MAPNA Group experts managed to synchronize the second steam unit of the Iraq-based Rumaila Combined Cycle Power Plant to the country’s grid on July 16, 2023.
The synchronization was carried out with the CEO of MAPNA Combined Cycle Power Plants Construction and Development Company (MD-2), Aboutaleb Niazi, in attendance.
With a capacity of 3,156 MWs, Rumaila Power Plant comprises 12 gas-fired units as well as six E-type steam units. The plant is located in Rumaila, in the vicinity of Basra, southern Iraq. Shamara Holding is the client of the project and Germany’s Fichtner Group serves as the client’s consultant. This is the biggest international project of MAPNA Group.
MAPNA Group is responsible for the design, procurement, transportation, installation, and commissioning of the plant in addition to supervising its four phases of the civil construction operation. Shamara Holding Group has been charged with the plant’s civil construction operation and implementation of steel structures except for the sections of the boiler and ACC.
The main equipment of the 3000-MW power plant including MGT-70 gas turbine, E-type steam turbine, and HRSG (without supplementary firing) has been produced by subsidiaries of MAPNA Group.
Phase 1 of the power plant includes the construction of six gas-fired units which run on MGT-70(3) turbines. The initial efficiency of Phase 1 simple cycles stands at 34.6 percent. The figure will reach 36 percent one year after the provisional delivery.
Phase 2 of the project includes construction of three E-type steam cycles, HRSGs (without supplementary firing), ACC cooling system, and BOP (balance of plant).
Phase 3 of the project includes the construction of six gas-fired units running on MGT-70(3) turbines. The initial efficiency of Phase 3 simple cycles stands at 34.6 percent. The figure will reach 36 percent one year after the provisional delivery.
Phase four of the project includes construction of three E-type steam cycles, HRSGs (without supplementary firing), ACC cooling system, and BOP (balance of plant).
The MD-2 is carrying out Rumaila Combined Cycle Power Plant project as the representative of MAPNA Group.
This is the third project of MAPNA Group in Iraq after Heidarieh and Al Sadr and it has created 2,000 jobs for Iranian and Iraqi experts.
The first steam unit of the plant was synchronized to the grid last July. With the synchronization of this unit, the MD-2 has now synchronized 120 units to the grid with an aggregate capacity of 18,778 MWs.