Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
Midland Refinery Company announces new tenders , please click on each link to obtain further information: -spares for peabody steam atomizing oil burners . -burber soot blower , condenser & ejector. -burner soot blower , condenser & ejector. -spare parts for pumps. -spare parts for pumps. -spare parts for burners. […]
Iraqi Drilling Company , one of the Iraqi ministry of oil establishments , invites to bid for supplying (mechanical-electrical ) spare part for Drilling and Work over Rigs type Emsco , in accordance with the conditions and specifications , which can be obtained from the purchasing department at the Baghdad's headquarter. The bidder will pay […]
North Gas Company announces the below tenders: -Automatic Titration instrument last model with determination oh H2S,RSH,COS in petroleum productions & gases , total acid number , total base number for oils , acid base titration for aqueous . For further information please click on this link. -Spare for SRU 4700 UV flame detector adjustable sensivity ultraviolet […]
The 2009 contract between BP and the Iraqi government for oil production at the Rumaila oil field has been quietly rewritten in favour of the oil giant, according to Aknews. the Iraqi government will now continue to pay BP when production is affected by civil disruption, disruption in oil transportation, political decisions or OPEC cuts. […]
Afren has announced the acquisition of interests in two contiguous Production Sharing Contracts ("PSCs") located in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The Company has agreed to acquire an operated 60 per cent. participating interest in the Barda Rash PSC from Komet Group S.A. ("Komet") and a non-operated 20 per cent. participating interest in the Ain […]
Petroceltic International, the Irish-based AIM and ESM listed oil and gas exploration and production company focused on North Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, has announced that, in partnership with Hess Middle East New Ventures, a subsidiary of Hess Corporation, it has executed two Production Sharing Contracts ("PSCs") with the Kurdistan Regional Government of […]
ShaMaran Petroleum has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary ShaMaran Petroleum BV (“ShaMaran BV”) has exercised its option under an Option Agreement signed in July 2009 with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), to enter into a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in respect of the Taza Block (formerly Block K42) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, […]
By By Mu Chunshan. Originally published in The Diplomat, and re-produced with permission by Iraq Business News. The visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to China didn’t just fail to grab much international media attention – there was also little coverage in the Chinese media, too. Most Chinese associate Iraq with Saddam Hussein and […]
An Iraqi MP has stoked rising political tensions with Kuwait, by claiming that Kuwait has been stealing Iraqi oil through slant-drilling. According to the report from the Kuwait Times, he emphasized that the parliamentary committee, of which he is a member, will investigate the issue. MP Oday Awwad, a member of Iraq's parliamentary energy committee, […]
Iraq’s oil ministry says oil exports increased in June by slightly over 2 percent compared to the previous month, according to the Washington Post. Tuesday’s statement says last month oil exports averaged 2.273 million barrels per day (bpd) - up from the 2.225 bpd in May. The sales yielded $7.173 billion with an achieved average […]
AFP reported on Tuesday that Iraqi forces took charge of security at Basra's oil export terminals at the southern port of Basra from US troops. Nearly 80 percent of Iraqi oil is exported through the south. "Today, we took charge of the oil terminals at Basra from the Americans," an Iraqi navy official said, speaking […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in principle with a group of Italian investors to build a refinery in Karbala, the oil undersecretary for refineries affairs said on Tuesday. Ahmed al-Shamma said in a statement that the signature was made to enable the consortium complete its procedures for the project, […]
