By John Lee. In a Management Report released to the markets, Gazprom gave the following update on its operations in Iraq: The Badrah field (pictured) (30% held by Gazprom Neft Group): In 2015 production was 1.4 million tons of oil, a level sufficient for the project to pay back. The Garmian block in Iraq (Kurdistan) […]
ALE has completed the year-long operations for the Badra heavy transportation contract in Iraq. The global heavy lifting specialists were contracted as part of the Badra Oil Field Development Project to receive and transport 44 heavy and Out of Gauge (OOG) items 600km to site. With weights up to 230t and dimensions up to 48m […]
By John Lee. Petrofac announced its final results for the year ended 31 December 2015 on Wednesday. As part of its update, it said it has completed "the second of three trains on the Badra project in Iraq and the third train is expected to be completed shortly". (Source: Petrofac)
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Between Black Gold, Bleak Prospects: Visiting The Iraqi Shanty Town Between Two Oil Fields NIQASH visits Wasit's Oil Town. But this is no wealthy area for oil billionaires. This shanty […]
Gazprom Neft has announced that a new process train (process train B) has been brought into operation at the central processing facility at Iraq’s Badra field (pictured). The commissioning of this new infrastructure facility increases capacity at the central processing facility from 45,000 to 85,000 barrels per day. Process train B is intended for the […]
By John Lee. UK-based heavy transport and installation contractor ALE has been awarded the DGS Zubair Oil Field Project. The project scope comprises heavy haulage, engineering and installation services. The DGS project has already commenced and ALE has received several shipments at Umm Qasr Port. A number of cranes, with a capacity ranging from 200t to […]
By Robert Tollast. Russia's Gazprom Neft has announced that production at the Badra field in Wasit province is close to double last year's production, now reaching 28,000 bpd. Gazprom Neft's commercial production and exports at Badra started in September last year, after the company signed a contract to develop the field in January 2010, as […]
Gazprom Neft, the operator of the Badra field development project, has received the first batch of Kirkuk grade oil from the Iraqi government. The crude oil has been given to the company in compensation for its investment in the field development. 500 thousand barrels (about 70 thousand tonnes) of oil was delivered in the first […]
Gazprom Neft is to conduct a 2D seismic survey on the south-eastern section of the Halabja block. The technical equipment and personnel required for the survey are currently being transferred from the south-western section, where the company has already successfully completed a survey spanning 225 linear km. 2D seismic surveys covering approximately 870 linear km […]
By John Lee. Russia's Gazprom Neft, the operator of the Badra oil field (pictured) in Iraq, has announced that first oil from the field is now being delivered to Iraq’s main pipeline system for transfer to the export terminal in Basra, on the Persian Gulf. Current deliveries from Badra to the pipeline stand at over […]
By Patrick M Schmidt. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced that Gazprom Neft, a division of the Russian state-owned Gazprom, had begun production at Badra oilfield in the eastern province of Wasit. "Oil flow from Badra has started on Monday to fill the oilfield storages in preparing to feed the export," said Ministry of […]
On 31 May, Gazprom Neft began production at the Badra oilfield in Iraq. The central gathering station (CGS) is currently undergoing complex testing of its crude oil processing system. Testing will be completed in three months once enough oil has been accumulated for commercial production to begin. The Badra field will then be ready to […]
