Iraq Business News brings you the latest information on developments and opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.
US oil major Occidental Petroleum Corp and Indonesian state oil firm Pertamina have shown an interest in taking a stake in Sonangol's two Iraqi oilfield development projects, a company official said on Sunday. "Our proposal will be for Sonangol to have 45 per cent in Najmah and Qayara [Qaiyarah]," Sonangol executive J. da Graca Luis […]
British oil major BP, along with its partner China National Petroleum Corp, plans to increase production from Iraq's Rumaila oil field by more than 100,000 barrels a day at the beginning of next year, a BP executive said Sunday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. "Initial production will go up by 10% […]
Saudi industrial and energy services company Taqa (TAQA.AD) is considering investing $1.6 billion in pipelines and $133 million in offshore platforms in Qatar and Iraq, an Arabic newspaper said on Friday. Officials from Taqa told the Saudi-owned daily Asharq al-Awsat they were considering investing in the gas industry in Qatar and the oil industry in […]
Iraq expects the CNPC-operated al-Ahdab oilfield to have an initial production rate of 60,000 barrels per day from July 2011, Deputy Oil Minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi said on Sunday. Al-Ahdab was the first major oilfield development contract awarded by the Iraqi government after the 2003 US-led invasion when it agreed to revive a Saddam Hussein-era […]
France has taken a leap ahead of its rivals in the race to tap investment opportunities in Iraq by building a heavily fortified business centre and boutique hotel where businessmen can sleep, eat and work in safety, according to a report from Reuters. The complex, financed by private companies, is near the French embassy in […]
Iraq lacks appropriate measures in its energy sector that prevents it from managing its export revenues effectively, officials told the U.N. Security Council. Jun Yamazaki, the assistant secretary-general at the United Nations' office of planning and budgets, told the Security Council that Iraq needs to implement an oil-metering system to funnel export revenue toward development […]
According to one Iraqi politician, Iraq could afford to sever relations with Kuwait without any risk to its economy. Kuwait's relations with Iraq have been on decline for a while, so Iraq would not be harmed if it cut all its ties with this country, according to Wa'il Abdul-Latif [Wael Abdul Latif], of the Iraqi […]
Special equipment to dig 20 oil wells arrived in the al-Bazerkan oilfield in Amara, according to the media director of the Missan Oil Company. “U.S. oilfield services company, Weatherford (WFT.N) sent equipment to the oilfield to start digging 20 wells, 70 km east of Amara,” Ali Abbas told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The project will […]
Iraq's oil ministry is holding an international symposium beginning on Sunday to discuss the best ways for the government to co-ordinate and implement the country's oil expansion plans, a senior Iraqi oil official said Thursday. Two oil licensing auctions last year awarded 11 deals to international oil companies that promise to add nearly 10 million […]
The Deputy of the Iraqi Oil Minister declared that almost two million barrels of Iraqi oil are exported daily and the volume is unlikely to change. In a statement to AKnews on Thursday Mu'tasam Akram said "in June Iraq sold daily some 1.9m barrels of oil abroad and the number is expected to fluctuate only […]
Vast Exploration Inc. has provided an update on the settlement of final payment terms with the Kurdistan Regional Government with regard to the acquisition of an additional 10% working interest announced in September 2009, and a progress update on the Qara Dagh - 1 Exploration Well. Capacity Building Payment “Profits Royalty” As previously announced, in […]
Iraqi oil officials and their Kurdish counterparts have exchanged accusations of smuggling large volumes of crude oil and by-products to neighboring Iran. There are two oil ministers in Iraq. Heading the Oil Ministry in Baghdad is Husain al-Shahristani. The semi-independent Kurdish region has its own government with Ashti Horami [Ashti Hawrami] heading the Ministry of […]
