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BASRA, Iraq -(Dow Jones)- U.S.-based energy firm Emerson (EMR) has submitted a bid to win an automated systems contract at Iraq's giant Zubair oil field, a company executive said.
Emerson, a specialist in oil and gas, refining and power automation, submitted the bid to a consortium led by Italy'sEni SpA (E) which is the operator of Zubair oil field, which holds some 8 billion barrels of oil reserves.
"We hope that we will be successful," said Branko Pecar, vice president and general manager of Emerson's Northern Region, Middle East and Africa.
No details about the value of the contract (to set up process and control automation equipment in the field) were made available.
"We are hoping to get contracts in Zubair, West Qurna Phase 1 and 2 oil fields," Pecar told Dow Jones Newswires on the sidelines of an oil and gas conference and exhibition held this week in Basra, in southern Iraq.
Pecar also said Emerson is fixing a process and control automation equipment in supergiant Rumaila and Majnoon oil fields in southern Iraq which are being developed by BP PLC (BP) and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA).
Iraq's state South Oil Company, the largest Iraqi firm, awarded a contract to Emerson earlier this year to provide crude oil metering systems and related technologies for the new Basra oil terminal now under construction in the Persian Gulf.
The new terminal, which includes both onshore and offshore facilities, will boost Iraq's oil exports capacity by 2.7 million barrels a day.
The company is also installing control systems in each of Hilla and Kerbala power station in central Iraq, he said.
-By Hassan Hafidh; Dow Jones Newswires; +962 799 831 831 ; hassan.hafidh@ dowjones.com
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Emerson, a specialist in oil and gas, refining and power automation, submitted the bid to a consortium led by Italy'sEni SpA (E) which is the operator of Zubair oil field, which holds some 8 billion barrels of oil reserves.
"We hope that we will be successful," said Branko Pecar, vice president and general manager of Emerson's Northern Region, Middle East and Africa.
No details about the value of the contract (to set up process and control automation equipment in the field) were made available.
"We are hoping to get contracts in Zubair, West Qurna Phase 1 and 2 oil fields," Pecar told Dow Jones Newswires on the sidelines of an oil and gas conference and exhibition held this week in Basra, in southern Iraq.
Pecar also said Emerson is fixing a process and control automation equipment in supergiant Rumaila and Majnoon oil fields in southern Iraq which are being developed by BP PLC (BP) and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA).
Iraq's state South Oil Company, the largest Iraqi firm, awarded a contract to Emerson earlier this year to provide crude oil metering systems and related technologies for the new Basra oil terminal now under construction in the Persian Gulf.
The new terminal, which includes both onshore and offshore facilities, will boost Iraq's oil exports capacity by 2.7 million barrels a day.
The company is also installing control systems in each of Hilla and Kerbala power station in central Iraq, he said.
-By Hassan Hafidh; Dow Jones Newswires; +962 799 831 831 ; hassan.hafidh@ dowjones.com
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