Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. On behalf of the Iraqi Government and IEITI, Mr. Alaa Mohie El-Deen, General Secretary of Iraqi Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (IEITI), invited me to attend the EITI Compliance & Second IEITI Report Conference held at Al-Rasheed Hotel on 3 April, and asked me to make a presentation, which took place at […]
The following is a statement by Kurdistan Regional Government on what it describes as "the manipulation of the EITI process": The EITI oil transparency report that inexplicably disappeared In 2008, the then federal Deputy Prime Minister, Barham Salih, committed Iraq to achieving compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which aims to help citizens […]
By Matthew Gayle. According to Bloomberg, Oil Minister Abdul Kareem al-Luaibi [Elaibi] recently said that Iraq is seeking a long-term accord to boost oil exports to China as OPEC's second -biggest producer increases output from fields operated by companies like Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA). Crude exports from Iraq to China average 500,000 barrels per day, […]
Global Trader reports that British business activity in Iraq is increasing on a monthly basis with process engineering and technology group DPS Global being the latest firm to reveal details of a major new project. The company has started work on the expansion of the Khurmala Dome Field Development (pictured), the northernmost dome of the […]
By John Lee. Austria's OMV, the operator of the Bina Bawi field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, has today issued the following press release: An extended well test ("EWT") commenced production from the Bina Bawi-3 well on March 20, 2013. Furthermore the contractor group has submitted a Declaration of Commerciality for the field to […]
By John Lee. Indonesia has signed a deal with Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) to buy Basra light crude in the second half of 2013. According to reports from Reuters and Jakarta Globe, Iraq is winning more customers in Asia as it is selling its crude cheaper than comparable grades, undercutting rival Saudi Arabia […]
By John Lee. The Korean Gas Corporation (KOGAS) said on Wednesday that an attack on its operations at the Akkas gas field in Anbar will not delay its plans to start commercial production in September 2015. A spokesman for the state-run company told Platts: "There was no major damage to the facilities at the field, […]
By John Lee. The Kurdistan Regional Government has denied that an incident involving HKN Energy in the Kurdish region of Iraq was related to security issues, and said it was instead tied to a labour dispute. In a statement, the KRG also denied media reports that about 120 oil workers were held hostage: "The Kurdistan […]
Iraq plans to ship 48 cargoes of Basra Light crude from the Persian Gulf in April, according to a report from Bloomberg -- 13 shipments more than last month. About 68.6 million barrels of the blend is to be exported from the al-Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT) (pictured), equating to 2.29 million barrels a day; this […]
By John Lee. The Basra Gas Company (BGC) -- a joint venture between the state-run South Gas Company (SGC), Shell and Mitsubishi -- is processing around 400 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of gas, and is on track to treat 2 billion cubic feet per day by 2017. SGC general director, Ali Khudhier, told […]
By Omar al-Shaher for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Iraqi Oil Ministry has said that the country's export capacity will reach 7 million barrels per day by 2015, while the parliamentary Energy Committee believes that the size of Iraq's […]
By John Lee. Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has started development and exploration of gas Block 8, according to a report from Pakistan Today. Iraq signed the final contract with the company in November, giving it the right to explore an area of 6,000 sq km in the Diyala and Wassit provinces in eastern Iraq. PPL […]
