BEIJING  -

* 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) ((muyu.xu@thomsonreuters.com; +86 10 56692117;))