Elsewedy and TTC complete EPC of 4 GIS substations in Iraq

  • Date: 06-Sep-2021
  • Source: Trade Arabia
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Middle East
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Elsewedy and TTC complete EPC of 4 GIS substations in Iraq



Elsewedy Electric and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) have announced the completion of EPC contract for four gas insulated switchgear (GIS) substations, 400/132/11 kilovolt in Sothern Iraq.

 

At a ceremony witnessed by officials of the Government of Iraq today in Basra, Asaad Al-Eidani, the Governor of Basra with Ziyad Ali Fadel, the Director of the General Directorate of Electricity Transmission in the South Region joined the President and CEO of Elsewedy Electric, Ahmed Elsewedy, and TTC Project Manager, Yasuhiro Hidaka, to officially inaugurate Shat Alarab substation in Basra as the last substation connected to the Iraqi grid.

 

The ¥60 billion ($546 million) EPC-plus-finance contract was signed on February 2018 under a buyer's credit agreement (export loan) between the Iraqi Ministry of Finance and The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), with a co-financed portion by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (lead arranger) and Sumitomo-Mitsui Banking Corporation under insurance cover by from Japan’s Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI).

 

The contract included Maysan 400/132/11kV GIS substation in “Al-Amara Governorate”; Al-Muthanna 400/132/11kV GIS substation in “Samawa Governorate”; Shattra 400/132/11kV GIS substation in “Al-Nasiriya Governorate”; Shatt Al Arab 400/132/11kV GIS substation in “Al-Basra Governorate”; and 12 x 132/33kV Mobile GIS substations.

 

All GIS switchgears and high voltage