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BEIJING, Nov 26 (Reuters) -
* China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corp (CPECC) has won a $121 million engineering contract to upgrade the facilities that are used to extract gas during crude oil production at West Qurna-1 oilfield in Iraq
* The project, due to be completed within 27 months, aims to boost crude oil production capacity at the oilfield, according to a statement issued by China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), parent company of CPECC, on Tuesday
* Iraq’s West Qurna-1 oilfield, developed by Exxon Mobil , produces 480,000 barrels of crude oil per day (Reporting by Muyu Xu and Shivani Singh; Editing by Tom Hogue)
