work with partners to assist in modernising Iraqi infrastructure," Meszaros added.
The contract will make Alstom the only original equipment manufacturer to have secured more than one engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract in Iraq, following the Al Mansurya plant project in2011.
