Iraq’s South Oil Company has awarded Italy’s Saipem the EPIC contract for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project Phase 2 within the framework of the expansion of the Basra Oil Terminal off the Al Faw Peninsula in the Arabian Gulf approximately 550 kilometers south east of Baghdad.

The contract encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a Central Metering and Manifold Platform to be installed in a water depth of 28 meters along with associated facilities.