Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company, has recently been awarded a $5.2m contract to supply a 12 MAN ABS Classed saturation system and 3 air diving systems for the Leighton Offshore diving project, based in the Middle East. Unique Maritime Group will provide their 12 MAN ABS Classed saturation system, complete with SPHL […]
Dr David Turner appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, England, on Tuesday. He is charged with alleged offences of conspiring to make corrupt payments to public officials in Indonesia and Iraq to secure contracts for Innospec Ltd for the supply of its products. He is also charged with conspiring to defraud a competitor company […]
ShaMaran Petroleum has issued an operational update on the Pulkhana-8 re-entry well. The Pulkhana-8 Re-entry well (“PLK-8RE”) tested an average rate of 2,650 barrels of 31.6 degree API oil per day from the Upper Cretaceous Shiranish formation (high rates of up to 3,530 barrels of oil per day were recorded during the test). The well […]
The Oslo City Court yesterday fully dismissed a claim from Erik J. Frydenbø, a director in Petrolia ASA and a close associate of Berge Gerdt Larsen, demanding an investigation into the relationship between DNO International ASA's management and its largest shareholder RAK Petroleum PCL. The Court ruled in favour of DNO and awarded DNO compensation […]
Dow Jones reports that Lukoil and its partners are about to award a feast of contracts to international engineering and construction companies as it moves full speed ahead with development of its supergiant West-Qurna Phase 2 in southern Iraq. The company is in the final stages of evaluating commercial and technical bids for contracts competing […]
Gulf Keystone provided an update on Monday on its ongoing exploration and appraisal programme for the Shaikan, Ber Bahr and Akri-Bijeel blocks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Shaikan is a major discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-place volumes of between 4.9 billion barrels to 10.8 billion barrels calculated on the P90 to P10 basis […]
US oil field services provider Halliburton is beginning to see project activity ramp up in Iraq after delays led to financial losses in the country, reports Argus News. The company commenced drilling at three rigs late in the third quarter, and expects three more to come on line by the end of the year. “We […]
Iraq is looking for $1.5 billion [1.8 trillion Iraqi dinars] in investment in its natural-gas industry in the country’s 4th energy licensing round, set for March, according to Bloomberg. Natik al-Bayati, a senior petroleum expert on the prime minister’s advisory commission, said that gas from the seven or eight concessions to be offered for bids […]
Weatherford International has won a deal to build early production facilities at Iraq's untapped Garraf oil field in southern Iraq, a former Iraqi oil ministry official said Wednesday, according to a report from Dow Jones. Adnan Galay, who retired as chairman of the field's joint management committee a few weeks ago, declined to give the […]
Iraq's oil exports and income in September were the lowest since February as pumping along the Ceyhan pipeline to Turkey was disrupted due to multiple stoppages, according to Bloomberg. The country exported a total of 63.1 million barrels of oil last month at an average price of $104.90, bringing in total income of $6.619 billion, […]
Sterling Energy has issued its Interim Management Statement for the period beginning 1 July 2011. Angus MacAskill, Sterling's Chief Executive, said: "We are pleased with the progress made towards introducing a partner to the Ntem block in Cameroon and expect to complete the process by the end of 2011. "Following the disappointing results of the […]
ExxonMobil, BP and Eni plan to spend around $100 billion to upgrade their three oilfields in southern Iraq, Thamer Ghadhban, top energy adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister said on Wednesday. According to the report from the Wall Street Jounal, some $50 billion would be spent to upgrade Exxon's supergiant West Qurna Phase 1 oilfield, […]
