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Bloomberg reports that Lukoil, Russia’s biggest non- state oil producer, will sign an agreement with Samsung this week for the development of the West Qurna-2 oilfield. Samsung will install “a crude-gathering facility and a central processing plant for West Qurna-2,” the Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Tuesday. The deal is expected to be signed on 22nd […]
Technical glitches have halted exports from Iraq's new offshore oil export terminal for the past week after it loaded just a single tanker, two sources at the state-owned South Oil Company said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. The first of four single-point mooring (SPM) terminals, which are being built by Australia's Leighton Holdings, opened on […]
Shares in Genel Energy were largely unchanged following the announcement of a $58 million loss in its first set of year-end results. Highlights Successfully raised $2.1 billion through an IPO in June Established a top-class, highly experienced Board and management team Merged with Genel Energy International, gaining a world class portfolio of assets and readmitted […]
In its announcement this morning of results for the year to end of December 2011, Sterling Energy gave the following review of its operations at the Sangaw North block in Iraqi Kurdistan, in which it has a 53.33% working interest: The Sangaw North block lies in the foothills region of the Zagros fold belt, approximately […]
The Entico Corporation is pleased to announce the Maysan and Thi Qar Reconstruction & Investment Summit on the 12th and 13th of May at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai, UAE. The event will be held under the patronage of H.E. Dr Khudier AlKuzai, Vice President of Iraq. The southern Iraqi provinces of Maysan and Thi […]
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Reuters reported at the weekend that Iraq's government has received a letter from Exxon Mobil saying the it had frozen its deal with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), but other reports say this has not happened. "We received a letter from Exxon on March 5 saying they are freezing the contract with the Kurds," oil […]
In an attempt to deal with any potential crisis should Iran close the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq has approved a plan to expand its oil export routes by adding capacity from its northern fields and building a pipeline to ship oil from southern oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan (pictured), according to Reuters. "Short […]
UPI reports that the Iraqi government has given assurances to South Korea that it could cover an oil shortage if sanctions against Iran disrupted supplies In response to Western sanctions against Iran, South Korea is looking to replace the 10 percent of its crude oil that it gets from Iran. South Korean officials said they […]
The Oil Ministry expects that Iraq's crude oil reserves will double, the ministry's official spokesman said on Wednesday. "The definite crude oil reserves (143 billion barrels) will double ... due to the ministry's activities in exploration and Iraq's oil licences," Aasem Jihad told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "We hope that Iraq's fourth round of oil […]
A delegation from the Ministry of Industry paid a visit to the headquarters of Italian company Paresa on Wednesday to discuss the building of eight oil tanks for the South Oil Company. According to Aswat al-Iraq, each tank will have a capacity of 58,000 'cubic liters' (sic); we believe this should read 'cubic meters'. (Source: […]
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said Baghdad must investigate a difference of about 35,000 bpd of crude oil exports from the region that is failing to appear in the national total, and demands payment of over $1 billion owed. The full text of the KRG statement follows: Oil exports from the Kurdistan Region in […]
