Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
By John Lee. Reuters reports that Iraq plans to cut crude oil exports from its southern ports to 3.24 million bpd in November, down from the 3.28 million bpd planned for this month. According to data from a preliminary loading programme of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO), exports of Basra Light grade are expected […]
By John Lee. Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has announced the completion of three new production wells at the Tawke field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as part of a stepped up drilling program kicked off in July 2016. The Tawke-31 well, targeting the main Cretaceous reservoir will be brought on production following […]
By John Lee. Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi (Allibi) met the President of Russia's Lukoil, Vagit Alkpirov [Alekperov], at the his office on Sunday. The Minister confirmed plans to develop the production and investment gas this year and next year, at called for Lukoil to participate in new projects to be started next year. Mr […]
By John Lee. Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi (Allibi) met Indonesian Ambassador Banbage Intaricso and his entourage in his office on Thursday. The two parties discussed the strengthening the cooperation between the two countries in the oil an gas sector. Mr. Allibi called on Indonesian companies to participate in the sharing investment contracts in the […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced that it has agreed to limit its oil production target to 4.75 - 5 million barrels per day. The country is currently producing around 4.6 million bpd. Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi (Allibi) is going to participate in the OPEC meetings at the end of November, […]
CWC’s third Basra Oil, Gas and Infrastructure Conference will take place this year in Beirut, Lebanon on 24-25 of October 2016. In a pre-conference interview with the Chairman of the Oil and Gas Committee of Basra Council, Mr Ali Fares outlined the most important issues that the Basra delegation will focus on during the conference, […]
By John Lee. The daily average volume of crude oil exported by Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) rose to 3.276 million barrels per day in September, compared with 3.230 million bpd in August, according to the Ministry of Oil. The total for the 30-day month was 98,285,239 barrels, down from the 100.1 million barrels exported […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has published its monthly production and export revenue overview for September 2016. During the month it exported 564.8k bpd from the Turkish port of Ceyhan, significantly up from the previous month’s figure, at an average price of $36.10 per barrel, bringing in revenue of $612 million. Please click here to view […]
By John Lee. The South Oil Company (SOC) has officially taken over the stake in the Zubair oil field formerly held by US-based Occidental Petroleum, which has withdrawn from the project. Repressentatives of Italy's Eni and the Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) signed the agreement along with the Ministry of Oil. Mr. Laith Al-Shaher, the director general […]
The Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has said it is investigating a senior official who may have given “confidential data for oil and gas blocks” to a London-based company. In a statement, the MNR said that a London-based company is promoting itself to potential investors as a new upstream investment vehicle focussed on […]
By John Lee. Gulf Keystone (GKP) has confirmed today that a gross payment of $15.0 million has been received from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for Shaikan crude oil export sales in July 2016. The company said in a statement that it and the KRG's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) continue to work towards agreeing […]
By John Lee. Fox Business reports that Tony Hayward, the former BP boss, is set to step down next year as chairman of Genel Energy. The company, which he founded in 2011 with financier Nat Rothschild, has become the biggest oil and gas producer in Iraqi Kurdistan. A company spokesman said that no decision has […]
