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(Source: Aswat Al Iraq) The Iraqi oil ministry seeks an increase in production to hit 12 million barrels per day (bpd) during the next six years, in addition to developing natural gas fields, according to the minister, Hussein al-Shahrestani. “This figure is the normal rate of Iraq’s production but for the policies pursued by the […]
(Source: Korea Times) The Korea Times reports that a state-run think tank called on the government, along with local businesses, to gear up for reconstruction projects in Iraq, predicting the demand will rise in the near future. In a report entitled "Prospects of the Iraqi Economy after the General Elections," the Korea Institute for International […]
22 June 2010 (Source: PressReleaseNetwork.com) For the first time in more than three decades, two oil and gas exploration license bidding rounds took place in Iraq in 2009. The first round saw a consortium consisting of the UK's BP and China's CNPC spearheading IOC activities as they won the first 20 year service contract to […]
(Source: Aswat al Iraq) Iraq’s oil sales in May registered $4.3 billion, through exporting 58.7 million barrels at a price of $73.8 per barrel, the oil ministry said on Monday, according to a report from Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Iraq’s oil sales last April registered 53 million barrels, valued at $4.2bn, at an average price […]
Iraq Oil Minister Hussein Shahristani said that the daily fluctuation in oil prices is normal adding that the oil market is generally stable. The ups and downs in prices are not expected to affect the Iraq budget which relies on crude oil exports, he said. The current prices are acceptable to Iraq, Shahristani added. ( […]
Iran has discovered 30 billion barrels of oil in place at a southwestern oil field that borders Iraq, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper reported yesterday. “An Iranian company along with a Chinese company are preparing the ground for exploration of oil in the Arvand-Kenar field that has 30 billion barrels of oil in place,” the daily […]
The president of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region says that it could resume oil exports as soon as a new federal government is formed in Iraq. Massoud Barzani says his Kurdish Democratic Party is in talks with Baghdad to form a new government that "doesn't exclude any party." He says that oil-rich Kurdistan has resolved most […]
“If we compare the rate of development of Iran’s joint oil fields with other Persian Gulf regional states, we see that from 1977 onwards, very little progress has been made in Iran’s part of the joint oil fields,” Katouzian told the Mehr News Agency on Friday.
A total of Eighteen German and Dutch oil companies will participate in an oil conference in Arbil on Tuesday - “The Netherlands government organizes this conference along with Shell, 14 Dutch oil companies and three German companies,”
Vast Exploration provided the following progress update on the Qara Dagh - 1 Exploration Well, Qara Dagh Block, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The Dhi-Qar council will prepare a plan to invest the oil revenues in the province, a member of the council’s economic committee said on Monday. “A committee has been formed by the Dhi-Qar council and the province’s oilfields authority to invest the one billion dinars oil revenues,” Mona al-Safi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The […]
Majlis Energy Committee Chairman Hamid-Reza Katouzian has warned about the sluggish pace of the development of Iran’s joint oil fields with Iraq and other Persian Gulf states. Katouzian blamed inadequate investment, wrong policies, and improper decisions in Iran’s oil sector for the slow progress in the oil sector. “Unfortunately, sometimes decisions that are made without […]
