Name: East Baghdad
Controlled by: Ministry of Oil (Baghdad).
Location: Baghdad and Salahadin governorates, 10 kilometres east of Baghdad city. Densely populated.
Discovery: 1976
Reserves: 8 billion barrels of oil
Size: 65 kilometres long and 11 kilometres wide, covering only the section north-west of
the Diyala river.
Developed by: ZhenHua [Jinhua].
Contract granted: No bids were received in second licensing round (2009), but the Chinese company ZhenHua was granted an initial contract in late 2017.
Plateau production target: 40,000 bpd by 2013. In April 2023, the Ministry of Oil said the field currently produces 30,000 bpd, and it aims to increase production to over 80,000 bpd, and dry gas to 50 million cubic meters.
Other companies involved in the development: Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC), China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL)
According to EBS Petroleum:
"EBS Petroleum Company Limited is a body registered in the Republic of Iraq to conduct the petroleum operations on behalf of China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd.. The Development Production Service Contract (DPSC) for East Baghdad Oil Field / Southern Part between Midland Oil Company of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil (MdOC) and China ZhenHua Oil Co. Ltd. and North Oil Company of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil (NOC) was signed on May 23rd and became effective on May 24th, 2018. EBS oilfield is located east of Baghdad, 70 kilometers to northwest of Ahdeb oilfield. It is spreading 60 kilometers long and 12 kilometers wide. The concession of EBS field covers an area of 822 square kilometers . The OOIP of EBS oilfield is more than 7 billion barrels while the 40,000 barrels per day of plateau production would be reached in next five years. EBS Petroleum is committed to developing this oilfield efficiently, effectively, safely."
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A full list of oil and gas fields controlled by the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad can be found here.