Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
By John Lee. Iraq's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate (PCLD) has announced that seven international oil companies (IOCs) have been selected to bid for the development of its Nasiriya oilfield and refinery: Zarubezhneft, from Russia (Up and Downstream); CNPC, from China (Downstream); Brown Energy, from US (Downstream); Reliance Industries, from India (Up & Downstream); Lukoil, […]
By John Lee. Iranian deputy oil minister Javad Owji [Ouji, Oji] (pictured) says the country’s revenues from the planned export of natural gas to Iraq will reach $1.5-$2 million a day. According to a report from PressTV, he went on to say that Iran will start delivering gas to its western neighbour within three months. […]
By John Lee. WesternZagros Resources has announced that it has entered into an investment agreement with Crest Energy International LLC, under which Crest will purchase, through a non-brokered private placement, 51,000,000 Common Shares in the Company at $1.25 per share for gross proceeds of $63.75 million. This price represents an approximate 25 percent premium to […]
By Matthew Gayle. Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil has announced that a settlement has been made on the unpaid pension funds worth $60 million for Egyptian workers that once worked in Iraq. According to the Egypt Independent, over 450,000 Egyptian families will benefit from the settlement. The settlement was reached during a high-level meeting between […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi parliament passed the 2013 budget of the 138 trillion Iraqi dinars ($118.5 billion) on Thursday, allocating to Kurdistan just a fraction of the oil revenue the region requested, reports Wall Street Journal. Ibrahim al-Mutlaq, a member of the parliamentary finance committee, said the budget allocates 750 billion Iraqi dinars ($644 […]
By John Lee. Egypt and Iraq have reportedly signed an agreement under which Iraq will supply Egypt with oil. On a recent visit to Iraq, Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil secured the supply of 4 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil per month, which will be supplied via pipelines across the Gulf of Aqaba. Another […]
Genel Energy has said it expects to export oil by pipeline from its fields in Iraqi Kurdistan by 2014. The company's CFO, Julian Metherell (pictured), said: "We can expect by 2014 to be accessing the export markets from our major assets, whether that is through Baghdad controlled infrastructure or through Kurdistan." Genel posted full year revenues […]
The Chairman of PetroChina has told Reuters that his company is willing to join Exxon Mobil in the 400,000-bpd West Qurna-1 oilfield project. Jiang Jiemin (pictured) told the news agency: "We are willing to jointly develop the project with Exxon Mobil. Exxon Mobil welcomed our participation and the Iraqi government also supports us joining the […]
By John Lee. Bloomberg reports that Iraq will ship 35 cargoes of crude oil from the Persian Gulf in March, six fewer than last month. About 59.7 million barrels of the Basrah Light blend are to be exported from the al-Basra Oil Terminal (ABOT), equating to 1.93 million bpd, compared with average daily shipments in February […]
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. Baghdad and Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, have exchanged accusations over the payment of foreign oil companies for extraction costs, which the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) […]
Genel Energy plc has announced its preliminary audited results for the year ended 31 December 2012. Highlights Consolidated our position as the leading independent oil and gas producer in the increasingly attractive Kurdistan Region Current production capacity of circa 80,000 bopd (net), with 2012 average net working interest production of 44,500 bopd in line with […]
By Mark Simmonds, United Kingdom's FCO Minister for International Energy. Iraq is retaking its position at the energy top table. After decades of economic mismanagement and political repression, the country is emerging as one of the most important and dynamic global energy producers. Oil production has increased by over 50% in the last six years, […]
