Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) let a contract to Exterran Holdings Inc. for the design, fabrication, and sale of a major natural gas processing and treating facility in Itau, Bolivia.
The facility is a dew point gas plant that can process 200 MMcfd and is expected to start up in 2013. Exterran is the primary contractor on the project, providing equipment, engineering, procurement and construction products and services, and project management.
The project is Exterran's largest gas processing facility by capacity in Latin America.