Wood selected by TotalEnergies to advance Ratawi field redevelopment in Iraq, as part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has been awarded two new engineering and procurement framework agreements worth $11 million by TotalEnergies EP Ratawi Hub as part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP), a […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Council of Ministers has endorsed the Joint Management Committee's decision on Artawi [Ratawi] oil field, awarding the contract for crude gas pipelines to China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering (CPP), with part of the work assigned to the State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP). The pipelines will run from the Majnoon, West Qurna-2, […]
By John Lee. Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) has granted its first solar power investment license for a 1,000 MW project to France's TotalEnergies, marking what it described as a major step in the country's transition to renewable energy. NIC Chairman Dr Haider Mohammed Makiyya [Makia] confirmed that construction work has begun at the Ratawi […]
By John Lee. On Friday, TotalEnergies (45%, operator) and its partners Basra Oil Company (BOC) (30%) and QatarEnergy (25%) launched today the construction works of ArtawiGas25, a first processing facility for the associated gas from the Ratawi [Artawi] field, in the Basra region. This facility, which is part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP), […]
By Simon Watkins for the OilPrice.com. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Who Is Playing Who In The Great Iraq Carve-Up? Last week's announcement that the China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC, Energy China) is to work with the French firm TotalEnergies on […]
By John Lee. China Energy Engineering Corporation (Energy China, CEEC) and France's TotalEnergies have signed an EPC contract for a 1-GW solar power project at the Ratawi [Artawi] field in Basra. According to a statement from Energy China: "This project is the first large-scale project in the Iraqi government's PV construction plan, and serves as […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Electricity and the French company TotalEnergies have signed two contracts to produce 1,000 megawatts of solar power. The development will be built in four, 250-MW phases at the Ratawi [Artawi] field in Basra. According to state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA), it will be completed within two years. (Sources: INA; […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. TotalEnergies Agreement Smells Filthy The more information becomes available about this agreement, the more it exposes the extent of unfairness and damage to Iraq national interest, and the deception or scandal of […]
By Ahmed Mousa Jiyad. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. TotalEnergies Agreement Smells Filthy Recent information indicates what might be the first scandal of this agreement. The Ministry of Oil (MoO) appears to have given away and for free 31% of actual […]
By John Lee. In a meeting of the Joint Management Committee, Iraq's Oil Ministry discussed the development plan for fields and projects contracted with the French company TotalEnergies. The Deputy Minister for Extraction Affairs affirmed the ministry's commitment to implementing strategic projects with TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy. According to a statement from the Ministry, the four […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Electricity, Ziad Ali Fadel, held a meeting with TotalEnergies' Director for renewable energy affairs in Iraq, Mr. Khaled Al-Abdali, to discuss the company's procedures for the construction of a 1,000-megawatt solar power station at the Ratawi [Artawi] oil field in Basra. The meeting was attended by the Director General […]
By John Lee. France's TotalEnergies has re-affirmed its commitment to energy projects in Iraq. Following a meeting in Paris with Iraq's Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, the Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanne, said that Iraq is one of the most promising countries in attracting global investment for energy projects. He added that […]
