Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
On the pretext of drilling for oil, the North Oil Company (NOC) requires some Kurdish villagers around Kirkuk's Dubiz township to vacate their homes, and the First Deputy of the township suspects political intent behind the request, according to a report from AK News. The NOC has submitted a letter to Dubiz police to vacate […]
Malaysia's Petronas and Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) are planning to award a deal shortly to drill several wells at Iraq's untapped Garraf [Gharraf] oil field in southern Iraq, a company executive said. The consortium is planning to drill two appraisal wells at Garraf, in Dhi Qar province, starting in November, he said. "We have issued […]
Maysan will receive 50 billion Iraqi dinars [$42m], having been allocated one dollar for every barrel of oil produced from its fields, according to chairman of the Maysan Council. “After the Iraqi government’s approval to allocate one dollar for every oil barrel produced in the oil-producing provinces, Missan will receive 50 billion dinars this year,” […]
Despite a pledge by Iraqi Kurdistan to crack down on the flow of fuel being smuggled to Iran, the only real impediment truck drivers say they face are long lines that force them to wait for days to cross, according to a report from Reuters. Perhaps around 100 tanker trucks corralled into groups of 10 […]
Energy Risk reports that Moody's has raised its rating of Malaysian state-owned Petronas's A1 senior unsecured debt from negative to stable, despite the group's riskier business profile following a major acquisition of a large oil field in Iraq. "We expect the company's $20 billion capital expenditure for the Iraqi fields to be spread out over […]
An official security source in Iraqi Oil Intelligence said on Tuesday that four laptop computers were stolen from the legal department of the South Oil Company and were smuggled into Kuwait, and that the company didn’t take any legal action against those involved. According to the report from AK News, the source, who preferred anonymity, […]
The head of the investment and strategy committee of Dhi Qar provincial council, Ahmad Taha, announced that a new round of investment licenses will be awarded soon to foreign and Arab firms. The licensing round will include waste recycling, environment, electricity and gas stations projects. Al SumariaTV also reported that "oil refineries will be established […]
Markets hate uncertainty, but history has shown us that times of uncertainty create the greatest opportunities. Warren Buffett's famous saying, “be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful”, is true whether referring to the stock market or to risk-taking in general. And Iraq is giving us plenty of risk and […]
Yesterday we reported that Michael Townshend, President of BP Iraq, was planning to increase production at the supergiant Rumaila oilfield by 10% over the next six months; today we can give you details of more than 100 new wells to be drilled at the field by the end of next year. Three international service companies, […]
ExxonMobil (XOM.N) and its partner Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) have not been affected by a delay in the formation of Iraq's new government, and work on their West Qurna Phase One project is moving ahead, an Exxon executive said on Monday. Exxon expects to tender later this year to drill new wells in the supergiant […]
A group led by Gazprom Neft aims to start drilling in Iraq's Badrah oilfield next year as part of its plan to reach 15,000 barrels per day by the last quarter of 2013, a company executive said yesterday. Gazprom and its partners plan to issue a tender this month to drill three to four new […]
On Monday, Gulf Keystone announced the arrival of the initial loads of production facility equipment to the Shaikan field location and the commencement of the rig move by the AOS Discover-1 drilling rig to the Sheikh Adi-1 exploration well site. The first pre-packaged production equipment units have arrived at the production facility construction site near […]
