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More Tenders From MRC

Midland Refineries announces the below tenders: -Complete Centrifugal Pump W/Turbine and Base Plate - Lap Master For Lapping Machine For Mechanical SCAL - Lab Equipment - Amphibious Machines - High Reach Rough Terrain Rotating Telehandler -Lab Equipment -Desludging Tank -Bulldozer -Self Propelled Articulating & Telescopic Booms (z-type) -Self Propelled Scissor Lifts Closing Date: 5/7/2011  

MRC Announces New Tenders

Midland Refinery Company announces new tenders: - Spare For Steam De Super Heater - Spare Parts For Burner of F-101,201,301,302,501 & 601 - Spare Parts for Burners of Power Former no 2 - Spare for Pumps The Company must submit a covenant enclosed with the technical offer that they have submitted otherwise the offer should be […]

DNO Updates on Kurdistan Operations

Norwegian oil producer DNO issued a report today (Monday) on the status on its activities in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Summail-1 exploration well update The Summail-1 exploration well was spudded on 19 April 2011. The well has now been drilled ca. 25 meters into the Cretaceous interval and hydrocarbon shows were detected while drilling. An […]

The Next Iraqi Oil Round: Issues For Consideration

This work was written by Ahmed Mousa Jiyad, and it is reproduced here with his permission. It was originally published by MEES v54:n23, Monday 6 June 2011. Mr Jiyad is an independent development consultant, scholar and Associate with Centre for Global Energy Studies-CGES, London. He was formerly a senior economist with the Iraq National Oil […]

Iraq to Increase Oil Supplies to Jordan by 50%

Jordan's Prime Minister, Marouf Bakhit, said that Iraq has agreed to increase the volume of daily oil supply to Jordan from 10,000 barrels to 15,000 barrels, with plans to increase the quantity to 30,000 barrels a day eventually. The two countries have agreed in principle to a planned crude oil pipeline stretching between the neighboring […]

Iraq Starts Drilling for Oil in Hamrin Mountains

The state-run Iraq Drilling Company started to drill and repair wells in the Hamrin mountains north of Baghdad for the first time in 21 years, according to Bloomberg. The company, affiliated with the country’s Oil Ministry, started to work on a total of 72 wells this week, the state-sponsored Iraqiya television said, citing Idriss Mohsen […]

Construction of Karbala Refinery to Start This Year

Iraq hopes to complete negotiations with European investors to build a new oil refinery in the city of Karbala [Kerbala], the country's Deputy Prime Minister, Hussain al-Shahristani (pictured), said on Friday. The projected 140,000 barrel per day (bpd) Kerbala refinery is part of a plan to build four new refineries, adding around 750,000 bpd of […]

Austria's OMV Strikes Oil in Iraqi Kurdistan

Just days after WesternZagros struck oil at Sarqala, Austria's OMV announces that it too has struck oil at its Bina Bawi block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. OMV is currently drilling an exploration well (Bina Bawi 3) and encountered hydrocarbons in one of the primary reservoir targets. The well is still being drilled and […]

Siba and Mansuriyah Gas Deals Signed

Reuters reports that Iraq signed the final contracts on Sunday to develop its Siba and Mansuriyah gas fields in deals involving Turkish, Kuwaiti and South Korean companies that will help diversify the country's fossil fuel production. The Korean Gas Corporation [KOGAS] signed the deal for the Akkas gas field earlier in the week. "This is […]

Zubair Oil Storage Depot Bombed

A bomb attack on an oil storage depot in Iraq’s Zubair oilfield set one tank ablaze and halted pumping from the station, sources said on Sunday. AKnews reports that firefighters have got the flames under control, but 27,000 cubic meters of oil have been lost. Four devices were planted, one started the fire, two were […]