On stream since 1991, this system treats and processes associated
gases gathered from the oil fields of Omar, North Omar, Shahel,
al-'Izba and Tanak through a 77-km long gathering network. The
plant now has a design capacity of 6.53 MCM/day (about 2.38 BCM/year) of
raw gas. Its expansion from 4.29 MCM/day was completed in 2000, with the
work done by PetroFac Int'l under a $100m fast-track project. The
fields supplying the plant are for the al-Furat (AFPC) and al-Badiya
(BOC) JVs operated by Shell (see OMT).
The plant's current output consists of the following: almost
5.9 MCM/day of treated dry gas (up from 4 MCM/day in 1999); 600 tons/day
of LPG (up from 410 t/d); and 7,000 b/d of condensates (up from 4,800
b/d).
The treated gas is pumped to the Damascus region through an
18-inch, 440-km pipeline to the 400 MW Tishreen power plant. Secondary
pipelines supply the gas-turbine power station at al-Thayyem oilfield,
the Adra cement plant, and a crude oil pressure station.
The Omar fields and plant have five 40 MW gas turbines supplying
power to the area and the nearby fields.
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