Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
Iraq is about to sweeten the contract terms for its third bidding round for its three prized natural gas fields, in an attempt to entice international companies to enter the auction, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Unlike oil deals for the first and second bidding rounds for oil fields last year, […]
Iraq is currently losing oil revenues of 100 thousand barrels per day (bpd) because Kurdistan is not producing oil, the spokesperson of the Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Sunday. “Kurdistan will not affect the Iraqi budget by stopping oil production, but the country is losing additional revenues that can be used in the rebuilding processes,” […]
The spokesman of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) rejected remarks made by the Iraqi Oil Minister, Hussein Shahrestani, on Sunday about illegal oil trade through the Kurdistan Region. Shahrestani called on the KRG to justify its position regarding exporting oil to Iran, in a statement made to the Arabic radio channel Sawa. "In accordance with […]
Security services in Basrah have seized tankers intended for the smuggling of oil, according to a report from Eye Media Company. A security source said the Police Directorate of South Oil seized a tanker containing more than 30 000 liters of white oil in Al-Berjisiah, west of Basra. According to News of Basra, the tanker […]
The United Nations released $650 million in Iraqi compensation to Kuwait on Thursday, the latest payment of a war reparation scheme that began in 1994. The payment brings the total sum of compensation paid to Kuwait to $30.1 billion dollars. A further $22.3 billion is due to Kuwait. Most of the latest round went to […]
Italian oil major Eni is expected to award a tender to drill more than 100 new oil wells at its Zubair oil field in southern Iraq in August, according to a report from Dow Jones. "We received the bids and we are in the process of assessing them," an executive told the news agency. Several […]
At Monday’s AGM of Petrel Resources (LON:PET), the Dublin-based oil exploration company, managing director David Horgan told investors that Iraq is "the best place in the world for oil". “Petrel has raised a total of US$15 million or £10 million from 1994 to date ... It has operated continually in Iraq since 1999 and has […]
Kirkuk’s governor said on Sunday that the Iraqi government has allocated 132 billion Iraqi Dinars (ID) -- over $100 million -- to Kirkuk as its share of oil revenues in the first six month of this year. Kirkuk is one of Iraq’s major centers of oil production. Since 2009, for each barrel of exported oil, […]
Iraq exported 1.823 million barrels a day of crude oil in June, down 4% on the 1.9 million barrels a day exported in May, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said in a statement issued on Monday. Dow Jones reports that Iraq exported in June an average of 1.44 million bpd from its southern terminals at the […]
An official spokesman of Basra province said Sunday that a delegation from Russian energy company Neftegaz Export has arrived to the city to discuss investment projects with the governor. Sheltagh Abboud received on Sunday the Deputy Director of Neftegaz Export, Vladimir Fumujev, and a delegation accompanying him, who were seeking a foothold in Iraq for […]
Basra International Fair Ground 25 - 28 November 2010 Iraq is opening its doors. International Basra Oil and Gas Conference & Exhibition will take its place as the first and foremost gas and oil exhibition of the region. Events will have support from Iraq Government. Exploring Iraq's true natural resources, modernizing its oil and gas […]
Basra's Governor, Shaltagh Abboud al-Mayyah, discussed the investment opportunities available in the province with a delegation representing the South Korean companies, according to a press release from the province’s information office on Thursday. “Governor Shaltagh received a South Korean delegation comprising the country's Ambassador to Baghdad and representatives of investment firms, for talks on means […]
