Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a three-year framework agreement by BP Iraq NV (BP) to complete conceptual studies and pre-FEED work to support BP plans to sustain and grown production at the Rumaila oil field in Iraq, according to a news release.

The company’s scope of work includes carrying out engineering studies for facilities and infrastructure that are crucial for the Rumaila Field to sustain and increase production.

Located in the southern region of Iraq, Rumaila averaged a daily production of 1.34 million barrels per day in 2014 and currently delivers more than a third of Iraq’s oil, Amec Foster Wheeler said in the news release.