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Oil Exports to Turkey to Resume

Iraqi crude exports to the Mediterranean port town of Ceyhan in Turkey could resume in a week after an explosion blamed on an attack damaged an oil pipeline on Thursday, an Iraqi oil official said. "We are sure now that it was sabotage not a technical failure... The time frame to fix the pipeline and […]

Iraq to Save Money Spent on Importing Oil Derivatives

According to Al SumariaTV, an Iraqi Oil Ministry Spokesman said that Iraq will save more than $5 billion by adding new refining units to the Al Dora refinery and rehabilitating the Beiji refinery. Money that used to be spent on buying oil derivatives from neighboring countries in order to meet the needs of the local […]

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Iraq Announces New Gas Tenders

(Source:  Petroleumworld.com) Iraq Prepares New Gas Field Licensing, Cuts Oilfield Signatory Bonuses Retroactively Iraq's Oil Ministry has released plans to tender three gas fields—previously part of the first and second licensing rounds—to 15 invited companies and has named Shell, Total, and KOGAS as frontrunners, while also confirming that signatory bonuses for the renegotiated West Qurna-1 […]