Crescent, Dana start gas supply in Iraq's Kurdistan
DUBAI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The UAE's Crescent Petroleum and affiliate Dana Gas DANA.AD have begun supplying gas in Iraq's Kurdistan region after completing the first stage of a $650 million project, the companies said in a statement on Saturday.
Gas was flowing at 75 million cubic feet per day (cfd) from the revamped Khor Mor field and supply will rise to 300 million cfd in the first half of 2009, the companies said.
The first gas will supply a power plant in Arbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Supplies coming on stream later will go to another power plant in Sulaimaniya. The two plants will have total electricity generation capacity of 1,250 megawatts...
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