Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
With political and social upheaval, first in Tunisia and now in Egypt, the big question on many minds at the moment is to what extent the unrest will spread to other countries in the Arab world. But despite the undoubted poverty in Iraq, it is rarely mentioned as possible candidate for a popular uprising, and […]
According to a report from Reuters, oil explorer Gulf Keystone sees itself increasingly as a potential takeover target, but has not received any serious takeover approaches so far. "As the political situation between Iraq and Kurdistan gets more and more stable... you have to think that somewhere along the line there'll be some kind of […]
Iraq exported an average of 2.163 million barrels of oil per day in January, up from 1.951 million bpd in December, its highest level since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, a top oil official said on Wednesday. Falah Alamri, head of the State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO), told Reuters on the sidelines of an energy conference […]
By Thomas W. Donovan, Managing Partner at Iraq Law Alliance, PLLC. Introduction On December 20 2010 a new unity government was announced, whereby former Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki maintained his position and Iyad Allawi, who won the most seats in the March 2010 election, joined in a special power-sharing deal. Unsurprisingly, the upstream petroleum […]
British training body OPITO has signed a landmark memorandum of understanding with the Iraq Ministry for Oil, Training and Development Directorate to help the war-torn country develop the skills and training necessary to enable exploitation of its hydrocarbon resources. With Iraq gearing up to produce 12 million barrels of oil per day, OPITO estimates they […]
Iraq wants Brazilian state-run energy company Petrobras to help the country increase its refining capacity, Iraq's vice prime minister for energy policy, Hussain Al-Shahristani, told Brazilian business daily Valor Economico. "Companies from China, South Korea and Europe are interested, but we would also like to have Petrobras involved because of its importance." Dow Jones reports […]
Iraqi Kurdistan has not yet started exporting crude oil, despite a reported agreement that exports would resume from 1st February, Iraqi oil ministry sources said on Tuesday. Two top oil ministry officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Platts that there had been no additional oil supplied from two producing fields in the Kurdish region […]
A leading spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry has said on Monday that the current tense situation in Egypt would not affect Iraq's oil exports, reiterating that the rise in oil prices would benefit Iraq, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq. Assem Jihad said that "the Iraqi Oil Ministry is exporting oil from two […]
Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s largest regional private sector natural gas company, has announced its preliminary financial results for the year ended 31st December 2010. Revenue from the sale of hydrocarbons increased to AED 1,785 million, with gross profit reaching AED 781 million. These figures represent increases of 40% and 79% respectively, compared to […]
Gulf Keystone provided an update this morning on its active work program in Kurdistan. Sheikh Adi - 1 The Sheikh Adi-1 exploration well is currently at the 13.375 inch casing point at the bottom of the Cretaceous interval after side tracking around a section of the bottom hole assembly that had become stuck in the […]
Gulf Keystone this morning announced the completion of an additional third party analysis of the gross oil in place resources resulting from the Shaikan-1 discovery well. The Company has previously reported gross oil in place resources, on a P90 to P10 basis, of 1.9 to 7.4 billion barrels with a mean value of 4.2 billion […]
Heritage Oil (LSE: HOIL), whose shares fell heavily on Wednesday following its descovery of a major gas field in Kurdistan, has updated it's corporate presentation. Please click here to download the full document.
