Name: Mansuriyah, also known as Mansouriya, Mansuria
Controlled by: Ministry of Oil (Baghdad).
Location: Diyala province, 50 kilometres north-east of Baquba city
Size: 20 kilometers long and 3 to 4 kilometers wide. Estimated reserves of 4.5 trillion standard cubic feet, making it Iraq's second largest gas field, after Akkas.
Developed by: Jereh Group, Petro Iraq, Middle Oil Company (51%).
Originally granted in Iraq's third licensing round (2010) to TPAO (37.5%), Oil Exploration Company (25%), Kuwait Energy (KEC) (22.5%), Kogas (15%), the contract was reported to have been cancelled in 2020. A new deal was signed with Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation) in January 2022. (As of January 2023, the Kogas website still says that the company holds a 15% stake). In mid-2023, press reports suggest that the Sinopec deal was in doubt, following requests from the company to amend the contract.
On 30th April 2024, Iraq's Ministerial Council for Energy recommended proceeding with the signing of a preliminary contract between the Ministry of Oil's Middle Oil Company [Midland Oil Company] and a consortium consisting of China's Jereh Group and a company referred to as "Petro Iraq". A preliminary agreement with this joint venture on 20th May 2024.
Contract granted: tbd
Remuneration: Unknown. (Previously $7 per barrel of oil equivalent (boe) in the 2010 contract)
Plateau production target: According to PetroIraq website, December 2024: "Peak Production of 350 MMSCFPD within 5 years. Sales gas of 300 MMSCFPD. Sales condensate of over 30 KBCPD." (Previously 320 million standard cubic feet (Mmscf) per day in the 2010 contract). It continues:
- The Mansuriya field is located in Diyala governorate in Iraq and is ~ 100km north-east of Baghdad and south-west of the Hamrin Lake.
- Discovered in 1977, the field has been mapped by 2D seismic and appraised with drilling of 4 wells, 3 of which showed a significant hydrocarbon column.
- The reservoir is an elongated anticline structure around 25km long, 6km wide and 60m thick at ~ 1100m sub-surface.
- The estimated OGIP is 4-4.5 TCF.
- Petro Iraq and Jereh Joint Venture has a 49% Participating Interest and Midland Oil Company of the Ministry of Oil holds a 51% interest.
- The total approved investment budget for the development over the initial three-year period is $992mn.
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A full list of oil and gas fields controlled by the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad can be found here.