Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
ShaMaran Petroleum has issued an operational update on the Pulkhana-9ST2 geological sidetrack: The Pulkhana-9 original hole reached a Total Depth ("TD") of 2333 meters in the Cretaceous Balambo formation. A comprehensive testing program of six well tests (“DST”) recovered oil from four separate reservoir intervals, including two new reservoirs that predrilling had not been recognised […]
The EIC is organising an oil and gas trade mission to Basra in Iraq. Missioners will have the opportunity to attend organised group meetings with key local players, as well as incorporating a briefing meeting presented by qualified speakers with in-market experience and the opportunity to meet with local companies. Why Iraq? As Iraq works […]
The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the South Refineries Company, which is part of the Republic of Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, to provide a feasibility study for the rehabilitation of its 140,000 barrels per day refinery in Basra, Iraq. The study will assess the current […]
Vinson & Elkins and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are advising Iraq’s oil ministry in a $17.2 billion deal with Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi to develop the infrastructure required to process natural gas in the southern part of Iraq. The transaction agreements, which were signed on 27th November, came as Iraq attempts to rebuild its […]
ProSep Inc. (TSX: PRP) has announced that it was awarded three contracts with a new customer operating in Iraq, for the design and supply of a produced water package and water deaeration and fuel gas treatment systems. Together, these contracts represent a value of $6.5 million. The equipment provided will be installed at the same […]
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called on U.S. companies to help rebuild Iraq, according to Reuters. In a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Maliki said: "As much as we committed to defeat terrorism, we are now committed to grow the private sector ... It is now not the generals, but corporations and business […]
Oil production at Iraq's Rumaila oilfield has been cut from about 1.4 million barrels per day to by around 700,000 bpd after yesterday's a bomb attack on southern crude pipelines, according to Reuters. The fire that resulted raged all night but was put out on Wednesday morning. Salah Mohammad, general manager of the Rumaila Operating […]
According to various sources, either two or three bombs hit a crude oil pipeline in Iraq's southern oilfields leading to storage tanks around Basra. The impact on oil production or exports was not immediately clear, but the deputy head of the Basra provincial council, Ahmed al-Sulaiti, said firefighters were still battling the fire late on […]
Korea Gas Corp (Kogas) said on Tuesday that it will receive 500,000 barrels of crude oil on 15th December as "remuneration fees" and as a return on investment for helping develop Iraq's Zubair oil field. Kogas plans to sell the crude in the international market, according to a report from MarketWatch. Its project partner, Occidental […]
Gulf Keystone (GKP) today provided an update on its ongoing exploration and appraisal programme in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which includes the Shaikan block, a major discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-place volumes of between 8 billion barrels to 13.4 billion barrels calculated on the P90 to P10 basis with a mean value of […]
WesternZagros Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:WZR) provided an operational update for its drilling operations at Mil Qasim-1 and Kurdamir-2, and the continued ramp up of production from the Sarqala-1 extended well test. Sarqala-1 Extended Well Test Production from the Sarqala-1 extended well test has continued to increase with the addition of tank capacity and the construction […]
Nouri al-Maliki has said that the iraqi Government has no intention to cancel the contract with ExxonMobil to develop the West Qurna 1 oil field. "We haven't cancelled its contract in the south," said Mr. Maliki in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "We are looking for a way for [ExxonMobil's] other contracts in […]
